Sachs Museum at Missouri Botanical Garden

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@mobotgarden.bsky.social's Museum Now on view: THE LITERARY GARDEN The Cultivation of Plants & Gardens in Narratives Through March 31, 2027

Two sections of Jasmine plant stem with small green leaves and dried yellow flowers attached to paper with identifying label and number

Multi petal white flower of gardenia blossom surrounded by shiny green leaves on shrub

Twig of leaves and browned blossoms attached to sheet of paper, with identification labels, number, and bar code of gardenia plant

Museum gallery with three panels on history and use of vanilla orchid fruit and sniffing table with glass domes with deconstructed compounds that make up the Madagascar vanilla scent

Global map highlighting native, introduced, and extinct populations of vanilla planifolia from Kew Gardens

Bunch of cured brown vanilla pods tied with brown string in the middle