Explore the cemetery's history, horticulture, and upcoming events on the Bellefontaine Blog.
It’s National Gardening Day! Our Daffodils: an inside look at BCA’s planting scheme and tips to create your very own daffodil display. Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum has a growing reputation for its impressive daffodil collections…
Beautiful Magnolias Of the spring-blooming tree species within our collections, few are as well known or loved as the magnolias. The magnolias represent many individual species with a wide array of ornamental attributes. Some are…
Founded in 1849, Bellefontaine Cemetery and Arboretum has been the final resting place for many of St. Louis’s notable figures including William Clark, Adolphus Busch, and the Lemp Family. Celebrated architecture such as the Wainwright…
Trees in the Winter at Bellefontaine Cemetery Winter doesn’t seem to offer much for garden aesthetics but take closer look at the trees. From the stately sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) to the almost shrubby Kousa dogwood…
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