From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Patrick Murphy goes to the St. Louis Flower Market on LaSalle Street. This market is home to one of the largest wholesale flower distributors in the region. Family operated, it receives flowers daily from various corners of the world, including Brazil, Holland and India.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Missouri Botanical Garden: Green for 150 Years
On June 15, 1859, Missouri Botanical Garden founder Henry Shaw opened the Garden to the public, making it the oldest botanical garden in continuous operation in the nation. In 2009, the Garden observes our 150th anniversary, or sesquicentennial. Join us throughout the year as we celebrate our heritage and look forward to the next 150 years.
150 year old Missouri Botanical Garden is now one of world's gardens
By Cheryl Wittenauer
The Associated Press
Northwest artist Dale Chihuly's "Walla Wallas" float outside the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden, in St. Louis. The floats, part of a permanent collection, are displayed seasonally.
If You Go
Missouri Botanical Garden: 800-642-8842 or www.mobot.org/
Admission is $8 for adults, free for children 12 and under.
Henry Shaw, only 18, was selling cutlery out of a rented room in St. Louis when a chance, half-day journey out of town on horseback one spring day in 1819 led him to his destiny — the prairie that would become his now-world-famous garden.
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The Associated Press
Northwest artist Dale Chihuly's "Walla Wallas" float outside the Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden, in St. Louis. The floats, part of a permanent collection, are displayed seasonally.
If You Go
Missouri Botanical Garden: 800-642-8842 or www.mobot.org/
Admission is $8 for adults, free for children 12 and under.
Henry Shaw, only 18, was selling cutlery out of a rented room in St. Louis when a chance, half-day journey out of town on horseback one spring day in 1819 led him to his destiny — the prairie that would become his now-world-famous garden.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
St. Louis students learning agriculture to plant urban farm with Science Center's help
By Associated Press
4:02 AM CDT, June 18, 2009
ST. LOUIS (AP) — They may be city kids, but a group of St. Louis students are creating a farm.The youths, who are members of Future Farmers of America, will plant their urban farm outside the St. Louis Science Center.Crops to be planted Thursday include corn, cotton, soybeans and tomatoes. Vegetables harvested from the farm will be donated to St. Louis-area food banks.The students from Clyde C. Miller Academy will plant the crops with help from the St. Louis Science Center and representatives from biotech business Monsanto.The urban farm will also be used during the Science Center's "SciFest" event in October, when programs will be given on farming and plant science.
4:02 AM CDT, June 18, 2009
ST. LOUIS (AP) — They may be city kids, but a group of St. Louis students are creating a farm.The youths, who are members of Future Farmers of America, will plant their urban farm outside the St. Louis Science Center.Crops to be planted Thursday include corn, cotton, soybeans and tomatoes. Vegetables harvested from the farm will be donated to St. Louis-area food banks.The students from Clyde C. Miller Academy will plant the crops with help from the St. Louis Science Center and representatives from biotech business Monsanto.The urban farm will also be used during the Science Center's "SciFest" event in October, when programs will be given on farming and plant science.
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