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strong research and conservation connection with
it (see page 12), and the pivotal role that botanical
Board of Trustees
gardens have in conserving our environment.
As a leading botanical institution renowned Officers Bert Condie III Maureen R. Jennings
Lelia J. Farr Chair Prof. Sir Peter R. Crane FRS Ellen E. Jones
the world over and a beloved visitor attraction,
Peter S. Wyse Jackson, President L. B. Eckelkamp, Jr. Celeste Kennedy
the Garden continues to fulfill its mission to MA, PhD, FLS M. Peter Fischer Lynn Koeneman
Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus Marilyn R. Fox Martha LaFata
discover, document, and share the knowledge
PhD Robert R. Hermann Janet B. Lange
of the world’s flora, either through the World Members Edward D. Higgins Stepanie Littlefield
Flora Online (see page 5) or cataloging regional Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger II Paula M. Keinath Mary V. Longrais
Catherine B. Berges Rosalyn H. Kling Virginia McCook
floras, such as our work on the Flora of China, Daniel A. Burkhardt Robert E. Kresko Parker McMillan
Arnold W. Donald Hal A. Kroeger Isabelle C. Morris
the Catalog of Plants of Bolivia, or the Flora of Sharon D. Fiehler June M. Kummer Janet Mika
North America (see page 7). It is the fundamental Robert R. Hermann, Jr. James S. McDonnell III Anita D. O’Connell
David M. Hollo Evelyn Edison Newman Sue B. Oertli
knowledge of the diversity of our plants that David W. Kemper Roy Pfautch Sue M. Rapp
will provide us with the resources we need for Charles E. Kopman Mabel L. Purkerson, MD Susan N. Rowe
Carolyn W. Losos Peggy Ritter Marsha J. Rusnack
the future, and it is both our privilege and our Daniel J. Ludeman Joseph F. Shaughnessy Betty Salih
duty to share with you the marvelous work that W. Stephen Maritz Nancy R. Siwak Mary Lee Salzer-Lutz
Cynthia S. Peters Robert B. Smith III Nancy L. Sauerhoff
the Garden—your Garden—is doing to preserve Nicholas L. Reding Nora R. Stern Susie Littmann Schulte
biodiversity locally, regionally, and globally. Steven C. Roberts, Sr. William K. Tao, DSc David Schulz
Marsha J. Rusnack Jack E. Thomas Carol A. Squires
We are also in the final stages of the Garden Rakesh Sachdev Jane S. Tschudy Susan Squires Goldschmidt
Stephen C. Sachs John K. Wallace, Jr. Patricia Steiner
for the World capital campaign, which, thanks Scott C. Schnuck O. Sage Wightman III Nora R. Stern
to your support, will take the Garden into the Thad W. Simons Roma B. Wittcoff Elizabeth Teasdale
Rex A. Sinquefield Honorary Jane S. Tschudy
next chapter of growth and exploration. Exciting Michael K. Stern, PhD Surinder (Suri) Sehgal, PhD Norma Williams
projects are on the horizon (see page 8), and Andrew C. Taylor Members’ Board Debbie Wilhelm
Eugene M. Toombs Douglas R. Wolter
we invite you to be a part of them by visiting Mary Kay Denning, President
Josephine Weil Mary Ella Alfring* Botanical Garden Subdistrict of the
www.mobot.org/fortheworld to donate, share Robert M. Williams, Jr. Ann M. Bowen Metropolitan Zoological Park and
Ex Officio Eileen M. Carr Museum District
your feedback, and stay in touch with the latest Thomas F. George, PhD Sue Cohen Adrian E. Bracy
news. After all, it is thanks to you that Henry Benjamin H. Hulsey Kristen Cornett Knapp John C. McPheeters
Fred P. Pestello, PhD Jean Corse Marcia B. Mellitz
Shaw’s vision, which started more than 150 The Honorable Francis G. Slay Jeanne P. Crawford Brian A. Murphy
years ago, will continue delighting millions of Bishop George Wayne Smith Angela Dalton Martin Schweig, Jr.
