2021 U City in Bloom Garden Tour & Plein Air Festival

Biennial

PleinAir& 6th Annual Art Festival

Come be inspired by the glorious gardens
of historic University Hills.

Sunday, September 26, 2021, 1 – 5 PM
Reception and Art Display - 5 PM,
Flynn Park School Playground

A P RO U D S PO N S O R O F U C I TY I N B LO O M’S

2021 GARDEN TOUR
& PLEIN AIR FESTIVAL

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2021 Garden Tour in

Neighborhood A BRIEF HISTORY OF
UNIVERSITY HILLS

by Esley Hamilton,
University City Historian

In 1922, when Cyrus Crane Willmore purchased the 96 acres that
became University Hills, it was a farm owned by James G. Creveling.
The Creveling family had another farm at the intersection of Clayton and
Conway Roads, where Ladue Junior High was later built. Willmore had
already begun development of University Park on the north side of
Delmar earlier that year, but he had paid so much for the Creveling land
that he had to make it more attractive to potential lot purchasers. The
plan Frederick Pitzman developed for him did just that, with ample
streets following the topography in graceful curves down the hillside
toward the Pershing streetcar line. The feeling of spaciousness was
increased by the six triangular parks at intersections. The plan followed
the model of E. G. Lewis’s University Hills Number One in varying the
sizes of the lots to accommodate a range of house sizes, with the largest

and most expensive on the Creveling and Greenway at the top of the hill.
At the other end of the scale, Bedford and parts of Stratford, Norwood and
Purdue were reserved for bungalows, just a story and a half high. As it
happened, however, the front porches that characterized true bungalows
had gone out of style, and none of the new houses had them. The only
multifamily building was at 501 Purdue, except along the north side of
Pershing. Willmore subdivided University Heights Number Two along the
south side of Pershing in 1925 to match.

Unlike later developers, Willmore built only one house, his own, at 7228
Creveling, designed by local architect Theodore L. Johnson. Although
Johnson never became widely known, he played an important role in
University Hills designing several early houses that helped to give the
neighborhood its character. Some, such as his house for trustee John
Higgenbotham, at 7275 Kingsbury, mixed materials to create a colorful and
distinctive Tudor Revival. That house and Johnson’s Spanish Revival one at
7335 Kingsbury were also specially designed for their corner lots, opening
toward both streets to embrace the neighborhood. This example was also
followed at other corner lots, most notably at 7201 Greenway, where architect
Tom Barnett designed the Italian Renaissance house for Earl Stanza, possibly
the most significant piece of architecture in the neighborhood. Barnett went
on to design the magnificent mausoleum at Oak Grove
Cemetery, managed by the Stanza family. Other leading architects worked
in University Hills, and several houses were published in national journals.

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1. 7235 Greenway 7. 7373 Kingsbury
2. 7275 Creveling 8. 511 Midvale
3. 7317 Teasdale 9. 515 Midvale
4. 7351 Teasdale 10. 7275 Kingsbury
5. 529 Purdue 11. 7265 Kingsbury
6. 526 Purdue 12. 7233 Kingsbury

We thank the University Hills neighborhood Trustees and
residents for welcoming U City in Bloom and the Garden Tour.
You may view the gardens in any order. We request no smoking
in the gardens, and please be considerate of driveways.

Please join us for the reception on the playground, west side, of
Flynn Park School. You will be treated to a music performance by
the U. City High School Orchestra, directed by Grace Fitter. This is
their program -

We will have a beautiful display of the Plein Air Artworks, at the
reception. See the winning works and meet the artists, and vote for
“People’s Choice.” Art will be available for purchase from the artist.

U City in Bloom thanks all our dedicated volunteers who work
to make our city beautiful. And we invite you to join us as a
volunteer by contacting our volunteer coordinator: Jane Keating,
[email protected].

We are very grateful to all our wonderful donors, City of University,
and the School District whose support keeps U City in Bloom alive
and growing and our city beautiful. If you would like to join this
group of benefactors, please contact our Executive Director: Judy
Prange, [email protected].

