(This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener October 2008 issue) By Robert Weaver Long before airplanes and refrigeration made it possible to ship cut flowers from halfway around the world, people in the St. Louis area enjoyed the beauty of cut flowers grown right here. And Des Peres was one of the largest centers for cut flower production
» Read more(This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener April 2009 issue.) Serving Washingtonians “From Cradle to Grave” Since 1951 The Hillermann family doesn’t have quite as long of a history in horticulture as some of the other local green-industry families we’ve featured in this series, but in just two generations, they have build Hillermann Nursery & Florist into one
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Hummert International Has Roots with Area Seed Companies By Steve Millett, Ph.D. (This article first appeared in The Gateway Gardener January/February 2009 issue) St. Louis has long been a hub of horticulture. Many seed companies have come and gone with the ever-changing demands of the market place and events that shaped history. In the end, the St. Louis horticulture industry
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