The Honorable Steven V. Stenger Jeanie C. Davis Pamela Shephard
visitors for years to come. Rick Sullivan Ellen Dubinsky Marjorie M. Weir
Mark S. Wrighton, PhD Kathy Durel Francis Yueh
Audrey Feuerbacher Hillary B. Zimmerman
Members Emeriti
Michael C. Heim Non-voting advisory members:
Clarence C. Barksdale
Janet Hennessey Janice M. Nelson
John H. Biggs
Janice A. Hermann James H. Yemm
Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, Stephen F. Brauer
Leslie P. Hood
William H. T. Bush
President Laure B. Hullverson *deceased
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Garden Welcomes New from Vice President of Institutional the development of the William T.
Advancement to Senior Vice Kemper Center for Home Gardening.
Chief Operating Officer
President of Community and In addition to serving on the
In February, the
Development. In this expanded role, Board of Trustees, Kemper is
Missouri Botanical
she oversees the Garden’s Education currently a member of the Finance,
Garden welcomed
and Sustainability divisions and Executive, Investment, Capital
Bob Woodruff
continues to lead the Institutional Campaign, and Nominating
as its new Chief
Advancement Division. With this committees. He has chaired the
Operating Officer.
promotion, she is now responsible Garden’s Horticulture Committee
He most recently
for the many ways the Garden for many years and guided many
served as Director of Huron
engages its communities through of the recent developments in
Consulting Group in St. Louis, where
education, community outreach, horticulture such as the expansion
he provided business consulting to
membership, and philanthropy. of the living collections, the
higher education clients. He served
implementation of the Living
as Vice President and Chief Financial
Collections Management System,
Officer at Saint Louis University
and the establishment of a new
(SLU) from 2003 to 2011. While
plant nursery (see pages 8–11).
there, he managed the school’s $900
The Greensfelder Medal was
million endowment and led financing
named after Albert P. and Blanche
for the two largest capital projects
Y. Greensfelder, whose leadership
in the university’s history. Earlier in
and commitment to green space
his career, he worked for Deutsche
preservation left a legacy that is best
Financial Services in a variety of
exemplified by the transformation of
roles. He holds a master’s degree
a mining and logging site into what
in business administration from
is today Greensfelder Park in west
Washington University in St. Louis. David Kemper (left) received the Greensfelder Medal
St. Louis County. The medal, which
Overseeing the day-to-day from Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson at a private event in April.
was first presented in 1980, is not
(photo by Kevin Kersting)
operations at the Garden, Woodruff
awarded annually but only when
will lead the Finance, General Garden Awards
the Garden identifies a person who
Services, Information Technology,
Greensfelder Medal demonstrates the Greensfelders’ love
Communications, and Visitor
The Garden awarded the of parks and nature.
Services divisions as well as the
Greensfelder Medal to David
Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House Corporate Partners
Kemper on April 14 during a private
and Little Shop Around the Corner. Program Reaches 100
dinner at the President’s Residence.
“I’m excited about the opportunities
The award recognizes an The Garden’s Corporate
I see at the Garden,” he says. “We’re
individual’s contributions to garden, Partners Program has reached a
very fortunate to have many loyal
park, and landscape planning milestone 100 partner companies.
supporters and dedicated staff that
as well as urban improvement. Corporate Partners make an
are passionate about the mission
Kemper has been deeply involved annual financial commitment
of the Garden, and I look forward
with the Garden for more than to the Garden’s mission and are
to working with the Garden
30 years. He joined the Garden’s essential to the Garden’s ongoing
community and Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees in 1987 and operations. These 100 companies
to advance our mission.”
served as Chairman from 1998 to represent a diverse range of
In other Garden staff news,
2000. His support made possible industries, interests, and sizes.
Donna McGinnis was promoted
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They choose to support the Garden
for many reasons—plant science,
arts and culture, sustainability,
education, community enrichment,
conservation—and some have been
partners for decades.
Corporate Partners also appoint
representatives to the Corporate
Council, one of the Garden’s
four volunteer leadership boards,
to further engage the corporate
community with the Garden’s
global mission and local impact.
These individuals bring a wealth of
personal talent as well as the diverse
perspectives of their organizations The World Flora Online Council discussed in Geneva the project’s next steps. (photo courtesy of Richelle Weihe)
to Garden leaders, working
World Flora Online Update operating system developed by the
together to connect and enrich
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and
In late January, Garden President
our community.
adopting the Plant List, an existing
Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson and other
The Garden is profoundly
joint project developed by Kew and
staff members traveled to Geneva
grateful for the continued and
the Garden, as the nomenclatural
for the latest meeting on the World
growing support it receives from our
backbone. Google also committed
Flora Online (WFO), which, thanks
Corporate Partners.
to host WFO with $100,000 worth
to the support of the Monsanto
Garden Introduces Military of cloud server credits, allowing the
Company, seeks to have an online
operating system and data to be
Appreciation Week flora of all known plants by 2020.
fully functional by the next WFO
Several major goals were
In recognition of our military
meeting in Rio de Janeiro this fall.
accomplished including adopting an
service members, the Garden is
proud to introduce a Military
Appreciation Week membership
Mullanphy Centennial their families,” says Membership
sale. From Sunday, June 28, to
Manager Andrea Nickrent.
