The 2009 ASHS Annual Conference

Objective(s):
To present to the attendees of the Annual Conference (1) an overview of the Missouri Botanical Garden and (2) to showcase its many contributions to the horticultural sciences.

Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation’s oldest botanical garden in continuous use, and is both a National Historic Landmark and a newly designated ASHS HortLandmark.  The 79 acres of the Garden are a beautiful horticultural display within the city of St. Louis and is a center for botanical research and science education.  This year, 2009, marks the Garden’s sesquicentennial.  For 150 years the Garden has been an oasis in a city, a place of beauty and family fun, and also a center for education, science, and conservation.