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Brightside Combats Vandals to Protect Neighborhoods
Brightside Combats Vandals to Protect Neighborhoods Brightside’s Graffiti Eradication team has been hard at work cleaning up the work of those who vandalize homes, businesses and other structures. It took this team of two almost an hour to remove 200 square feet of graffiti from this highly-visible location on South Jefferson. To protect the community […]
Community Education Fair a tremendous success!
Community Education Fair a Tremendous Success! Thanks to all of the fantastic organizations that participated in this year’s community education fair in our Demonstration Garden. Thanks to them, this year’s event made for a fun, educational day in the garden. Visitors were able to learn a great deal from our area’s leading sustainability and gardening […]
Striving for clean water
Striving for clean water Major funding for the Demonstration Garden has been provided through EPA Region 7 Section 319 of the Clean Water Act and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Valerie Hentges in DNR’s Water Protection Program is extremely knowledgeable and helpful in guiding our project to address non-point source pollution. Non-point source pollution comes […]
Welcome Master Gardeners
Welcome Master Gardeners Brightside St. Louis is very excited to welcome three new Master Gardeners to help with our gardening projects – Joyce Borgmeyer, Jeanette St. Vrain and Veronica McGrath. The trio joins long-time Brightside St. Louis volunteers and Master Gardeners Ken Seher and Peggy Knippel in keeping St. Louis looking beautiful. Please feel free […]
A tip of the cap to the Cornelsens
A Tip of the Cap to the Cornelsens As we dreamed of establishing our Demonstration Garden and Learning Center there were many contributors, both large and small, who helped make this dream possible. We have been honored and humbled by all of the support. Some of the most outstanding features in the garden – the shade […]
Brightside St. Louis named finalist for Launch St. Louis partnership
Brightside St. Louis named finalist for Launch St. Louis partnership We’re very excited to announce that Brightside St. Louis has been named a finalist for the 2014-2015 Launch St. Louis partnership. We’re one of three selected St. Louis nonprofits in the running to have Launch St. Louis help build, and launch over the course of […]
Brightside receives Exceptional ReLeaf Award from Forest ReLeaf of Missouri
Brightside receives Exceptional ReLeaf Award from Forest ReLeaf of Missouri The sun is shining in more ways than one this Spring at Brightside St. Louis! We’re excited to announce that we recently received the Exceptional ReLeaf Award from Forest ReLeaf of Missouri this past Arbor Day in recognition of our demonstration garden.
Brightside St. Louis receives $50,000 Wells Fargo Grant to support employee engagement initiative
Brightside St. Louis receives $50,000 Wells Fargo Grant to support employee engagement initiative On Monday, Brightside St. Louis received a $50,000 grant from Wells Fargo & Company as part of a $3 million Wells Fargo Environmental Solutions for Communities grant program across 64 community-based nonprofits nationwide to help support land and water conservation, energy efficiency, […]