Mullanphy Investigative Learning
Sunday, July 5, visit the Membership
Formerly called the Bryan
Center, a magnet elementary school
Services Desk in the Ridgway
Mullanphy School, the school and
in the Saint Louis Public Schools
Visitor Center, Sophia M Sachs
the Garden have a long history
(SLPS) district, is celebrating 100
Butterfly House, or Shaw Nature
together. The St. Louis Board of
years this year. To commemorate
Reserve with a valid military ID and
Education purchased the land on
the occasion and its long history
receive a 20% discount on a new,
which it stands in 1910 from the
with the school, the Garden offered
renewed, or gift membership. For
Garden’s Board of Trustees, and in
all Mullanphy staff members
more information, please contact
1993, the school reopened as one of
honorary Garden memberships—
the Membership Department at
the two magnet schools developed
from administrative to cafeteria
[email protected] or
by SLPS in collaboration with the
staff. “We wanted to celebrate
[phone].
Garden, the Saint Louis Zoo, the
this milestone by ensuring that all
University of Missouri–St. Louis,
Mullanphy staff could enjoy the
and the St. Louis Science Center.
Garden at their leisure and with
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News
cont.
or show stewardship of the natural The project is part of the City
or built environment. With of St. Louis’s Urban Vitality and
this accolade, ASLA recognizes Ecology initiative and will serve as
Woodbury’s efforts over many a model from which to learn how
years to develop programs to best to engage, equip, support,
connect the general public, design and rally communities around
professionals, developers, and the environmental, social, and
public agencies with native plants economic benefits of urban green
and the benefits they provide for space and nearby nature.
public and environmental health.
Bob Newmark (right) of Bryan Cave LLP, the award Garden Welcomes BGCI
sponsor, presented the award to Senior Vice President Enhancing Greenspace in
Congress Delegates
of Science and Conservation Dr. Jim Miller (left).
in City Neighborhood
(photo courtesy of the St. Louis Regional Chamber) From April 26 through May 1,
This summer, the Garden’s the Garden hosted more than 300
Garden Wins Arcus Award
education and community outreach delegates from 41 countries for
The St. Louis Regional Chamber
team will work with residents, the Botanic Gardens Conservation
celebrated its second annual Arcus
students, and community leaders International’s (BGCI) 9th
Awards in February and presented
in the historic Baden neighborhood Congress on Education in Botanic
the Arcus Award for Achievement
in north St. Louis city to explore Gardens. The congress was made
in Biosciences to the Garden. The
how nature can have an impact on possible thanks to the support
awards celebrate businesses and
quality of life. The pilot project, of Andrew Barnett and Louisa
organizations that made significant
which will run through 2016, is a Hooper of the Calouste Gulbenkian
contributions to St. Louis, and
collaboration between Baden, the Foundation, The Boeing Company,
the Garden was recognized for
City of St. Louis, BiodiverseCity Kathy Mckinnon and the Sylvia
advancing St. Louis’s reputation
St. Louis, the Garden, the Missouri Scholarship Fund, Sigma-Aldrich,
as a global hub for bioscience and
Department of Conservation, STL Anheuser-Busch, Sharon and Dale
worldwide leadership in plant
Youth Jobs, the Metropolitan Fiehler, Katy Land Trust, David
research and conservation.
St. Louis Sewer District, and a host and Cheryl Morley, Mr. David
Civic Stewardship Award of other community organizations. Orthwein, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
With the support from a private W. Peters II, Mr. and Mrs.
for Reserve’s Woodbury
donor and a local community Nicholas L. Reding, and The
The St. Louis Chapter of the
foundation, the Garden will work Saint Louis Brewery.
American Society of Landscape
with STL Youth Jobs to employ At the congress, Dr. Cary
Architects (ASLA) awarded
and train area teens to install and Fowler received the 7th William
Scott Woodbury, Whitmire
care for a community garden on L. Brown Award for Excellence in
Family Curator of Native Plant
city-owned property, centrally Genetic Resource Conservation.
