Simple but nice. Quiet place full of vegetation. Takes about 5 minutes to walk through. Box is near the Korean War Memorial in Forest Park. If you have the time; stop.

I attended by granddaughter's wedding at The Jewel Box this past weekend. The outer walls were lined with pink hydrangeas, the perfect setting for a very elegant wedding. Requires no extra decoration. Depending on other events in the area, guests need to allow plenty of transportation time, and the street parking may require a lengthy walk. Excellent venue for a wedding!

We were nothing short of completely disappointed in our ceremony being at this location. We were told by the parks department when we booked our ceremony site in early 2021 that the Easter Lillies would be in bloom for our ceremony, they were not. We were also very disappointed in the lack of maintenance on the grounds around the Jewel Box. About half of the shrubs, flowers, and greenery around the Jewel Box had been pulled up and replaced with Dirt. This didn’t look good for our pictures. Last but not least, the confusion on masks being required or not required. I was told by Robert and Gus to reach out to Mike to see if he would be okay with our guests not wearing masks since this is a private event. When we spoke to Mike he was completely rude, disrespectful, and threatening to call the Park Rangers on our event if we did not abide by the mask mandate. We have no problem with masks and all of our guests were vaccinated prior to our ceremony(Mike was not vaccinated). Mike continued to talk over us and lash out at my wedding party when we were trying to explain the conversations I had with both Robert and Gus. This lack of communication was extremely irritating. Gus also expressed to us over and over again about how critical the timing is and that we must be out by the end of our scheduled time slot. I completely understand this but the multiple reminders seemed very excessive. The day of the wedding, guess who was late opening up the Jewel box that we had rented from 12:00PM- 1:30PM, MIKE WAS! If timing is so important, we expect you all to be on time as well. This delay caused 40+ Guests to be standing outside in the rain, ruining their hair, makeup, and outfits. This is unacceptable. I would not advise having your event here. Management does not care about you or your event.

I visited the jewel box this morning with two of my friends. The building is nice enough to look at. The entrance fee is only a dollar. Inside, you’ll find all sorts of house plants. All in much better condition than your house plants will ever be. All in all if you have a spare dollar, 5 minutes it’s fine to look at. But I wouldn’t make a point to go out of your way to see it. The Lilly pad pond in the front was more interesting

There is really not much to see here. The building is a giant greenhouse with tropical plants inside, most of them not labeled. A five-minute walk through to admire the architecture and the Australian Tree Ferns is adequate.