Opens November 11 • Lower Capacity • Limited Tickets Available
November 11, 2020 –January 2, 2021
one million
Celebrate the season with over
dazzling lights, fun new experiences
and traditional favorites!
Enjoy s’mores, festive drinks, and great photo opportunities that will delight crowds of all ages!
Member Preview Nights November 8–10 | Closed: Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day
You can book with confidence for Garden Glow at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Come knowing that the safety and wellbeing of our visitors and staff is of the utmost importance to us, and we are continually monitoring and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic situation as it evolves.
If Garden Glow is canceled, you will be notified and offered an alternative date, if available, or a full refund.
Merry Manhattan Whiskey, vermouth, bitters, and holiday spiced simple syrup
All drinks are not available at all locations.
Cafe Flora
Sit down indoors and enjoy many options off of our small plates menu, as well as the option to purchase your choice of beverages from our full cash bar.
Select nights only.
Snacks + S'mores
There are several opportunities to pick up hot chocolate, s'mores and traditional food throughout the Garden Glow path. Please pick up a map on your way in to locate the closest location.
Additional hand sanitizing stations will be placed throughout the Garden, including all point-of-sale locations and strategically around Garden grounds.
Hand sanitizing
Health and Safety
Please follow appropriate social distancing restrictions of six feet or more from anyone not in your traveling party.
Social distancing
Cloth face coverings must cover the nose and mouth are required for everyone age 9 and older per the City of St. Louis and CDC guidelines. Face shields do not qualify as appropriate face coverings.
All employees, visitors, and volunteers will be required to wear face coverings.
Increased frequency and intensity of cleaning and disinfecting all high-touch surfaces (such as handrails, signage, seats, and benches) following CDC and EPA guidelines. Hours of operation have been reduced to include nightly and weekly deep cleaning.
Sanitizing surfaces
Trash cans will be limited to the area near Ridgway Visitor Center in the outdoor dining area only. No sorting of trash. Please take all refuse out with you when you leave.
Limited trash
Visitors displaying any of the following symptoms before visiting should stay home, including coughing, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell. Refunds and exchanges during this period will be honored without penalty.
Sick visitors
All staff working on Garden grounds will be screened prior to each shift. Employees will be required to complete a health screening questionnaire followed by a temperature check prior to the start of each shift. Only those staff who pass both the health screening questionnaire and temperature check will be allowed to enter the Garden and report for work.
Staff health screening
Plexiglass at the sales counters to protect staff and visitors. Cashless payments/No signature required for credit card transactions.
Point-of-sale precautions
The Missouri Botanical Garden is easily accessible throughout the metro area and conveniently located near Highway 44.
There is no charge for parking at the Missouri Botanical Garden. In the event that the parking lot is full, visitors should use the free parking at the Metro multi-modal lots at the corner of Shaw Boulevard and South Vandeventer Avenue.
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