Spring provides the perfect backdrop for exploration and stopping to smell the blossoming flowers. While our movements are pretty constricted this spring, we can still enjoy all the rituals of the season. Sometimes we just have to do it virtually. Add a bit of spring to your day with a virtual tour at Missouri Botanical Garden then set off on a scavenger hunt in your backyard.
Covid-19 may have temporarily shut down our favorite attractions, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still enjoy the blossoming flowers that dot the landscape at the 79-acre Missouri Botanical Garden.
A popular year-round destination for more than a century and a half, the botanical garden boasts a collection of more than 4,800 trees and a variety of flowers – from azaleas to magnolias.
Grab a comfy seat, and start your virtual tour with a quick visit to Crabapple Allee. You’ll find an assortment of short and longer tours that give you a front row seat to the blossoming flowers.
The garden has also hosted several live online tours which, if you missed, you can catch on YouTube. Here, for example, is a tour of the formal garden at the Victorian District.
Itching to get outside after your virtual tour? Missouri Botanical Garden has just the solution with its brand new scavenger hunt. All you need is a smartphone.
Start by downloading the “Searching For Spring” Scavenger Hunt App.
Then head outdoors – in your yard or around your neighborhood – keeping an eye out for the animals, plants, trees, and insects on the app. It’s a fun way to get some fresh air, to learn, and to still practice safe social distancing.
Click here for the official website of Missouri Botanical Garden. Or, go here for Facebook.
Have you gone on a virtual tour through the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis? What did you like best about it? Let us know in the comments! If you’re up for some more virtual fun, head over to the St. Louis Aquarium, where you can watch otters, stingrays, and other aquatic animals.
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