U City in Bloom thanks the City of U City
For all of their support for our gardens

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KEVIN AND SUSIE JOURNAGAN’S GARDEN
7235 Greenway (rear of backyard), 7728 Creveling (front of house) – #1

It coulda been a contender…
The Journagan’s home faces Creveling, but they also own the lot behind the
house on Greenway. On the Greenway side a magnificent American elm
towers overhead. Its age and size almost qualify it as a “Missouri Champion
Tree.” Champion trees are the largest examples of native tree species
in our state and the title currently goes to an elm near Kansas City. But
the Journagan’s is BIG. One almost expects to see elves peeking out from
between its broad roots. American elms were once a dominant tree in cities
and towns across the Midwest, arching gracefully over many Main Streets.
About 100 years ago, they began to be attacked by the non-native Dutch elm
beetle. First discovered in this country in 1928, the beetles carry the fungus
that causes “Dutch elm disease,” which will eventually kill affected trees.
Therefore, very few specimens of mature elms such as this one remain. The
Journagans’ elm has been maintained and treated against the disease by
them and past owners. Their front yard has traditional foundation plantings
and a wide grassy area for soccer practice, while the backyard is home to a
large pool and trampoline for this active family and their big friendly dog.
The gardens around the patio by the pool are a work in progress. Once major
kitchen renovations are complete, they will turn their attention to adding
perennials, herbs, and new bushes and small trees. The land slopes towards
Greenway, where two long, narrow raingardens have been recently installed
to improve drainage along the arbor vitae lined fence.

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STEVE KRAFT AND LINDA WIGGIN KRAFT’S GARDEN
7275 Creveling – #2

An Alice in Wonderland garden
When Steve and Linda bought their home in 1991, they immediately removed
one of two large pine trees in front, opening up a sunny space that Linda
and her next-door neighbor shared and developed. An article about their
cooperative effort appeared in the Post-Dispatch, and Linda’s career in
landscape gardening was born. In front, exuberant cottage gardens are filled
with blooms throughout the growing season. Some are native Midwestern
plants, such as golden tansy, a nod to her Minnesota childhood, while
others are non-native but pleasing to our eyes and those of pollinators. Like
Alice in her changes, some are huge, like towering cup plant and native
dock, while others are diminutive. Linda’s degree in fine arts is evident in
her unobtrusive design, with an emphasis on chartreuse and gold plants
that repeat rhythmically and shine among darker green leaves. She has
also gone back to creating pottery, as can be seen in the spacious, sloped
backyard, where tiny “garden guardians,” inspired by Zuni carvings of the
“Corn Maiden,” overlook raised vegetable and herb beds along the back fence
and an artistic birdbath welcomes birds. A wide variety of plants (including
some “orphans” that didn’t fit into clients’ gardens) are represented here,
some grown particularly for the bees that live in her hives. A shady pergola
occupies one corner and is inscribed with a quote from Luther Burbank:
“When I touch a flower, I’m touching infinity.”

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GEORGANNE AND JAY NIXON’S GARDEN
7317 Teasdale – #3

Cheerfully haphazard
The home that Georganne and Jay Nixon moved into in 2017 is cream-colored
brick with large multi-paned windows framed in black. A curving walk leads
to the front door. On the second story, black window boxes overflow with
scarlet geraniums, complementing the bright red flowers in the curvilinear
garden below. A broad cobblestone drive leads to the back yard. The hardscape
and the burbling stone fountain, now shaded by a Japanese maple, were there
when they arrived, but a chain link fence and an abundance of woodchips
have been replaced by lovely gardens behind the new wrought iron fence. The
arch over the garden gate is covered in native honeysuckle, which repeats
the red theme early in the spring when it flowers. Georganne describes her
approach to gardening as “cheerfully haphazard,” meaning she is guided more
by what appeals to her than a formal plan. That said, the gardens reflect
her artistic vision. A small patio has a seating area and firepit for chilly days
and evenings. The gracefully laid out gardens invite birds with a birdbath
and attract pollinators with favorite flowers such as blood flower, a tender
perennial milkweed with brilliant blooms. A larger water feature that will help
mask the sounds from nearby Delmar Boulevard is in their future. On the
back stairs, pots of culinary herbs are cultivated. Gardening necessities are
stored in an attractive shed with a slanted roofline and large, sage green doors
with multipaned windows that echo those on the front of the home.

