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Website Extra: On the Road to the Missouri Botanical Garden

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Editors Note: The following are bonus photos from a story on the Missouri Botanical Garden featured in the May, 2016 issue of Michigan Gardener. To read the full story, pickup a copy of Michigan Gardener in stores May 1 or read it in our digital edition.

An American treasure

A visit to the magnificent Missouri Botanical Garden should be on Michigan gardeners’ wish lists

Photos courtesy Missouri Botanical Garden

The meticulous plantings in the boxwood garden are breathtaking.
The meticulous plantings in the boxwood garden are breathtaking.

Many activities abound in the children's garden, including a tree house.
Many activities abound in the children’s garden, including a tree house.

The Chinese garden pavillion rests peacefully in the fall.
The Chinese garden pavillion rests peacefully in the fall.

The Ottoman garden is a unique walled garden that enlightens visitors about gardening traditions during the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman garden is a unique walled garden that enlightens visitors about gardening traditions during the Ottoman Empire.

The hedges and borders in the Victorian district are dusted with a gentle winter snow, which highlights the garden's "bones."
The hedges and borders in the Victorian district are dusted with a gentle winter snow, which highlights the garden’s “bones.”

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