G-scale model trains travel through a mountainous, miniature landscape of living plants, small towns and rural dwellings along the re-created Appalachian Trail at Gardenland Express, open now through January 2, 2011, at the Missouri Botanical …

When it’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s summer Down Under — that’s why winter’s a perfect time for Road Trips Gardeners to head to Australia. Lavandula, 350 Hepburn-Newstead Road, Shepherd’s Flat, is a good …