What’s Out There® Weekend St. Louis and the Missouri River Valley will bring to light the unique landscape legacy and local character of the city as reflected by its publicly accessible parks, gardens, plazas, cemeteries, memorials, and neighborhoods. Working in collaboration with Magnificent Missouri and myriad local partners, WOTW St. Louis will engage a large and diverse audiences (typically 1,000+), offering two days of free, expert-led tours of more than two dozen sites that demonstrate the region’s diverse cultural landscape legacy, encouraging participants to discover the little-known design history of places they may pass every day.
SATURDAY – September 24
Forest Park: The Jewel Box | 9:00 – 10:00 AM | led by Ted Spaid (SWT Design)
O’Fallon Park | 9:00 – 10:00 AM | led by Constance Siu (North Newstead Association) and Casey Ringenberg (North Newstead Association)
Fort Bellefontaine | 10:00 – 11:00 AM | led by Tom Hoff (St. Louis County Parks)
The Ville | 10:00 – 11:30 AM | led by Aaron Williams (4TheVille)
Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center | 10:00 – 11:30 AM | led by Lia Bartnicki (Weldon Spring Site Interpretive Center)
Tower Grove Park: Nee Kee Nee | 10:00 – 11:30 AM | led by Chris Sanders (Lamar Johnson Collaborative)
Forest Park: River Restoration Walk | 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | led by Tim Breihan (H3 Studio) and John Hoal (H3 Studio)
Pulitzer Arts Foundation “Park-Like” | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Chris Carl (Studio Land Arts)
Missouri Botanical Garden: Climatron | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | led by Missouri Botanical Garden Docents
Bellefontaine Cemetery | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | led by Joe Shields (Bellefontaine Cemetery & Arboretum)
Forest Park: Art Hill | 12:00 – 1:00 PM | led by Ted Spaid (SWT Design)
Jefferson Barracks | 12:00 – 1:00 PM | led by Tom Hoff (St. Louis County Parks)
Citygarden | 12:00 – 1:30 PM | led by Christian Kochuba (Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects)
Greenwood Cemetery | 12:30 – 2:00 PM | led by Raphael Morris (Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association) and Etta Daniels (Greenwood Cemetery Preservation Association)
Missouri Botanical Garden: History of the Garden | 1:00 – 2:30 PM | led by Missouri Botanical Garden Docents
Peers Country Store | 1:00 – 1:45 PM | led by Dan Burkhardt (Magnificent Missouri) and Connie Burkhardt (Magnificent Missouri)
Dutchtown | 1:00 – 2:30 PM | led by NiNi Harris (Author/Historian)
Treloar Country Store | 2:00 – 2:45 PM | led by Dan Burkhardt (Magnificent Missouri) and Connie Burkhardt (Magnificent Missouri)
Gateway Mall | 2:00 – 3:00 PM | led by Michael Allen (National Building Arts Center)
Fairground Park | 2:00 – 3:00 PM | led by Michael E. Willis, FAIA (MWA Architects (ret.))
Laumeier Sculpture Park | 2:00 – 3:30PM | led by Laumeier Sculpture Park Docents
SUNDAY – September 25
Tower Grove Park: Trivers Tour of Pavilions | 10:00 – 11:30 AM | led by Amy Gilbertson (Trivers) and Hallie Nolan (Trivers)
Carondelet Park | 10:00 - 11:00 AM | led by NiNi Harris (Author/Historian)
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | led by Nick Sacco (National Park Service)
Washington University in St. Louis: East End Transformation/Tisch Park | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | led by Jeff Morrisey (Washington University in St. Louis) and Anu Samarajiva (Arbolope Studio)
Downtown Hermann | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | led by Visit Hermann Docents (City of Hermann)
Forest Park: History of the World’s Fair | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | led by Amanda Clark (Missouri Historical Society)
Missouri Botanical Garden: Japanese Garden | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | led by Missouri Botanical Garden Docents
Gateway National Arch | 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM | led by Luke Ness (Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates) and Pamela K. Sanfilippo (Gateway Arch National Park)
Laclede’s Landing | 12:00 – 1:30 PM | led by Lonny Boring (Great Rivers Greenway) and Josiah Gundersen (Missouri Historical Society)
Missouri Botanical Garden: Historical Architecture of the Garden | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | led by Missouri Botanical Garden Docents
Tower Grove Park: Tree Restoration Walk | 1:00 – 2:30 PM | Paul Toenjes (SWT Design)
Deutschheim State Historic Site | 1:30 – 3:00 PM| led by Missouri State Parks Docents
Lafayette Park | 2:00 – 3:00 PM | led by John Hoal (H3 Studio)
Soldiers Memorial Military Museum | 2:00 – 3:00 PM | led by Mark Sundlov (Soldiers Memorial) and Michelle Ohle (DTLS)
