Friday, May 14, 2021 (continued)
No photography was allowed in the museum that focused on Black history in the St Louis region. Founded by Lois Conley in 1997, the museum utilized well-made wax figures created by the founder herself. One such figure was York, the slave of William Clark, who was part of the Corps of Discovery Expedition.
Onward to the
Missouri Botanical Garden, which also required advance timed tickets. Online we were not given the option of using a reciprocal membership (Tyler Arboretum). A phone call let us know to go ahead and purchase the tickets, and we would be reimbursed at the ticket desk at the gardens. And we were!
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"Origami in the Garden" is the current
exhibition at the Missouri Botanical Garden |
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| Sun of Glass (c 2006, by Dale Chihuly) |
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Climatron (1960, by Murphy and Mackey) is the first
geodesic dome to be used as a conservatory |
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Sunset Herons (c 2006, by Dale Chihuly)
stand in Pistia stratiotes/Water Lettuce |
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| A new plant for us |
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Plinia cauliflora/Jaboticaba,
a native fruit of Brazil |
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Symphyotrichum oblongifolium/Aromatic Aster
(unfortunately not in bloom) is one of the plants
"discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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| Moutons (by François-Xavier Lalanne) |
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Origami in the Garden: Flying Folds
(2015, by Kevin Box and Robert J Lang) |
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| Three Dancing Geese (c 1993, by Robert Lee Walker) |
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Baptisia sp/False Indigo is another plant
"discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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Echinacea purpurea/Purple Coneflower was
also "discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
It was suggested that we would see the plants "discovered" by Lewis & Clark at the Missouri Botanical Garden, but there was no dedicated garden for that purpose. We looked at thousands of labels, but only a few matched our list!
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| Hmm, Poa pratensis/Kentucky Bluegrass (KSS) |
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| Paeonia lactiflora 'Charles Burgess'/Peony |
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Stubb's Supper (1998, Frank Philip Stella) is part of a series
of "metal relief paintings" based on chapters of Moby Dick |
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| Origami in the Garden: Paper Navigators (2016, by Kevin Box) |
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Origami in the Garden: Seed (2017,
by Kevin Box and Beth Johnson) |
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Origami in the Garden: Seed Sower (2017, by
Kevin Box and Michael G LaFosse) (KSS) |
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| Cornus controversa/Giant Dogwood flowers |
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| The Giant Dogwood is 51-feet tall |
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| Ulmus glabra/Scotch Elm (c 1900) (KSS) |
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Tower Grove House Herb Garden view toward
the Piper Observatory (Russian-inspired replica) |
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Linum perenne/Perennial Flax is the closest I could find
for Linum lewisii/Blue Flax, "discovered" by Lewis & Clark |
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| The Stumpery, a garden based on old tree stumps |
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| The Stumpery (KSS) |
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Origami in the Park: Rock Paper Scissors
(2014, by Kevin Box) (KSS) |
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| Crowded Iris Garden (KSS) |
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| Iris 'Matt McNames' (2000, by Duane Meek) |
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Ottoman Garden (2006) is a walled garden with
native and naturalized Turkish flora |
*On 12/10/1803, William Clark and the men camped across the river from St Louis.* |
| E St Louis, IL: Lewis & Clark Historical Marker |
Next: Lewis & Clark Trip Day 8.
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