The Forest Park Forever fall Newsletter, published a few weeks ago, included a shorter version of this article. We share an expanded version with our online readers today, welcoming all of you to tend to your own gardens with the benefit of our staff's knowledge...
Read MoreOn September 26 and 27, Forest Park Forever worked with the Academy of Science – St. Louis to celebrate another biennial BioBlitz event, where more than 300 citizens joined over 20 science experts to inventory any living organisms they could find across the Park. One of the big discoveries for the weekend was of a new plant species to Forest Park....
Read MoreGood things come to those who work.
In the 1860s and 70s, the Missouri Legislature tried and failed twice to establish what is now Forest Park. But after years of hard work, the Park became a reality in 1876.
One of the Park’s most popular attractions — the lake where the Boathouse stands — was the product of hard work, as well.
Leading up to Forest Park’s founding, the lake was largely swampland....
Read MoreThis past July, thousands of people sat on the gorgeous green lawn of Art Hill to celebrate Fair Saint Louis and Independence Day, watching as fireworks exploded in the sky above the Emerson Grand Basin. I was one of the thousands mesmerized that night. And it amazes me to think that, just ten years ago, that beautiful Grand Basin was nothing more than a dilapidated shadow of what it is today....
Read MoreIt was on cool, damp St. Louis mornings like this one that I most enjoyed my daily walks in Forest Park. Few people were about then, but life still abounded, an ever-changing panorama of flora and fauna. On such days the hues of the trees, grasses and flowers, glistening with moisture, stood muted and deeper in dim light. And always, in whatever weather, I returned home both revived and calmed....
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