Horticulture at Shaw Nature
located and accessible to a diversity Dr. Rainer Bussmann, Director of
Reserve, its 2014 Civic Stewardship
of residents. In addition, local the Garden’s William L. Brown
Award. St. Louis ASLA President
K–8 youth, families, and seniors Center, presented the award.
Scott Emmelkamp and past
will also be engaged via hands-on “The William L. Brown Award
president Tim Slazinik presented
interactive programs and action recognizes the outstanding
the award at the annual ceremony
projects, including community clean- contributions of an individual
in February. The Civic Stewardship
ups, invasive plant removal, and in the field of genetic resource
Awards recognize individuals or
native tree plantings. conservation and use, to which
organizations that raise awareness
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Dr. Fowler has been committed need to have a comprehensive
throughout his career,” he said. account and a proper baseline of
Dr. Fowler’s experience the flora of every region in the
includes heading the International world because this will drive our
Conference Program on Plant efforts to conserve biodiversity
Genetic Resources at the U.N. Food to ensure we live in a sustainable
and Agricultural Organization planet in the future,” says Garden
(FAO) and producing the first President Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson.
global assessment of the state of the Volume 9 of the Flora of North
world’s crop diversity. From 2005 America, which covers the rose
to 2012, he lead the Global Crop family (Rosaceae), was dedicated When and how should I
Diversity Trust, which he helped to Dr. Walter Lewis, former divide my perennials?
found, to ensure the conservation Senior Botanist at the Garden and
Late July through September is the
of crop diversity for food security, Professor Emeritus of Biology at
preferred time to lift and divide many
including the creation of the Washington University in St. Louis, perennial flowers. This includes spring
Svalbard Seed Vault that houses in recognition of his contributions and early-summer blooming perennials
more than 783,000 food crop to the knowledge of Rosaceae and such as iris, peonies, hostas, bleeding
varieties and their wild relatives. his support of the Flora of North hearts, and coral bells. This will give
America project and the Garden. them a chance to develop a good root
During the February reception, system before cold weather sets in.
Given proper care, they should also
Dr. Wyse Jackson and Washington
bloom the following spring, but some
University Chancellor Dr. Mark
will take two years to bloom well.
Wrighton praised both Dr. Lewis
To dig, use a sharp garden spade to
for his work and the partnership
lift your perennials. Dig several inches
between the two institutions.
out from the outermost stems and lift
“We’re fortunate to be partners
the clump out of the ground. Using an
with the Garden,” Dr. Wrighton
old, large knife, cut the clumps into
said. “The Missouri Botanical
sections. Another method is to use two
Garden is an institution of great
(from left) Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, Garden Curator and digging forks and pry the clump apart.
consequence not only for St. Louis
Editorial Director of Flora of North America Dr. James Peonies do not need dividing on a
but increasingly for the world.”
Zarucchi, and Dr. Mark Wrighton present a copy of regular basis. If they are flowering
volume 9 to Dr. Walter Lewis, which was dedicated to him.
Planning Your Visit: well, leave them alone unless you want
to increase your number of plants or
Garden Publishes Volumes Roadwork By the Garden
relocate a plant. Bearded iris and
Documenting Floras As you plan your visit to the perennial asters should be divided
The Garden recently published Garden this summer, please note every three to four years. Divide the
the two-volume set of the that the City of St. Louis Street clumps and keep only the young,
Catalog of the Plants of Bolivia, Department will be doing roadwork healthiest rhizomes. Discard the old
documenting more than 15,000 on Kingshighway at I-44 after rhizomes in the center of the clump.
species known from that country, Memorial Day. Learn more about caring for your
Volume 8 of the Flora of Costa For the most current information, perennials with our gardening
Rica, the second-to-last in the visit www.mobot.org/directions or advice, tips, and resources available
at www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp.
series, and Volume 9 of the Flora of follow the Garden on Twitter and
North America. “We desperately Facebook.
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Space. It may seem that, with 79 acres, the Missouri Botanical Garden has
plenty of space to showcase its diverse plant collection. However, beyond the
display gardens and buildings, there is much more than meets the eye. Behind the
scenes, limited space is available to house and grow all the individual plants that
make up the Garden’s living collections. The greenhouses are the only place where
the Garden can house its permanent collections, grow thousands of individual
plants for floral display, and conduct research and propagation work to support
its conservation programs. And they have been running out of space.
