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Missouri Botanical Garden

United States of America - Missouri - St. Louis
Institution Code: MO
International Agenda Registrant: Yes
Current BGCI member: Yes
About the Missouri Botanical Garden
Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark.

The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis. The Garden offers 79 acres of beautiful horticultural display, including a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden, Henry Shaw's original 1850 estate home, and one of the world's largest collections of rare and endangered orchids.

The year 2009 marks the Garden’s sesquicentennial anniversary. For over 150 years, the Garden has been an oasis in the city, a place of beauty and family fun—and also a center for education, science, and conservation.

Main Address:
Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Boulevard
St. Louis
Missouri 63110 United States of America
Telephone Number: (314) 577-5100
Fax Number: (314) 577-9521
Web Site: www.mobot.org
Institution Email Address: karen.hagenow@mobot.org

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  • Staff Details
    • Director: Dr. Peter Wyse-Jackson, President
      Curator: Jim Cocos, Senior Manager, Horticulture
      Plant Records Officer: Rebecca Sucher, Plant Records Manager
    • Total Staff:
      Number of Horticultural Staff:
      Number of Educational Staff: 52
      Number of Research Staff: 130
      Number of Administration Staff:
  • About this Garden
    • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
    • Status
    • Educational Establishment: Yes
    • Date Founded: 1859
    • Physical Data
    • Landscaped Area: Yes
    • Total Area (in Hectares): 31 hectares
      Latitude: 38.3700
      Longitude: -90.1500
      Altitude: 0.00 metres
    • Additional Locations
    • Satellite Garden Names (including exteral arboreta): Shaw Arboretum of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Features and Facilities
    • Herbarium: Yes
      Number of Specimens in Herbarium: 5219216
    • Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
      Computer Plant Record System: Yes
    • Open to the Public: Yes
      Society of Friends: Yes
      Retail Outlet (shop): Yes
    • Number of Visitors: 750000
  • Plant Collections
    • Number of Living Plant Accessions: 31388
      Number of Taxa in Cultivation: 15649
    • Special Collections:Arizoaceae, Araceae, Asclepiadaceae, Cactaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Nymphaeceae, Orchidaceae, Camellia (11 spp., 86 taxa), Haworthia (44 spp.), Ilex (16 spp.), Iris (144 taxa), Quercus (21 spp., 21 taxa), Rhododendron (60 spp., 98 taxa), Rosa mediterranean pla
  • Conservation Programmes
    • Conservation Programme: Yes
      Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
      Reintroduction Programme: Yes
  • Research Programmes
  • Education Programmes
    • Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
      Education Programme: Yes