Tower Grove Park

The mission of Tower Grove Park is to be an exemplary, well-preserved and well-presented, wooded Victorian park of international significance that provides important recreational, educational and cultural opportunities for the public in a way that is compatible with its unique and historic character. Designed by philanthropist Henry Shaw—working in the same era as Frederick Law Olmsted—the park reflects an enduring commitment to Victorian landscape design and historic preservation. The Park is located in St. Louis city, bordered by the Shaw, Tower Grove South, Tower Grove East, and Southwest Garden neighborhoods.

Tower Grove Park’s landscape of grassy meadows, approximately seven thousand trees, and many varied flowerbeds makes the park an important urban green space. The Park is a premier urban and historical destination, maintained through an annual park maintenance program, an urban forest renewal program, and an array of free and low-cost educational, recreational, cultural, and social opportunities for schools, neighboring communities, and the St. Louis region.