From Cheryl’s Garden: Meet Me in St. Louis

May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Last weekend I went on my first road trip with the Wisconsin Hardy Plant Society to the Missouri Botanical Garden.  I felt like I stepped into the next few months with the blooming roses, irises (1,500 of them), rhododendrons & azaleas (300), dogwoods (130), foxgloves, annuals and the warm weather.  I was extremely impressed with the oldest botanical garden in continuous operation in the United States.  Two of my favorite gardens were the English Woodland Garden with it’s layers of plants and the Japanese Garden with it’s many Japanese maples.  Our group also toured the Shaw Nature Reserve, garden centers, shops & some private gardens and we did this all in three days!  At the beginning of the trip I only knew one person and at the end I got to know many “plant loving” & great people.

Iris Collection
Metasequoia glyptostroboides – Dawn Redwood Tree
Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’ – May Apple
View from the Japanese Garden
Platanus occidentalis – Sycamore Tree
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Filifera’ – Japanese Falsecypress
For more information on the Missouri Botanical Gardens visit www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.   Check out the Wisconsin Hardy Plant Society at  http://www.wisconsinhardyplantsociety.com/
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About From Cheryl's Garden

A self-proclaimed “plant geek,” Cheryl received her Horticulture degree at Milwaukee Area Technical College. She spent many years working in the Otter Creek Landscape division and at John Michael Kohler Arts Center gardens. She’s now the office manager for The Wreath Factory and Otter Creek Landscape. Follow her blog, From Cheryl's Garden, for tips, travels and things that pop up in her garden!

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