Finding Ourselves at Home: My Journey Back to Forest Park — and What You Will See This Spring
I remember as a child looking forward to going to the Muny each summer in Forest Park. Children like routine, and each seven-show season with Grandma Dorothy, my mother and my sister was just that: dependable. Whether we were strolling through the gardens of the newly renovated Pagoda Circle, eating dinner beside the Cascades, driving past the lit-up Emerson Grand Basin fountains or walking beneath towering cottonwood trees, Forest Park was always a place where I felt at home; a place where people and nature met together in harmony. But as time goes by, we become adults — we experience the death of loved ones, birth and new life, and we travel away from where we grew up. We begin to realize how unpredictable life truly is, and how special ....
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Winter on Government Hill: Behind the Scenes with FPF Horticulturist Crystal Camp
On a recent Friday morning, Crystal Camp stretched her hand toward Government Hill to show me her outdoor office. She stood inside the freshly repainted World’s Fair Pavilion in thickly-lined, camel-colored bib overalls, hardy work boots, a fleece pullover and a knit Forest Park Forever cap. Camp’s zone spans nearly 40 acres of Forest Park, and she’s worked for ...
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Forest Park’s Fourth Act: Backstage With Forest Park Forever Horticulturist Mark Halpin
On a cold morning a few days before the seasonal debut of Forest Park’s Steinberg Skating Rink, Forest Park Forever horticulturist Mark Halpin was busy setting the winter stage with a landscape of green, red and yellow. The lot lost its color when disease hit its roses a couple of years ago....
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From Our Backyard to Yours: Fall Tips from the Land Management Team
The Forest Park Forever fall Newsletter, published a few weeks ago, included a shorter version of this article. We share an expanded version with our online readers today, welcoming all of you to tend to your own gardens with the benefit of our staff's knowledge...
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Species of the Month, August 2014: Big Bluestem
As you visit the natural areas of Forest Park, it is easy to notice the wonderful swaths of purple, yellow, pink and blue from our summer wildflowers. One thing that might get overlooked are some of our flowering grasses. Though many grasses have relatively inconspicuous flowers, some of them are a little more noticeable. Big Bluestem is one ....
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