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PAMELA FORBES’S GARDEN
7351 Teasdale – #4

In harmony with wildlife

Built in 1925, this house is the third oldest in University Hills. The previous
owners raised Great Danes, and when Pamela moved in in 1985, most of
the back yard consisted of 6 inches of pea gravel, chain link dog runs, and
one dying tree. The front yard was a boring mowed lawn. Now, a completely
transformed landscape in front and back welcomes bees and birds, butterflies
and bats, has a waterfall and pond where frogs and tadpoles live, and is still
a dog-friendly space. Even bunnies are tolerated if they mind their manners.
The front yard has a small lawn and varieties of flowering plants, including
many kinds of milkweeds that are alive with monarchs when they migrate
through our area in the fall. A stone arch over the driveway leads downhill
into the spacious back yard. Huge arched windows in the kitchen look north
into it, and Pamela designed the space to be appreciated from those windows
in all seasons. Pots of coleus line the expansive drive which ends in a deep
garden overlooked by red buds, a young Japanese lace-barked elm, and a
mature American elm. To the east, a high stone wall supports the pond and
waterfall and defines an upper garden with an overlooking patio. Sunflowers,
volunteers from seed dropped from the multiple bird feeding stations, are
allowed to join the more intentional plantings, while a host of potted amaryl-
lis plants spend the summer months outdoors in a special niche in the wall.
Pamela gardens organically and uses many native plants, along with colorful
flowers that attract pollinators. The effect of the space she has created is one
of tranquility and harmony with the natural world.



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CHRIS JERSAN GARDEN
529 Purdue – #5

A fascination with trees

There is something about trees that speaks to us. They give us shade in summer,
etch their bare black branches against a winter sunset, and rustle in the wind
as if telling us something. Chris Jerson was fascinated with the grace and
magnificence of trees, so about twenty years ago decided to recreate some of
their beauty by studying the ancient practice of bonsai. Bonsai combines art
and aesthetics with the science (and art) of horticulture. It requires patience,
commitment, and daily care of these miniature trees set in shallow trays. Now
his backyard is home to about eighty bonsai trees, nurtured and trained into
harmonious shapes. Some are very old, others young and in the beginning
stages of developing into graceful, natural silhouettes. The most venerable in his
collection is a conifer that was grown by a Japanese master and is over 70 years
old. Others were acquired through friends, but he collected many in the wild
(with permission) when an unusual growth habit or interesting trunk structure
caught his observant eye. In addition to the more predictable evergreens, maples,
and dwarfed gingko trees, Chris has experimented with tree species native
to the Missouri, many of which he has found in the Saint Francois Mountains
region near Taum Sauk, the highest peak in the state.  Among these is his largest
specimen, a blackjack oak, naturally twisted into an interesting form by its
hardscrabble beginnings in the thin soil on a slab of granite. There is a sassafras,
a red bud, and a small grove of sumac, already showing its brilliant red color in
the late summer. See if you recognize the origins of two small specimens that
have interesting hollowed out trunks – they are the remains of huge invasive
Japanese honeysuckle shrubs that once formed the better part of his backyard
area and have been otherwise completely removed. Chris saw possibilities in
even these disliked interlopers.

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JAN WHITNEY’S GARDEN
526 Purdue – #6

All in the Family
The garden next door. Jan Whitney’s house is elevated on an upward slope.
When she purchased her home in 2013, it needed a lot of work both inside
and out. After removing large, overshadowing pines, she made a virtue out of
necessity when the sewer lateral needed to be replaced: she designed a new
approach in front, moving the entrance walkway directly up to the front door
from the sidewalk. The new stairway has a gentle two-level rise from street
level to a circular landing around a gazing ball set in a small garden. Four
more stairs bring the visitor to an inviting front porch seating area
surrounded by flourishing potted plants. Her side garden is lined with
weeping cherry trees and runs along the neighborhood walkway into the
backyard. A large patio sits atop the garage. The former low brick wall
surrounding it has been opened up with wrought iron fencing through which
one views encircling back gardens. Once consisting of only invasive
honeysuckle and euonymus, the new gardens around a green lawn are
overflowing with plants chosen for variety, texture, and color. Her landscape
reflects the artistic eye of this dedicated quilter. A selling point of the house
was a spacious walkout lower level where there is plenty of room for her
sewing room and a downstairs apartment. Weather permitting, some of Jan’s
quilts will be on display along with her garden. Her son Jeff Hales recently
moved into the house directly behind her, which also needed a lot of care and
renovation. His new roof garden is featured on the Garden Tour.

