by Katie Keith, Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center Coordinator A leucistic female cardinal was seen around the Botanical Center in the early months of 2019. While it is rare, it is not unheard of. Leucism is a condition in which an animal losses pigmentation in some cells — in our case, just the feathers around the …
Garden Sponsor Highlight: Steinbergs, DeRubis, O’Reillys, and Trotters support the Seasonal Display Gardens
by Lisa Bakerink, Friends of the Garden Executive Director What does it take to keep the beds around the Botanical Center enjoyable and attractive all year long? The generosity of incredible people in this community! Our seasonal display beds, which showcase three seasons out-of-doors and the holiday season inside the Botanical Center, are main attractions …
Park Partner News: MU Extension 4-H partners with Greene County Juvenile Program
Partnership with Greene County Commission Makes Addition of MU Extension 4-H Youth Associate to Greene County Juvenile Program a Reality in 2019 Greene County Commissioner Harold Bengsch often points out that you will not find 4-H members in the county juvenile program. With that idea in mind, David Burton, county engagement specialist for Greene County …
Garden Sponsor Highlight: Great Southern Bank supports the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden
by Lisa Bakerink, Friends of the Garden Executive Director The Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, one of the oldest gardens at the Springfield Botanical Gardens, is located northwest of the Botanical Center building. It boasts many great displays all designed for educating the home gardener and helping them learn to grow. This garden, maintained …
Garden News: What a Difference a Day Makes
by William Aldrich, Friends of the Garden Volunteer Liaison Scheduling outdoor events for mid-February takes a special kind of audacity. What are contingency plans if it snows? Rains? Sleets? Is unbearably cold? Howling winds? Then again, there is Valentine’s Day and why not aim to offer a romantic stroll through a beautiful park with soft …
Volunteer Spotlight: Malissa Nowack
by William Aldrich, Friends of the Garden Volunteer Liaison It takes three sets of hands to lift the capstone and get it positioned more than four feet off the ground and on top of a column of cinder blocks fronted with Carthage Stone. Malissa Nowack supervises the positioning onto a bed of mortar, then wiggles …
A Garden View: What is a botanical garden?
by Katie Keith, Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center Coordinator I recently read the book “American Eden” about a doctor’s dream to establish a botanical garden on what is today Rockefeller Center in New York City some 200 years ago. Despite the obvious need to know the plants of the new world, especially in terms of providing …
Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden opens for Valentine’s Day events
Friday Weather Update: 02/15/19 at 12:50pm The event will proceed as scheduled; Parks staff is keeping roadways, pathways and parking lots pertinent to the event treated and cleared. Join us at the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden for Valentine’s Day-themed Romance in the Garden events on Thursday and Friday, February 14 and 15, 2019 from 4:30 …
Grow Your Community Garden workshop to educate area gardeners
Great Southern Bank presents Grow Your Community Garden on Friday, March 1, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center, 2400 S. Scenic Ave., Springfield, Mo. The free workshop is designed to help individuals and organizations create and maintain community gardens. Participants may register below. A community garden is a …
Thousands enjoy inaugural winter lights event at the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden
Thousands of people enjoyed the inaugural winter lights event at the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden from Friday, November 30 to Saturday, December 22, 2018. Billed as “Evening Strolls through the Garden,” the event offered the public the opportunity to view the serene Stroll Garden in the winter for the first time ever. The Springfield-Greene County …
