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Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough The recently established meadow in Bellefontaine Cemetery’s Evergreen Meadow was seeded this past February with a mixture of native grasses and perennials.  Also included are a few annual and biennial species, such as the black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). These short-lived plants provide quick color, to distinguish the meadow as a work-in-progress,...

Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough For the cutting garden in Bellefontaine Cemetery’s Garden of Angels, a consistent supply of blooming plants is necessary.  The summer beauty onion, Allium ‘Summer Beauty’, is a reliable summer blooming bulb, producing numerous globe-shaped flower clusters sitting about eight inches above the rosette of narrow foliage.  As the name suggests, the...

Early History of Beer in St. Louis Beer- making had been an important part of the St. Louis business industry since the mid-1800s.  The city became an early leader due to its access to plentiful, clean water and caves which kept beer cool in the days before refrigeration and pasteurization. Before 1840 beer-making was largely...

Horticulture Supervisor, Kyle Cheesborough Around this time of the year, annual bedding plants really steal the show.  Annual bedding plants are those that are grown with the knowledge that they will not survive winter temperatures for summer annuals or summer temperatures in the case of cool-season annuals.  As things heat up, many of the summer...