On the cover: A 16-foot-tall steel leaf at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden honors former Des Moines Mayor Tom Urban, who helped the garden grow into a regional attraction. Titled “Threshold,” the sculpture forms an archway that its creator, Juanjo Novella of Bilbao, Spain, conceived as a passageway between two worlds. Photo: Duane Tinkey Read the full September/October issue here. ...read more read less