Big Changes, Bright Future at Tower Grove Park

Catch a behind-the-scenes look at the transformations happening around the Park, as Executive Director Bill Reninger shares more about the vision behind the project and what these improvements mean for the future of the park in an interview with Haley Kerby of KMOV 👀

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Jenelle Ellis
🌳Tree of the Month for April 2026

This 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. 

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Jenelle Ellis
🌳Tree of the Month for March 2026

Howdy, 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.

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Jenelle Ellis