Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens

Munsinger Gardens (14 acres) and Clemens Gardens (7 acres) are two distinct but adjacent gardens on the banks of the Mississippi River northwest of the intersection of University Drive SE and Kilian Blvd SE, and along the southernmost portion of Riverside Drive SE, in St.

Munsinger Gardens are informal with winding flower-bordered paths under tall pines, and date from 1915 when the city purchased the former site of a sawmill as a park.

The gardens themselves were constructed primarily in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration.

Projects from this period included planting trees and flowerbeds, and building rock-lined paths, a lily pond, and a fountain.

They include six gardens in a formal European style with American plantings and fountains: