On Yom Kippur I wanted to introduce those of you who may not know about the Jewish Tercentenary Memorial in Forest Park. It's a surprisingly quiet spot bordered by fountains and a pretty garden just south of Lindell at Kingshighway.
Category: Forest Park
Container gardens in public spaces
The weather has been so atypical this summer that it's hard for me to grasp it's Labor Day. It's somewhat ironic that it takes the full growing season for container gardens to look as bounteous as they do right now, a last gasp before summer's end. The lush full-skirted planting above is one of three…
One of America’s coolest city parks
CWEnder John Marlow, grand pooh-bah of the Great Forest Park Balloon Race, was singled out by Lyda Krewson Tuesday evening at a large gathering in her honor at Basso at the Cheshire Inn (yes Basso is in the 28th Ward). Earlier, John had shared the news that Travel & Leisure named Forest Park one America's…