![Water Lilies at Missouri Botanical Garden Purple Water Lily](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdEo0IYcVBdYSChhJ13ExzYRAmOfmSleHIayBcXA7eTXZQduJehG3PB2r8OJ29l7N7g4KWhVFfoU9ghSiOxcCDt1N7_TFrM5TtebtRVJshKttmL2LfAkdrXqsis_SEkiSOyuFpIZQ7mgWtxvzVVs_QiHrzvtSBHRg_9N2Fz5Z3OpXqkLeWhHSUTwUvHY/w640-s508/Water%20Lily-5.jpg) |
Water Lily and Reflection |
Missouri Botanical Garden in South St Louis is a wonderful place to discover nature and so much more. The garden was founded in 1859 by Henry Shaw on his country estate. Today it is a National Historic Landmark and is considered to be one of the top 3 botanical gardens in the world.Some highlights to see and do when you visit the garden include:
- Climatron- a geodesic dome that is used as a conservatory.
- The Doris L Schnuck Children's Garden- this area is a delight for children and I have spent many hours there with my granddaughters when they were visiting.
- Japanese Garden- this beautiful area is one of my favorite spots to stroll in the garden.
- Chinese Garden- another favorite spot of mine in the garden.
- Tower Grove House
- William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening
These are but a few of the many interesting highlights in the garden. The garden is also the host to many festivals and special events. I recently toured the garden on a special night they had for photographers to photograph the Chihuly works of art that were featured in the garden from May through October.
Chihuly Exhibit
Dale Chihuly is a world-renowned artist who does amazing works with glass. In his works in the Missouri Botanical Garden art and nature are united in a fantastic exhibition.
I spent several hours at the exhibit in mid-September where I entered the garden at about 6 pm when it was still daylight and stayed for several hours so that I could also capture the beauty of the Chihuly art lit up in the night. Here are a few of the photographs that I took. The first one shows the first Chihuly art I saw when entering the garden.
![Vivid Lime Icicle Tower Lime Green Glass Art](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EHcquSaIymnykYLADBdJh0Illx7keMojy_LEaL0T_S3GSyl7W8ws8VVfxFGVU-EGDYvnxcdq6QF4siAAHPylqEKuKPZTFdAQwwJ1CAr-S9aMr9gPzBluVnixMebAyRz70ES_fbJNGZGNu9mqw-VVYTvSxeFbO2z-op3B0ITYZ2LoGdHxJ9lTMZ-tVj0/w350-h400/Chihuly.jpg) |
Chihuly-Vivid Lime Icicle |
The next three photos show a beautiful red and yellow tower that I photographed first in the daylight, then closeup and finally a nighttime shot with the crescent moon above it. ![Vermilion and Canary Yellow Tower Bright red and yellow glass art](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf303Fb7qzwXvnxZzQVgyiRkPBx-Si7iLpwS-i9xRqfZMWBDSD6lNsZJiBrIS_jsm-gCOPXECpniXCx3WlfmhET3ioMXxzozhKU7zoyamw8eILw16Zra7_h837BEZgC2WqlBOms2Ko4AhwKFNrj331sVjWavwJg0sC_F9qpe88kOAGCueKp4POR1wMs0o/w400-h343/Chihuly-3.jpg) |
Chihuly Tower in Daylight |
![Closeup section of Vermilion and Canary Yellow Tower Section of Chihuly Art](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0mNAfguBM0Ac1Aon5dmk0LzjbEQT_lsAtEqv6zeazVDHrLO_uNcJMMQ-7HFRc3mtfp9Lr5hDnXIImVC0u6QqLkU-fV7fxetl37_3eOkQRNBizYd5X0j8Tqu6ls3e3bEvOhvMAyjfxy0HvHrfDNl_fkmhWOp-YvZr4EDYMN6iqF3Fi4KCCTCEIH7tPhE/w400-h266/Chihuly-4.jpg) |
Closeup of Chihuly Tower |
![Vermilion and Canary Yellow Tower Chihuly Art at Missouri Botanical Garden](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8PappEeM9WA2tBBRoKD19aA6f0pdCQ0XLtlFKnX0f-yL7UvhZxxQERtibrGmyrzu8QtJ63_c1tzLuXMuxkknolV__LW9pSSU20BlkrIeRTjD58wSxPUYjcQ8UnqANhA0gdwiv_4FNWl5dgSCrydgz2pyVEKzLFNPKEumHJ-lkFM2eVe9DQ2gnvaxvOA/w400-h368/Chihuly-8.jpg) |
Chihuly Tower at Night |
The next photo was taken at night in the lake by the Japanese garden.![Float Boat and Niijima Floats Chihuly Art in Japanese Garden](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhuT0elS7L20oC4ZaCrB0qfpKnMebo9LvWemb1AElbdwOqLM99VjYuhv6iSQlZVyGY5q739NZq4b7HTgqXhZv7IBR_UOBL5TqihiM-Auj9NEhKM4Hw-NwUaYSb4GshZNrzS0um8z_GRjZrEyh4j2DL_6_ZICGtmCNm7tZh6tYYxAT98TXidX0I-AoQzo/w400-h296/Chihuly-7.jpg) |
Float Boat and Niijima Floats |
Here are three more of photos from the exhibit.
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