Throughout the spring and summer, the Missouri Botanical Garden offers visitors more opportunities to enjoy the beautiful blooms during their extended evening hours.

Starting in April and continuing through September, the Garden will be open three hours later every Thursday evening for guests to enjoy the warm weather and explore the new flowers each week brings.

Take a sunset stroll around the Garden while sipping a drink from Bellwether Cafe, plan a dinner date on the patio of Sassafras Restaurant and let your little ones explore the nature-based playground in the Doris I. Schnucks Children’s Garden.

The Garden will offer additional programming on select evenings including the Nature Speaks series and live music.

What’s in Bloom: Because our extended evening hours run all the way from the beginning of April to the end of September, we encourage guests to visit us more than once to discover all the wonderful plants that are in bloom during these warmer months. Hyacinths, primroses, columbines, peonies, asters, azaleas and rhododendrons are just a few flowers that will bloom during this time.