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ANNA AND CAROLINE RILEY’S FAIRYLAND
7373 Kingsbury – #7

Creating joy during a dark time
The landscape around the home that Julie and Chris Riley moved into in 2016
is traditionally lovely. Hosta and shade plants line a meandering flagstone
path toward the rear, while brighter flowers thrive along the other edge of their
lot. The sunnier backyard has two patios overlooking flower gardens as well
as plots for vegetables and herbs. However, it is their two young daughters’
ten or so “fairy gardens” that add the enchantment. These diminutive worlds
are nestled in the front yard, and that’s intentional. They are meant to be
seen and enjoyed by all. It all started with an idea for an April Fools’ joke
– they planned to hide a few little fairies around Flynn Park School. Then
the pandemic struck, and schools closed. Undeterred, the girls shifted their
creativity, energy, and imagination to their own yard, where a variety of ever-
changing miniature vignettes invite strollers to stop and carefully inspect each
one. This was a delight to people venturing out for a socially-distanced walk
during the long months of isolation. The Queen’s garden sports a tiny pond
complete with a mother duck and ducklings and an arched bridge; another
features a rocket ship, a nod to an interest in space; while a pocket-size trailer
travels regularly to different areas and sets up camp. In season, the farm girl
sells the wild strawberries the girls harvest in their yard, and at Christmas
time, elves set up a tree lot. Occasionally, one of what the girls call their “fairy
customers” will add a little something to one of the displays. What a gift to the
neighborhood!

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JACK BREIER AND JOHN DOUGLAS’S GARDEN
511 Midvale – #8

Treasured heirlooms and new experiments

Jack, the master gardener who lives here, volunteers for U City in Bloom
and the Flora Conservancy of Forest Park, although judging from his home
gardens it is hard to imagine when he finds time. He and John bought their
home in 2001. A flagstone walkway gently rises up the sloping front yard to a
seating area on the front porch, which is flanked by a hornbeam. It is shad-
ed by a large redbud and overlooks a sweep of variations of green and white
-- azaleas, hosta, hydrangeas, and rhododendrons. Along the sunny fence
by the drive, a mix of annuals and perennials provides color throughout the
season. In back, several micro-climates provide the opportunity to satisfy a
love of an eclectic variety of plants, including a decades-old brown fig that
thrives sheltered by a stone wall (originally from Italy and transplanted from
their first house), and a rustic trellis of cedar trunks and espaliered pear and
apple trees. Each tree has four different varieties grafted on the main trunk.
In addition to plants that have a long history, Jack also experiments with new
cultivars of such plants as coleus and hatch peppers which may prove popu-
lar at U City in Bloom’s and Floras’ annual plant sales. A shade garden with
a quiet fountain nestles under a large black gum tree encircled by a new flag-
stone path, while the slope upward to a privacy fence is a rich mix of small
trees, a blue spruce, shrubs, annuals, and perennials. A dry stone creek helps
with drainage. Tucked away around the north corner, a patio with a terra-
cotta-colored wall offers a private outdoor room. Raised beds are planted on
the fence side and have whimsical animal head pots mounted above. The
opposite side features a lion’s head wall fountain and a framed arrangement
of succulents.

