Map of Missouri showing Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis Missouri Botanical Garden sits in St. Louis on the eastern edge of Missouri, a short way south of where the Missouri River joins the Mississippi. Kansas City Springfield Jefferson City Missouri Botanical Garden St. Louis

The Garden spreads across 79 acres in St. Louis, about 15 miles south of where the Missouri River meets the Mississippi.

Exhibition 02

Pollen & Dew

Missouri Botanical Garden · St. Louis

A few inches from the lens: bees working the yellow blooms, a beetle on its rounds, and water that has not yet decided to fall.

Henry Shaw opened the Garden in 1859, making it one of the oldest botanical gardens in continuous operation in the United States. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 1976.

Its Climatron, opened in 1960, was the first geodesic dome ever used as a conservatory: 175 feet across, 70 feet high, with no interior columns, sheltering more than 2,800 tropical plants.

Out of sight, the Garden’s herbarium holds more than 7.5 million pressed plant specimens, one of the largest collections of its kind in the world.

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A single water drop hanging from the tip of a white petal, the garden reflected upside down inside it, against soft green, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

No. 1

My first macro frame. It is far from perfect. It is still my favorite.

Bumblebee pressed into the dark disc of a yellow flower, its fur dusted with pollen, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Bumblebee, Deep in the Pollen
A single drop of water hanging from the tip of a curved blade of grass against a soft green and white background, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
One Drop, One Blade
Yellow spotted cucumber beetle with black spots climbing over the red florets of a yellow flower, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
Fuzzy red and green kangaroo paw flowers curving upward against a dark green background, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Kangaroo Paw
Bumblebee feeding on a yellow flower while a honeybee flies in below it, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Two Bees, One Bloom
A water drop clinging to the end of a hairy green stem, green leaves blurred behind, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Held
Spiky green and gold flower bud before its petals open, against a soft pink background, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Before the Bloom
Bumblebee seen from above with wings folded, feeding in the center of a yellow flower, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Bumblebee, From Above
Center of a yellow flower showing the spiral pattern of its tiny florets, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
The Spiral