Queeny Park

Jun 5

When you want a mix of flowers, open fields, and nature, with a country and/or vintage architectural vibe, Queeny Park is your one stop location for senior pictures. With three buildings and another piece of architecture along with open grass fields, spring flowers, and a brick pathway, you can easily have a one or two hour session here.

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The Best Part About Queeny Park

In just a small area, there's plenty to do in Queeny Park. Right off the parking lot is a white building that has a barn resemblance. With its long walkway under an overhang that’s perfect for walking portraits, and barn style doors to lean against, you can easily achieve a more country feel.

As you leave the white building you'll walk down a brick path that eventually turns into pavement and is lined with flowers galore during late spring through early fall. You can sit along the pathway in front of the flowers or stand behind them for full greenery and blooms. There's even a small, green arboretum with brick steps that makes for a wonderful background in your portraits.

Across from the path is a wide open, grass field with occasional wildflowers blooming. This is perfect for those wanderlust, one with nature, walking through the tall grass senior pictures.

Back on the path you'll come up to a 1854 Greek Revival style house that has brick pathways around it, wooden steps leading up to the porch, and a circular staircase on the backside of the building. With all the different features of this building, you'll have plenty of posing options, like sitting on the steps, leaning on railings, walking down the path, or even leaning back against a brick wall.

At the back of the building, you'll find plenty of woods and another, older country style building that's in the weeds, giving off a small abandoned vibe. You can squat in the weeds or even sit on a log.

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What to Expect Each Season

Spring

Flowers will start to bloom along the pathway, and you'll have plenty of tall grasses in the field. Short grass will be green and some of the trees will have beautiful green leaves on them as well. There's even a short tree with some pink flowers by the arboretum. You'll be sure to catch some of the blooming flowers while getting some nature and architectural shots.

Summer

More flowers will be blooming along the pathway and all the plants will have their greenery. While summer may bring out the heat, a lot of the pathway is in the shade from trees and the buildings. There's plenty of spots to try to stay cooler and out of the direct sun. You can easily mix up shade and sun pictures during your session to beat the heat.

Fall

With Queeny Park being loaded with trees, you won't be short of any fall colors. Mums will also be blooming along the pathway during this time. Between the trees and flowers, your photos will be filled with lots of red, orange, yellow, and purple colors.

Winter

Although you won't have any flowers blooming, you'll still have access to the three buildings, arboretum, and pathway which will all create beautiful backgrounds for your senior pictures. And if you still want a bit of a nature feel, the tall grasses will still be around, even though the rest of the plants are gone for the winter.

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Pricing and Accommodations

Queeny Park is completely free and open from dawn to dusk. Restrooms are a little bit of a walk but are just down the hill from the main house.

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Address

Queeny Park has two entrances to the park that do not connect to each other by road. The best entrance to go in is at 1675 S. Mason Rd, St. Louis, MO 63131.