U CITY IN BLOOM’S 2021 GARDEN TOUR

PATRICIA BERNE’S GARDEN
515 Midvale – #9

Rethinking a long-established garden
Forty years ago, Patricia and Richard Berne moved into their home, but just
last year a major addition to the downstairs necessitated reconfiguring
the backyard garden Patricia had tended all those years. Deep shade from
an impressive pin oak in the front yard allows only plants such as hosta,
holly, and azeleas to thrive, but follow the driveway on the north side, past
a colorful bed of native flowers that their neighbors, Jane and Bill Varnum,
tend on their side of the drive, to the Berne’s secluded backyard. There you
step into a different environment. A broad flagstone patio contains several
different seating areas, while the pergola above (which predates the Berne’s
tenure) provides additional places to relax and enjoy the view of blooming
roses, some of which are trellised against the house. The terraced garden
to the south of the pergola rises above a low stone wall. There is a definite
Asian influence with a serene bamboo drip fountain near a Japanese maple,
a stone lantern, and a statue of a serene seated Buddha. Whimsical touches
are hidden amid the plants, a pensive angel perched on the stone wall, a
stone swan, interesting birdhouses. The path along the side of the new
addition passes by two fluted columns and a birdbath flanked by semi-
circular stone benches on one side and a linear garden softening the new
brick wall of the addition. Patricia is a painter, and her artistry is reflected in
this new version of their long-standing garden.

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GEOFF AND DANIELLE UY’S GARDEN
7275 Kingsbury – #10

Kings of the hill

Located at the corner of Kingsbury and Midvale, the Uy’s house is elevated on
a gentle slope and sits at the back of a wedge-shaped lot. Although there is
virtually no backyard, the panoramic views from their three outdoor sitting areas
more than compensates. The entire front yard is shaded by a variety of mature
trees, including two towering bald cypresses. A curving stone stair is centered
between two lawns, one facing each street, and flanked on both sides by tree-
form hydrangeas above bright gardens filled with begonias, geraniums, coleus,
and other annuals. The landings pass through gardens on either side which
mix culinary herbs, such as thyme and mint, with large hostas, pachysandra, a
bay laurel bush, a small curly willow tree, and oakleaf hydrangeas. There are
comfortable chairs and a stone bench on a flagstone entryway by the front door.
On the Midvale side, under the shade of a large sweetgum and evergreen tree,
swings a hammock, while red Adirondack chairs offer a view of the lovely homes
across the street. The Kingsbury side of their lawn is edged in Russian sage and
bright magenta monarda. Against the shelter of the house, the third vista from
the comfortable patio furniture faces Flynn Park, whose proximity has more than
made up for their family’s lack of backyard play space. The family has lived
in the Hills for over 20 years and moved to this home from their previous one
in 2013. The two previous owners were also avid gardeners, and the Uys have
been good stewards of the work they began. In fact, they are aided by the same
landscape designer who has helped develop and maintain these gardens for
twenty-five years.

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M. J. SUPPIGER’S GARDEN
7265 Kingsbury – #11

Spacious beauty in a small-scale space
The pleasant, formal landscape in the front of M. J’s stately home is in keeping
with its traditional appearance. She has lived and gardened there for 17 years,
and her daughter owned it for the previous four. Step around to the secret
garden tucked away behind the house and you will enter a tranquil miniature
world hidden by a variable height light-toned wooden fence. A small, square
plunge pool punctuates the center of the brick hardscape: its aquamarine blue
surface reflects the sky, and the sound of water masks any outside noise. The
L-shaped garden on two of the pool’s edges is filled with a palette of pinks
and blue flowers, climbing clematis trellised on the fence, crepe myrtle, and
cool greenery. Overhanging most of this area is a mature southern magnolia
with its shiny, deep-toned leaves. M. J. rescued a pair of antique French doors
being discarded by a neighbor, painted them sage green, and placed mirrors in
their frames. Installed against the fence, they duplicate the garden area and
make it appear infinitely larger. Similarly, she has hung a mirrored multi-
paned window frame behind the main seating area on the brick patio, which
is shaded by two star magnolia trees. A separate area of the patio features a
wrought-iron dining table and chairs as well as a charming bench whose solid
back is painted with a fanciful garden scene. This private garden is a quiet
escape from the world, and since it is visible from the living room, solarium,
and breakfast room, it brings nature inside as well.

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DICK AND MARY ANN SHAW’S GARDEN
7233 Kingsbury – #12

All Aboard!

