A little more than a month ago, the garden outside of the greenhouses was barren, but now the early spring flowers, mainly bulbs, are beginning to bloom. Click on any photo for a larger version.
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - snowdrops Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - snowdrops](http://bp3.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiWfBz9fmI/AAAAAAAABHw/r9ps1A4q07Q/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+snowdrops.jpg)
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![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - pink blossoms Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - pink blossoms](http://bp2.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiVuxz9fZI/AAAAAAAABGI/wh4aVxhJE3M/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+pink+blossoms+1.jpg)
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - white and purple crocus Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - white and purple crocus](http://bp1.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiW3hz9foI/AAAAAAAABIA/55RV5TyXOZo/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+white+and+purple+crocus+2.jpg)
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - white crocus Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - white crocus](http://bp2.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiW3xz9fpI/AAAAAAAABII/kjasgBXrjzE/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+white+crocus.jpg)
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - yellow crocus Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - yellow crocus](http://bp3.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiW4Bz9fqI/AAAAAAAABIQ/yMwT14jjBrw/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+yellow+crocus.jpg)
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - purple crocus Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - purple crocus](http://bp3.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiVvBz9fbI/AAAAAAAABGY/GcvP3uRC0Ls/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+purple+flowers.jpg)
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - crocus Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - crocus](http://bp2.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiU7xz9fPI/AAAAAAAABE4/2w32szvBORg/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+crocus+2.jpg)
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - daffodils Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - daffodils](http://bp1.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiU8hz9fTI/AAAAAAAABFY/p8oitDaO3Ds/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+daffodils.jpg)
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![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - scilia flower Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - scilia flower](http://bp1.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiWGhz9fhI/AAAAAAAABHI/SNyZriIBNEo/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+scilia.jpg)
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![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - magnolia flower Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - magnolia flower](http://bp2.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiVWxz9fVI/AAAAAAAABFo/odO1S-3LdjM/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+magnolia+flower.jpg)
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Hellebore Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Hellebore](http://bp2.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiVWxz9fUI/AAAAAAAABFg/9PIOLzckoZQ/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+Hellebore.jpg)
This garden was Shaw's country estate, and a number of his original buildings still survive. The following three structures at Shaw's Garden were all designed by the architect George I. Barnett.
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Tower Grove House Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Tower Grove House](http://bp1.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiWGhz9fiI/AAAAAAAABHQ/mWVTa_IFWT0/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+Shaw%27s+house.jpg)
Tower Grove House (1849), Shaw's country home, in the "Lake Como" Italianate style.
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Museum building Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Museum building](http://bp1.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiVXhz9fYI/AAAAAAAABGA/rSMJQ8uePT8/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+old+museum+building.jpg)
Museum building (1859), now closed and awaiting restoration.
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Mausoleum (1886) containing tomb of Henry Shaw (1800-1889), R.I.P.
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Piper Observatory Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - Piper Observatory](http://bp0.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiVXRz9fXI/AAAAAAAABF4/YrOadJcrKnE/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+observatory.jpg)
The Piper Observatory is a replica of the tower which gave the adjoining Tower Grove Park its name. Shaw donated the park to the city in 1868, and it remains a Victorian gem. Behind the tower is Shaw's townhouse (1851), removed from downtown Saint Louis and reconstructed here in 1891.
![Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - hedge maze Missouri Botanical (Shaw's) Garden, in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - hedge maze](http://bp3.blogger.com/_ICCoEC9hSwc/RfiVXBz9fWI/AAAAAAAABFw/N20kPQCVqjg/s400/Missouri+Botanical+%28Shaw%27s%29+Garden,+in+Saint+Louis,+Missouri+-+maze.jpg)
The tower overlooks a hedge maze.
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