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THE GREENHOUSES
The Garden currently has approximately
53,000 square feet—about one acre—of nursery
space. A total of 18 greenhouses are connected
to a large central hallway called the Head House
(see table below). Their purposes range from
housing some of the Garden’s most precious plant
collections to producing more than 200,000
individual plants for the Garden’s annual displays,
such as the front entrance, the Climatron® Central
Axis, and the Doris Waters Harris Lichtenstein
Victorian District.
The Garden is home to two of the world’s
largest and finest permanent collections: the
orchid collection, which was started by Henry
Shaw in 1876 and contains approximately 6,700
individual plants, and the aroid collection,
which has about 4,000 individual plants.
The greenhouses are also home to the desert
collection, which was started by Dr. George
Engelmann and is made up of approximately
1,000 individual plants, and the aquatic plant
collection, which contains more than 200 water
lily cultivars. Garden horticulturists also work
closely with the Garden’s researchers to care for
plants they have collected around the world. The
(above) The Garden’s aroid collection is considered one of the largest in the world,
little space that remains is used for production. and it is all housed in one of the 18 greenhouses.
(opposite) The existing greenhouses have reached their capacity over the years, with
THE LIVING COLLECTIONS little room to grow plants to add to the living collections. (photos by Maddy Gordon)
The pressure of housing permanent collections
and producing thousands of individual plants
for rotating displays on Garden grounds and for
floral display shows leaves little space to grow PLANT DISTRIBUTION BY GREENHOUSE
plants to add to the permanent living collection.
3 orchid collection
These include hardy plants, such as perennials and
2 aroid collection
woody shrubs and trees, that can survive outside
in the winter and therefore comprise most of the 1 plants collected by researchers
plants visitors see out on the grounds year-round. 3 foliage plants for floral display shows
The collections also include plants that support
1/2 cacti and succulents
the Garden’s conservation and research work,
1/2 aquatic plants
which have to be collected in the wild and grown
1 newly propagated plants
in-house. “The fact is that we need to have wild-
sourced material grown here on-site and added 1 shade in the summer
to the collection because we can’t just go down 4 production of spring and summer bedding
to the local store and buy it,” says Vice President plants and the floral display shows
of Horticulture Andrew Wyatt. “Unfortunately, 1 stock plants or cuttings
right now we have to buy a lot of material, but the
1 production of wild-sourced species
goal is to get to a point where we’re producing at
least 95 percent of our plant material in-house.”
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The Garden produces about 200,000 individual plants every year for the annual displays, most of which is commercially sourced. The new nursery will add much-needed space
to grow most of these as well as plants of conservation concern that can be added to the permanent living collection. (photo by Maddy Gordon)
A NEW NURSERY FOR THE GARDEN
Whether plants are grown for conservation
purposes or for display, the Garden is one step
closer to achieving that goal. A plan is being
finalized to have a new nursery in operation by
the spring of 2016. This new off-site facility will
alleviate some of the space issues in the existing
greenhouses by adding about 6.5 acres of working
space for horticulturists. It will strongly support
the Garden’s mission to discover and conserve
some of the plant world’s rarest and most
threatened species and share the knowledge with
others. “Any plants that we can grow ourselves and
add to the Garden’s living collections are a tool
for both conservation and education purposes,”
Wyatt says. “They will allow our visitors to see a
diversity of plants and have an understanding of
their habitats and their importance.”
Having the space to grow plants to add to Dr. Quinn Long and Dr. Matthew Albrecht of the Garden's Center for Conservation and
the permanent collection will do more than just Sustainable Development (CCSD) collected seeds of Marshallia mohrii last summer in
decrease the Garden’s reliance on commercially the Ketona Glades in Alabama as part of their effort to seedbank rare species of the
southeastern U.S. Since no germination studies had been published for the species,
sourced plants for its displays. The new nursery
they initiated a study for which data recording is being concluded today. They shared
will provide an incomparable learning space for
the many seedlings that resulted from this experiment with Garden Horticulturist
Garden horticulturists. Horticulture is more than Justin Lee, who is propagating them for inclusion in the Garden's living collections.
a love of gardening; it’s a science that includes (photo by Maddy Gordon)
understanding propagation and cultivation to be
able to grow plants.
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