The front yard of the Shaw’s’ home centers on a towering Dawn redwood.
Graceful beds of hosta, ferns, impatiens, and annual flowers follow the flag-
stone stairs up to the front door. Look up towards the peak of the house and
you will spy the “lion and rose” symbol of U City in Bloom, crafted by an artist
friend, which honors Mary Ann as one of the three founders of our organiza-
tion. Perhaps the last thing one might expect to hear on the garden tour is the
mournful whistle of a midnight freight train passing through – but step into
their backyard and discover not one, but two, model railroad tracks circling
beds of colorful annuals, past a mixed garden of herbs and flowers, through
miniature villages nestled in the greenery; and over a tiny trestle above a
stream. Amtrak and Burlington trains chug along the rails. Mary Ann designs
and maintains the gardens here, ably assisted by Dick, the train enthusiast.
Over her years with U City in Bloom, she has learned to appreciate and prac-
tice sustainable gardening, which has led them to add more native plants and
shrubs to their landscapes, replacing species such as roses that don’t thrive
here or nourish native pollinators. Below the raised gardens that are home
to the trains, a comfortable patio surrounds a free-form swimming pool. This
terrace is filled with overflowing planters of annuals and summering house-
plants, including an impressive Benjamin fig tree that was a housewarming gift
from Mary Ann’s mother and sisters when they moved here in 1976. This civ-
ic-minded couple helped plant the seed from which U City in Bloom has grown
and made our community a better and more beautiful place to live.

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Enjoy watching these artists working in the gardens, In and Around
the University Hills neighborhood and all over University City during
the day.

Their finished work will be judged and on display during the recep-
tion. The works will be for sale by the artist.

Save these names and contact information to reach the artist later.
Char Braun – [email protected]
Maureen Brodsky – [email protected]
Julie Byron – [email protected]
Mary Drastal – [email protected]
Jane Flanders - [email protected]
Sandra Haynes – [email protected]
Karen Hilmes – [email protected]
Laurie Kohler - [email protected]
Michelle Krauss – [email protected]
Allen Kriegshauser - [email protected]
Mikhail Kublanov - [email protected]
George McDowell - [email protected]
Jane McDowell - [email protected]
Elizabeth Moreland-Kern - [email protected]
Kathy Morrison – [email protected]
Roro Raye – [email protected]
Debby Reid – [email protected]
Mary Dee Schmidt - [email protected]
Debbie Schuler – [email protected]
Vincent Stock – [email protected]
Lee Street - [email protected]
Michelle Streiff – [email protected]
Margaret VonKaenel – [email protected]

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UNIVERSITY CITY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Maxine Adams

Margaret Gardner

John Ruland

Anaiah Easley

Sadie Malks

Angel Wells

Gunner Wurst

Inigo Larizgoitia Arcocha
Contact for the High School students:
Marnie Claunch, Ed.S., High School Fine Arts Instructional Team Leader
University City High School, [email protected]

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Contact for the DeSmet High School students:
Laurie Kohler, DeSmet High School Art teacher: [email protected]

Many thanks to those
who made this possible

Garden Tour Committee Eric Karch
Georganne Nixon - chair Jane Keating
Linda Ballard Jane Myers
Tim Cusick Georganne Nixon
Pamela Forbes Jane Schaefer
Charlotte Jackson Janet Schoedinger
Jane Myers Jo Seltzer
Judy Prange Mary Ann Shaw
Nan Rochberg Earl Shreckengast
Mary Ann Shaw Craig Schriewer
Donna Schwarz Peg Woodworth
M J Suppiger Judy Prange, Executive Director
Betsy Sweeney Jesse Gilbertson,
Peg Woodworth
Horticulture Director
Plein Air Committee
Jo Seltzer – chair Special thanks to
Tim Cusick Flynn Park School
April Davis CarolAnn Cole, U. City Schools
Judy Prange
Tony Taylor Communications
Amber Toler St. Louis Trophy Co.
Peg Woodworth McGraw Milhaven - Master of
Bruce Wulff
Ceremonies
Plein Air Advisor University City High School
Shawn Cornell
Orchestra;
Art Judges Grace Fitter - Director
Adelia Parker Castro
Victor Wang Peg Crockett - U. Hills Garden
Landscaper
UCB Board
Linda Ballard Copy Writer
James Bartley Linda Ballard
Jack Breier
Brian Davies Official Photographer
Charlotte Jackson Nan Rochberg

Graphic Design
Charlotte Schweppe Jackson

Tour Book Designed by
Missourian Publishing Co.

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