This is the Kennedy Woods. There is a group that is part of Forest Park Forever that works and maintains this area (Kennedy Woods Advisory Group). This is one of their supply boxes. Jugs are used for a variety of things but usually watering new plantings. Other supplies are kept at the visitor center or in a lockbox.

For the love of god, please put jugs back

Jugs are meant to be cherished and protected

Ah fuck they found it.

The underpants gnomes have restructured following bankruptcy and are focusing now on jugs

Nice jugs.

They're to take with you on the golf course in case you have to pee - you can just go in the jug!

Sometimes assholes return them full, so this is your PSA folks:

please always empty your Forest Park Pee Jug when you're done with it.

I dont know but its usually a geocache thing when you find this odd stuff in the woods.

This will bother me all day. I need to know!

This is the right answer.

These are community jugs for collecting pine needles which make excellent, long-lasting mulch for gardens, suppressing weeds, retaining moisture, and adding organic matter without significantly changing soil pH as they decompose, debunking the old myth that they make soil too acidic. They are free, durable, allow water to pass through, and work well around trees, shrubs, and even in vegetable gardens, just apply a 2-3 inch layer and avoid clumping.

Here for the comments- not disappointed

Where else would you store your jugs?

This is the new Taco Bell post

All of you have loved ones. All can be returned. All can be taken away. PUT JUGS BACK

Way of the road.

Geocache

If I was a gambling man, I would say they are to fill with water and dump on a camp fire.

Emergency bathroom? 🤢

Jugs not drugs

I'm guessing to collect golf balls or pinecones or something 

I was curious. This is what Gemini has to say about it:

That mysterious wooden box in Forest Park is actually a clever DIY watering station used to keep young or sensitive plants alive during dry spells.

While it looks like a piece of "forest folk art" or a strange geocache, it serves a very practical gardening purpose. Here is the breakdown of why it’s there:

Why the Arizona Tea Jugs?

Deep Root Watering: These jugs are typically used to water specific trees or garden beds that aren't reached by the park's main irrigation system.

Slow Drip Method: Gardeners (often volunteers from groups like the Flora Conservancy of Forest Park) poke small holes in the bottom of the jugs. When filled with water and placed at the base of a plant, they provide a "slow drip" that soaks deep into the soil rather than running off the surface.

Upcycling: Arizona Tea jugs are famously sturdy and have a wide handle, making them easier to carry through the woods than standard milk jugs.

The "Please Put Jugs Back" Sign

The box is a storage hub for volunteers. Since Forest Park is massive, volunteers carry the jugs to nearby saplings, fill them at a water source, let them drain, and then are expected to return them to the box so they don't litter the park or get damaged by mowers.

Where exactly is it?

These are most commonly found in the southwest corner of the park (the "Succession Forest" or Kennedy Forest area) and near the Jewel Box, where there are many volunteer-maintained flower beds and young native trees.

Only a true juggalo knows

Don’t drink the tea !!!

Nice jugs

r/treeseatingthings

Did you take a whiff?

That's where the jugs go.

If there’s any aloe in the box then it would be a box of Juggalo(e)s!!! 🤣😂

The jugs must remain intact!

Meth

Watering the plants makes sense to me.

Did they smell like piss? I really can't think of any reason other then piss jugs

Two ideas:

First suggestion, the cabinet was legitimately used someplace else, like in someone's garage, garden or a workplace, and it held entirely different jugs filled with something that had a purpose to be in the cabinet and for anyone who saw it, the please put it back sign actually made sense.

At some point in time the cabinet was being hauled to the trash and fell off the back of a truck near that spot or stolen from its original location and someone, like a homeless person, carried it to roughly that exact spot then abandoned it.

Over time a random park user found it and decided it would be funny to sit it upright and put jugs in it. As they drank that brand of tea, those are the jugs they had sitting around to put in there.

If that's the case, it's really no different than the Des Peres pickle jar which is a different jar (or jars) of pickles every time I drive by it (and not the same jar that was originally there). Someone just loves and has committed to a running gag for their own amusement.

If you think that's the case, probably time to give it social media or Wikipedia pages (like the Des Peres Pickle Jar)...

Second suggestion, this is simply someone's mental illness on display here like the Schuylkill Notes or Toynbee Tiles only without the conspiracy theory elements and commitment or resources to duplicate it it beyond this location.

It could go either way, but odds are looking for a legitimate reason for it's existence will get you nowhere because there isn't one.

Ooo those are good piss jugs

Are these maple trees? Maybe for sap?

Jugs to tap the maple trees for syrup! Put it back when your done eating da pancakes from the other tree compartment

Jugs are for whatever you need them for.

You can email the park and ask them

Could you please attach a map location? Or whereabouts this is? My apologies if you've already said or posted this information. You're local, I'm a dumbass, I know you understand.