Have you seen me in the Park?
Hi, I’m Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)! My trumpet-shaped blooms start as pink to lavender buds and open into glorious light blue flowers that hang like choir bells. Can you spot me in Tower Grove Park?
Read MoreEach month, hear directly from Tower Grove Park Rangers as they share practical tips to keep the park safe, healthy, and welcoming for everyone.
Read MoreThis month, we are celebrating one of Missouri’s most iconic natives, the flowering dogwood, also known as Cornus florida. A small deciduous understory tree, Cornus florida is native across much of eastern North America, from Maine to southern Ontario, Illinois to Kansas, and south to Florida, Texas, and Mexico. Typically growing 15–30’ tall and wide, it has a low-branching, broadly pyramidal form that adds beauty to any landscape.
Read MoreEach month, hear directly from Tower Grove Park Rangers as they share practical tips to keep the park safe, healthy, and welcoming for everyone.
Read MoreHowdy, park-goers, it’s the March Tree of the Month!
This month, we’re highlighting the Pinus flexilis, limber pine, a mountain native known for its resilience and beauty. Found throughout the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin, this evergreen grows 25–60 feet tall and features soft bluish-green needles in bundles of five. In its native high elevations, wind and weather often sculpt it into uniquely twisted and shrubby forms.
Read MoreEach month, hear directly from Tower Grove Park Rangers as they share practical tips to keep the park safe, healthy, and welcoming for everyone.
February | Winter Prep & Pets
Read MoreMeet Ricochet, a 2-year-old mini horse who recently found his forever home at Tower Grove Park thanks to our friends at Longmeadow Rescue Ranch.
Read MoreHowdy, park-goers—it’s the February Tree of the Month!
This month, we are highlighting a Missouri native and one of my favorite pine species, Pinus echinata, commonly known as the shortleaf pine. Naturally occurring in Missouri and much of the southeastern United States, shortleaf pine typically grows in dry, sandy, or rocky upland areas of the Ozarks.
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