Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden / Ayers Saint Gross

An iconic visitor center draws inspiration from nature. The Missouri Botanical Garden is a global leader in plant science research and the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation. Entering a new era, the Garden engaged Ayers Saint Gross and Michael Vergason Landscape Architects to design an iconic visitor center and complementary gardens as the primary gateway for more than one million annual visitors. The state-of-the-art Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center represents a bold, transformative vision for the Garden and its mission to discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life.