Enlarge photo | | An Artful Garden
This gate leads to a lovely garden in Springfield, Missouri, the site of the 2004 Art in the Garden Walk. So come on in.
Marie's garden
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Enlarge photo | | An Azalea Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
One of the newest of the Springfield Botanical Gardens surrounding the beautiful Botanical Center in Springfield, Missouri, the Azalea Garden, with its 200 plantings, is a symphony of color in spring. For a look at this wonderful garden in its first stages, click below.
An Azalea Garden
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Enlarge photo | | Beverly's Roses
Beverly Parish grows beautiful roses in Nixa, Missouri. "I probably have close to 200 hybrid teas and maybe 250 miniature roses--they start blooming in May," she says. For a good look at the garden Bev and husband Tom call home, they kindly sent us these pictures....
The Parishes' Rose Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Butterfly Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Close Memorial Park at 2400 S. Scenic in Springfield, Missouri, is the home of several unique gardens. This one is designed to attract butterflies as well as please the senses. For a closer look, click on....
A Butterfly Garden
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Enlarge photo | | The Butterfly House
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Some might say it's not really a garden, but the beautiful Bill Roston Butterfly House in Springfield, Missouri, does in fact contain a world of butterfly host and nectar plants. Ergo, we're including it here. The House is a marvelous place to see and learn about 25 of Missouri's most beautiful native butterflies. You'll find it in Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, 2400 S. Scenic. For a preview and more info, click below.
The Butterfly House
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Enlarge photo | | A Columbine Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Among the newest of Springfield, Missouri's botanical gardens, the Columbine Garden is designed to emphasize the delicacy of the flower and its variety in color, says its creator, retired orthodontist Stan Horsch. Stan plans to expand the garden considerably this year. We're following its progress at
A Columbine Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Daffodil Border
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Ok, ok, it might not be a garden in the strictest sense, but the Daffodil Border here is so wonderful that we have to give it its own garden page. The border is the work of the Master Gardeners of Greene County, Missouri, most notably of MG Cindy Arrowood, and the varieties--such as 'Chromacolor' at left--are sheer delights. Think we're kidding? Just click below.
A Border of Daffodils
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Enlarge photo | | A Daylily Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Created by the Ozark Daylily Society, the Daylily Garden in Close Memorial Park simply must be seen to be believed. This variety, 'Decatur Jewel,' is one of 550 varieties thriving in this garden of 5,000 daylilies. Ready? Come have a look.
A Daylily Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Demonstration Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
The Master Gardener Demonstration Garden in Nathanael Greene Park is actually several gardens in one, all of which vividly exemplify the resourcefulness and skill that can be learned in the Master Gardener program. In doing so, it's also a superb showcase of many, many beautiful plants that thrive in the Ozarks. Come see.
A Master Gardener Demonstration Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Dwarf Conifer Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Talk about invaluable help with home landscaping, the newest botanical garden in the Springfield, Missouri, botanical complex will display more than 180 dwarf conifer varieties in an extremely wide range of colors, shapes, textures, and sizes. We'll be following this remarkable garden's progress closely, so watch this space.
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Enlarge photo | | An Easy Border
Moving from country to city can mean giving up a beautiful garden, but this gardener struck gold in the form of a 74-foot border and permission to bring it back to life. With some choice Proven Winner plants and plants from the old home, he found it amazingly easy to come up with a winner. See for yourself.
An Easy Border
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Enlarge photo | | The English Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
One of the most pleasant little gardens in the region is the English Garden in Close Memorial Park. It's a gem. Come and see.
The English Garden
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Enlarge photo | | The Federated Garden Clubs Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
One of the most engaging gardens in Springfield, Missouri's Botanical Center complex is the Federated Garden Clubs Garden--a joint venture of four Springfield gardening clubs. This less formal, cottage-style garden is designed to provide season-long color and easy viewing for visitors, and it does. Come and see.
The Federated Garden Clubs Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Flowering Shrub Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Among the newest botanical gardens in Nathanael Green/Close Memorial Park in Springfield, Missouri, is the Flowering Shrub Garden. Planted in late 2008, it's only now beginning to realize its promise. Come in and have a look.
A Flowering Shrub Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Garden for Everybody
This Springfield garden is one couple's generous gift to everyone who passes by--and a special treat for the kids at McGregor School across the street.
Lane and Paula's garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Garden of Grasses
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Jim Hawkins designed and laid the groundwork for this ornamental grass "garden within a garden." He said it would contain about 25 varieties. He kept his word. Just take a look.
A Garden of Grasses
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Enlarge photo | | A Great Day and a Garden
We titled it "A Great Day" because it was indeed that, but it's really a story about a garden, and a very special garden it is. Click and see.
A Great Day and a Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Hosta Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Close Memorial Park is also the home of a hosta garden so remarkable that it's scheduled to be placed on the American Hosta Society list of Nationally Recognized Hosta Gardens. Oh, why the sign? It's simple. Geese eat hostas, and as one gardener puts it, they also tend to, ah, "overfertilize" them.
Close Memorial Park Hosta Garden
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Enlarge photo | | An Iris Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
One of the newest and most beautiful botanical gardens in Close Memorial Park in Springfield, Missouri, is an Iris Garden. Created by the Iris Society of the Ozarks, this garden beginning in mid-May can virtually take your breath away. Come see.
An Iris Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Japanese Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
A most extraordinary garden in the Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park complex is classic Japanese. Have a look....
The Japanese Stroll Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Lily Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
These oranger-than-orange lilies are standouts in a marvelously colorful botanical garden created in 2006 by the Ozarks Regional Lily Society. This year the garden really came into its own. Come see for yourself.
