Missouri Botanical Garden

Nature inspired cake

Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden. Not only does it offer 79 acres of horticultural display for St. Louis, it is also the center for botanical research and science education. It includes a Japanese strolling garden, Henry Shaw's original 1850 estate home, Children's Garden and the  Climatron.

The Climatron is the world's first geodesic dome greenhouse, a lowland rain forest with1500 plants. This was the focus of our visit. There was a special exhibit, Nature Connects, Art with LEGO Bricks. Colin and Andrew's favorite hobby. It featured 25 nature inspired sculptures that were constructed with over 300,000 LEGO pieces.

P.S. Our visit took place on a Wednesday where it is free admission until noon. We only had to pay to see the exhibit.

Cake artist - Genevieve Esson

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