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

Rethinking Our Trial Beds

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

1. Rethinking Our Trial Beds Marker

Inscription.
For over twenty years, we grew and evaluated new annual varieties from various commercial companies in this area. Unfortunately, many of these varieties never became available to the gardening public.

In an effort to make this area more relevant to the home gardener, we are repurposing the trial beds to test plants that are currently available in nurseries and catalogs.

This area will now feature a changing selection of annuals, perennials, shrubs and many even some small trees that are new to the market or new to the St. Louis area but still available.

We hope you enjoy this new direction for our trial beds as much as we do. Keep track of your favorites!

Erected by Missouri Botanical Garden.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce.

Location. 38° 36.754′ N, 90° 15.653′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Missouri Botanical Garden. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Building the Perfect Grapevine (a few steps

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from this marker); Catching the Wind (within shouting distance of this marker); Chinese Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Kresko Family Victorian Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bronze Garden Sculpture (about 400 feet away); The Gardens of Henry Shaw (about 600 feet away); Mother and Child (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Louis.

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

2. Rethinking Our Trial Beds 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 110 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.