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Native Plant Swap and Sale
Native Plant Swap and Sale Diversify your native plantings at the Native Plant Swap and Sale on October 18th. Bring your Missouri native plants and/or seeds to swap with others for free. Or, purchase retail plants to enhance your garden. When: October 18, 2014 Time: 9am to 3pm Where: Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Ave., Maplewood, […]
Medical Equipment Donation Drive
Medical Equipment Donation Drive “Laura Cannon founded the St. Louis Help Equipment Lending Program (HELP) in 2008 to serve those in the St. Louis metropolitan area who are in need of home medical equipment. This non-profit organization collects used home medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, and crutches. The equipment is loaned at no cost […]
Neighborhood Beautification Projects Get the Green Light
Neighborhood Beautification Projects Get the Green Light Community groups gathered for a small awards ceremony at Brightside St. Louis last week, hoping their proposed neighborhood greening projects would be selected for the 2014 Neighbors Naturescaping program. Now in its 19th year, Brightside’s Neighbors Naturescaping program offers an opportunity for neighborhood organizations throughout St. Louis city […]
Corporate Employee Volunteer Opportunity
Corporate Employee Volunteer Opportunity St. Louis is fortunate to have a wide variety of businesses and professionals that understand the importance of engaging in the communities that support them. This fall, we invite those businesses to establish employee volunteer groups and join with Brightside to make St. Louis a better place. So far this year, […]
Working Together for a Better Benton Park
Working Together for a Better Benton Park St. Louis’ Bud Light “Do Good. Have Fun.” project involved nearly 150 people working to establish a butterfly garden in Benton Park and paint murals around the community garden. Volunteers from Anheuser-Busch, Benton Park and Benton Park West neighborhoods plus Young Friends of Brightside St. Louis joined forces […]
Looking Back and Planning Ahead
Looking Back and Planning Ahead So far, 2014 has been a great year at Brightside St. Louis. From hosting our first Urban Gardening Symposium to revamping the beloved Blitz program, 2014 has brought great things to Brightside and we are excited to see what the rest of the year has in store. Check out our […]
Do Good and Have Fun at Benton Park
Do Good and Have Fun at Benton Park Brightside is pleased to partner with Bud Light in an exciting volunteer opportunity to enhance and beautify Benton Park and the community garden across the street. This summer Bud Light has joined with community groups across the country to organize Bud Light Do Good. Have Fun. projects […]
Take a Virtual Tour of our Garden
Take a Virtual Tour of Our Garden Lace up your virtual walking shoes and take a stroll through our newly-upgraded Demonstration Garden webpages. Thanks to the creative team at Wired Impact, you can now visit online and learn about all of our Demo Garden’s environmentally-sustainable gardening and urban-conservation practices from the comfort of your own […]