Planting for the future…

With community support, we’re planting the trees that will restore the canopy in Forest Park.

Thank you! From all of us at Forest Park Forever 🌲

Thank you for celebrating A Day 4 Forest Park with us

Thanks to everyone who joined Forest Park Forever during A Day 4 Forest Park on Wednesday, December 10. Restoring and maintaining the Park is our daily work, and now that includes tornado recovery. You can still double your impact if you became a member by December 31.

Because Forest Park is ours, it’s up to all of us to care for it. On A Day 4 Forest Park this year, our friends at KMOV ran stories about how our nonprofit conservancy cares for te most iconic 1,300 acres in St. Louis. Thanks to First Alert 4 for hosting this annual celebration of this urban habitat.

The holiday card features “Season’s Greetings” above a snowy image of Nathan Frank Bandstand. Inside is the greeting, “Best wishes for a holiday season full of wonder and joy.”

Support Forest Park with our holiday card

Our Holiday Cards are here! Purchase a set or more to support our work for Forest Park. The 2025 edition features the Nathan Frank Bandstand inside Pagoda Circle. Other designs and iconic locations are also available—cards do not include the year.

Become a member and receive a 20% discount off your order of 2025 cards! All orders include two-day shipping. Purchase our holiday cards here.

Forest Park Forever Horticulture Superintendent, Nick Selby, is demonstrating tree planting to a group of volunteers.

Forest Restoration Day: 26 years of volunteer help

Thank you to everyone who volunteered during Forest Restoration Day. Hundreds of volunteers helped our staff place over 880 trees during this annual event. We listed all 41 different native species in our event recap.

Restoration takes time and teamwork. Read more about how our nonprofit is planning the Park’s next steps in tornado recovery in After the Storm.

A Forest Park Forever Arborist is digging a hole as others do similar work to plant saplings in a woodland of mature trees around them.

Sustain the tornado recovery in the Park

Tornadoes devastated the St. Louis region on May 16. No area of Forest Park was undisturbed, but the west and north ends were most significantly affected. Over 5,000 trees were impacted, including over 3,000 removed.

Restoration will take years and all of us working together. You can support tornado restoration in Forest Park.

December and January holiday hours for the Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Eduction Center.

Visitor Center holiday hours

The Dennis & Judith Jones Visitor and Education Center will be closed on December 25 and January 1.

On December 24 and 31, the Visitor Center will open at 6 a.m. and close at 2 p.m.

Hours and offerings often change during the winter season. Here is a list of key contact information for the Park’s cultural institutions and recreational facilities

Summer aerial rendering of the Glade, 22.5 acres from the Taylor Kindle River to Kingshighway

Imagine the Glade

Forest Park Forever and the City of St. Louis are proud to partner on the Glade. This community-driven project will transform Steinberg and its surrounding 22.5 acres for activity all year.

The Glade was not impacted on May 16. As tornado recovery and construction continue, our experts are working with local furniture maker Mwanzi Co. to repurpose felled trees into tables and other furniture in the Glade.

Follow progress of the 20-month project on the construction update page of our website.