Valerie Schremp Hahn Oct 1, 2020 Oct 1, 2020 0 For 60 years now, a tropical forest has lived in St. Louis, capped off by a botanical bubble that serves as a beacon for the Missouri Botanical Garden. A ...

The Climatron at the Missouri Botanical Garden was opened 60 years ago today (Oct. 1, 2020). In 1960, the Missouri Botanical Garden opened the Climatron, a domed conservatory packed with orchids, ...

In 1972 cult sci-fi film Silent Running, Bruce Dern plays a serious astronaut who turns extra-serious when the government orders him to destroy the giant greenhouses he’s trucking through space. The ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Though outside temperatures are in the 20s, the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Climatron remains in the 80s during the day. That means plants can keep growing and growing ...

ST. LOUIS – Temperatures are dropping and more snow is on way. The Missouri Botanical Garden is helping you escape the cold by offering free visits to their tropical Climatron on Thursday, Feb. 11 and ...

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Botanical Garden wants to take you on a tropical escape as temperatures are predicted to dip into single digits later this week. Thursday and Friday, the botanical garden is ...

Designed by St. Louis architectural firm Murphy and Mackey, the Climatron (named for its climate control technology) was built in 1960 to replace the crumbling Palm House. When the Climatron opened, ...

The Bucky Fuller-inspired Geodesic dome encoded the hope that weather would no longer inconvenience humans Enter The Climatron. This Buckminster Fuller-inspired geodesic dome greenhouse was completed ...