Stop on Spoehrer Plaza Hello, and welcome to the Missouri Botanical Garden. My name is Henry Shaw, and this Garden was... more

Stop at Linnean House busts / Photo of original landscape Although Henry Shaw owned expansive property, he planned the Missouri Botanical... more

Stop at Spink Pavilion / Photo old entrance gate From the start, founder Henry Shaw had planned for his garden to... more

Stop at Sassafras grove / photo original look of TGH The land that is known today as the Missouri Botanical Garden... more

Stop at Museum Building In 1856, as Henry Shaw embarked on the creation of his garden, he sought the guidance of... more

Stop at Temple of Victory In typical Victorian fashion, Missouri Botanical Garden founder Henry Shaw arranged for his mausoleum long before... more

Stop at Mausoleum / photo posing for sarcophagus Shaw commissioned George I. Barnett for this octagonal mausoleum made of granite, complete... more

Stop at Henry’s statue in front of Tower Grove House / Photo of younger Shaw Well, hello again! This is... more

Stop at Victorian Garden / photo of the parterre Sheffield-native Henry Shaw called St. Louis home, but throughout his life he... more

Stop at Administration Building / photo of residence downtown Garden founder Henry Shaw’s Town House was originally located on the southwest... more