A Lily Garden
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Enlarge photo | | Moon City Garden Club Gardens
Each year the Moon City Garden Club holds its Annual Spring Garden Tour & Tea, where visitors can enjoy a bracing cup of tea and visit several gardens in Springfield, Missouri's, historic Midtown district. Have a look.
Moon City Tour & Tea
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Enlarge photo | | A New Native Shrub Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
One of the newest botanical gardens on the site of Springfield, Missouri's new Botanical Center is the Native Shrub Garden. This garden will exhibit 75 of Missouri's most striking native shrubs, showing how they can be used effectively in residential gardens and landscapes. The example at left is Ninebark, an old favorite. We'll be following the development of the garden in its first year, so if you like native shrubs, please check back.
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Enlarge photo | | An Ornamental Grass Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
The Ornamental Grass Garden in Springfield, Missouri's botanical complex might become unique in the U.S., said Bill Roston, the designer, raw labor, and man behind the wheel of this NewHolland loader at its beginnings. Today the Garden is undergoing a major, dramatic renovation. Come and see.
An Ornamental Grass Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Peony Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Public peony gardens are quite rare, we're told, yet among the newest botanical gardens in the botanical complex in Springfield, Missouri, is that very rarity. Still in development, the garden already displays some 50 peony varieties ranging from the old-fashioned to the newest hybrids. The result? Click below and see.
A Peony Garden
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Enlarge photo | | The Phelps Grove Park Rose Garden
This handcrafted sign leads the way to a rose garden remarkable for its abundance of shrub and miniature roses. Located in one of Springfield, Missouri's oldest and most beautiful public parks, the Phelps Grove Rose Garden is a great resource for home gardeners interested in beautiful roses that require less maintenance. Have a look.
The Phelps Grove Park Rose Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Redbud Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
One of the newest of the beautiful botanical gardens in Springfield, Missouri's Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park, the Redbud Garden displays 27 varieties of the treasured flowering tree, including some new and some quite rare. Planted in 2010, it showed its first color in the spring of 2011. Today it's really something special. Come see why.
A Redbud Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Rock Garden & Waterfall
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
It all starts with a pile of dirt...a BIG pile of dirt. It's the foundation for a new rock garden and water feature inside the beautiful Hosta Garden in Springfield's Close Memorial Park. Come see how it all happened.
Building a rock garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Rose Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Among the many pleasures in visiting Close Memorial Park in Springfield, Missouri, is the Rose Garden. Close Memorial is part of the 114-acre Nathanael Greene/Close Park complex at 2400 South Scenic in Springfield. The Rose Garden is just south of the entrance.
A Rose Garden
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Enlarge photo | | Shirley's Garden
Shirley Anderson, husband Rocket, and daughter Ashton are proud of their backyard garden in west Springfield, Missouri. They have good reason. By blending old-fashioned charm with state-of-the-art plant choices and design, it's an ideal model for anyone looking for great gardening ideas. To learn the nifty little daylily trick at left, for example, and much more, come on in to
Shirley's Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Tulip Garden
We're calling this collection of photos "A Tulip Garden" rather than a tulip "bed" because...well, if, let's just say if you like tulips, you'll love this amazing planting of same. Come on in and see.
A Tulip Garden
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Enlarge photo | | Tulsa Gardens
Bob Deroy and his wife Kris, of Springfield, Missouri, sent us this marvelous photo of the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, along with photos of the Museum's grounds and gardens. Bob also used his Nikon D200 to photograph the Tulsa Municipal Rose Garden and the Tulsa Iris Society Iris Garden. Have a look....
Tulsa Gardens
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Enlarge photo | | A Viburnum Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Viburnums are wonders in the landscape for blooms and berries, foliage and habit. This new botanical garden in Springfield, Missouri, features some 150 varieties that truly thrive in the Ozarks, including this beautiful Snowball Viburnum. There's much more. Come see.
The Viburnum Garden
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Enlarge photo | | The 'What Happened To Your Garden?' Garden
It seems only fitting that a good, honest garden website such as this one would have at least one garden complete with all the moles, scars, and wrinkles of a real-life, spit-and-chewing-gum, maybe-it'll-work-and-maybe-it-won't, and how-in-the-name-of-Henry-am-I-ever-going-to-find-time-for-this gardening effort. This is it. Believe us, it is not for the faint of heart. When we finally get it posted, we're going to warn you to enter at your own peril. Watch this space.
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Enlarge photo | | The White Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
One of the most beautiful gardens in Springfield, Missouri's, remarkable Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park is The White Garden, inspired in part by the famed all-white garden of Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst Castle in England. It's worth a look, so come see.
The White Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Wildflower Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
Missourians treasure their wildflowers, and this garden exhibits 45 favorites, such as the Butterfly Weed at left. Begun years back as a highly successful Eagle Scout project, the Wildflower Garden has been relocated in the park and this year will be expanded to include more flowers for both sun and shade. We'll be following its progress and hope you'll join us.
A Wildflower Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Winter Garden
in the Springfield Botanical Gardens
It would be hard to imagine a garden more helpful to those looking for winter beauty than the newest botanical garden in Springfield, Missouri's Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park. It's the Winter Garden, and it opens up to one and all a world of plants that thrive in the Ozarks and provide color and other interest even in winter. We're following its progress here. If you'd like to join us, and we hope you will, please click below.
A Winter Garden
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Enlarge photo | | A Xeriscape garden
The Xeriscape Garden in Springfield, Missouri's, Phelps Grove Park is one of the most beautiful gardens to be found in the Ozarks--and certainly one of the most educational. To see why, come on in.
The Xeriscape Garden
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