St. Louis, MO, September 27, 2013: Presidents of the 51 state garden clubs attended workshops and a luncheon at the headquarters of
National Garden Clubs, Inc. The headquarters sits on the grounds of the
Missouri Botanical Garden (1859). The headquarters, dedicated in 1958, is a Mid-Century Modern building. One enters an enclosed peristyle surrounding a Japanese garden. The gallery to the left leads to a large assembly room with glass walls on three sides; the gallery to the right leads to the heaquarter's offices. The galleries have celadon-colored rugs bearing the medallions of the 51 state garden clubs.
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| The Japanese garden. |
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| A gallery reflected in a mirror. |
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| One of the gallery carpets. |
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| Our medallion in the carpet. |
The headquarters' grounds include this interesting 9-11 memorial: a Pennsylvania keystone flanked by Twin-Towers flag poles within in a pentagon Pentagon.
After lunch we had a preview of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
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| A fountain from the St. Louis World's Fair. |
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