News & FeaturesStay Rooted in the Latest from Mizzou Botanic Garden!Welcome to the Mizzou Botanic Garden News & Features page! Here, you'll find the latest updates, stories, and highlights from our beautiful garden. Whether it's new plantings, upcoming events, or behind-the-scenes features, this is your go-to spot to stay connected with what's blooming at Mizzou. Stay tuned for exciting news and fresh features from the garden!Looking for a specific story and don't see it here? Reach out to us at garden@missouri.edu.Pete Millier Retires After 19 Years as Mizzou Botanic Garden DirectorDirector of Mizzou Botanic Garden and Landscape Services Pete Millier ends his 19-year career at MU with the same sense of the campus’ beauty and allure he experienced the first day he set foot on it in 2004.March 2024When it Comes to Native Plants, Fire Can Be a Good ThingIn an effort to enhance the environment and conserve resources, Mizzou Botanic Garden has replaced mowed turf with native plants, or pollinator plots, which benefit from regular burning.March 2024 When it Comes to Native Plants, Fire Can Be a Good ThingIn an effort to enhance the environment and conserve resources, Mizzou Botanic Garden has replaced mowed turf with native plants, or pollinator plots, which benefit from regular burning.March 2024MUBG Tributes Memorialize a Life Lost with Messages of LoveWhen past KOMU-TV General Manager Marty Siddall lost his daughter in a car accident in 2006, he worked through some of his grief with caring Mizzou staff who recommended and partnered with him to memorialize Paige Siddall with a Tribute Tree, a Tribute Bench and a bridge in Peace Park.March 2024Another Year, Another Successful Jacquelyn K. Jones LectureMizzou Botanic Garden’s (MUBG) 2023 Jacquelyn K. Jones Lecture, featured Joe Lamp’l, the star of PBS’s “Growing a Greener World” and the force behind the joe gardener® online gardening courses, videos, podcasts, a blog and articles. In addition to the lecture, event co-sponsor Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA) hosted him for a seed-starting workshop. He also visited MU’s Children’s Garden and spoke with students about careers in horticulture at MU’s Gaines/Oldham Black Culture CenterDecember 2023Payne Plaza DedicationMUBG teamed up with the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources to honor Vice Chancellor and Dean Emeritus of the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (CAFNR) Tom Payne, and his wife Alice by dedicating the gardens at the south and west corners of MU’s Agriculture Building as the Tom and Alice Payne Plaza.December 2023