St Louis - Missouri Botanical Garden 
2 mi. south-east of Forest Park is the large Tower Grove Park. On its north side, along Tower Grove Avenue, is the beautiful Missouri Botanical Garden, also known as the Shaw Garden after the businessman and botanist Henry Shaw (1800-89) who laid it out in 1859. In the south-east part of the gardens are the richly appointed Tower Grove House, Henry Shaw's "garden house". The gardens themselves comprise a lovely rose garden, the rather unusual Climatron (erected 1960) for tropical plants, a Japanese Garden, an "aqua-tunnel" under a water-lily pool and a herbarium.
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Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Always closed on:
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
| Adult | $ 8.00 |
| Local resident discount | $ 4.00 |
| Child 12 & under | FREE |
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
Related Attractions
Doris I. Schnuck Children's Garden
The Doris I. Schnuck Children's Garden takes visitors through Missouri during the 1800s. Within the garden is a town with a general store, jail, village hall and surveyor's office. Special exhibits include the "Cave Experience" which is a man-made cave and a wetlands area that includes a steamboat.
Hours
April 1 to May 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
June 1 to September 6
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
September 7 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
