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Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Blvd, St Louis, MO 63110
+1 314 577 9400 / +1 800 642 8842
site: Missouri Botanical Garden
#3 of 180 things to do rated by Real Travelers

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Opened in 1859, this is the country's oldest and one of the world's top-rated botanical gardens: a 79-acre delight featuring the nation's largest Japanese strolling garden, a Chinese garden, the world's first geodesic-domed greenhouse, a scented garden for the visually impaired, a hedge maze, a home-gardening resource center, and themed gardens ranging from a Turkish Ottoman garden to an English woodland garden. A must-see for gardeners, who can easily spend 2 or 3 hours of bliss here. A new children's garden, designed to resemble a mid-1800s Missouri river town, opened in 2006. Combining fun and education, it features paths leading through woodlands and over streams to a pioneer village, tree house, fort, rope bridge, cave, splash area, Osage Indian camp, and more. Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

Price

Admission $8 adults, free for children 12 and under (children's garden free for adults, $3 for children)

Credit Cards Accepted

none accepted

Directions

MetroLink: Central West End, no. 13 Union Garden bus (weekdays only)

Area

Vandeventer exit off I-44

Hours

Daily 9am-5pm (Memorial Day to Labor Day grounds close Wed 9pm and are open Wed and Sat 7-9am for walkers)

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