Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 26, 2023

1. William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening Marker

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Founded in 1991, the Center for Home Gardening provides information, help, and inspiration for home gardeners of all levels of mastery. The Center houses a classroom, year-round displays, a resource library, and the Plant Doctor Desk. The 8.5 acres surrounding the center are home to 23 residentially scaled demonstration gardens.

You can grow it too!
While you're here, we encourage you to walk through these educational displays. Explore vegetable, groundcover, and flower trial gardens. Learn about gardening in small spaces. Discover what plants attract wildlife. Need tips for your lawn? Got clay soil? An abundance of shade? Go inside the Center to get tips for enhancing your own home garden or visit the Plant Doctor to help diagnose your plant problem.

Erected by Missouri Botanical Garden.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1991.

Location. 38° 36.797′ N, 90° 15.618′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Missouri Botanical Garden. Marker can be reached from Shaw Boulevard west of Tower Grove Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4344 Shaw Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63110, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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markers are within walking distance of this marker. Bronze Garden Sculpture (within shouting distance of this marker); Building the Perfect Grapevine (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Gardens of Henry Shaw (about 300 feet away); Chinese Garden (about 300 feet away); Rethinking Our Trial Beds (about 300 feet away); Going West (about 300 feet away); Catching the Wind (about 400 feet away); Kresko Family Victorian Garden (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Louis.

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 26, 2023

2. William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 70 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.