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2023 St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium
A beautiful morning of gardening fun! With great weather and a superb turnout, we all enjoyed our time at the Symposium this past Saturday! Thank you to all who attended and to our experts who helped make this event a sucuess! Dave Tylka gave a wonderful presentation on Landscaping for Bees, Butterflies and Other Pollinators. Jean Ponzi […]
Request Your FREE Blitz Blooms
Get your request in for FREE Blitz Blooms today! Flowers will be available for pickup on May 5th and 6th at the Greenhouse in Forest Park. As part of our Blitz tool loan program, neighbors who register a cleanup or beautification project with us by May 1st can request FREE Blitz Blooms. Simply request needed cleanup or planting […]
Forty years strong yet our work isn’t done!
Lets continue to work together to make St. Louis a community in which we can all be proud. What can you do to help? Maybe you can organize a Blitz Project like a Spring, Summer or Fall Clean-up. How about enhancing a public space with beautiful native plants? Let’s make it happen. Get started signing […]
Making STL Better for 40 Years!
We can’t be thankful enough for the 6,000+ volunteers who joined in Brightside projects this year to clean up and beautify St. Louis! Not only did you help us celebrate 40 years of cleaning and greening, you helped improve the quality of life across STL. Here’s what we accomplished together: We don’t know what else to say, […]
Blooming Soon! Bulb Sale is Here!
**We have a few bulbs left! Call us at 314-772-4646 to order them while supplies last!** This year’s Blooming Soon! selection includes the classic Carlton daffodil. Available in bags of 30-count bulbs for only $17, Carltons have a large, yellow cup and give off a light vanilla fragrance. Carltons adapt extremely well to our unpredictable […]
Brightside Family Fun Day
Sunday June 5 | 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Brightside Demonstration Garden 4646 Shenandoah Ave 63110 | Free admission Families are invited to learn about our environment and why caring for our planet is everyone’s responsibility! Participate in fun activities with the Missouri Department of Conservation, Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Great Rivers Greenway, Missouri Botanical […]
EXTENDED – Don’t Wait! Order Your Bulbs Today!
ORDER UPDATE: Holland has been experiencing significant flooding which delayed fall harvest of daffodils and tulips. 🙁 Good news, our daffodils and tulips are now on the ship from Holland. Unfortunately, they will not be in St. Louis for the early October pick up, as planned. So that means new order pick-up times! Bulb orders will […]
2021 Spring Photo Contest Winners!
Congratulations to our 2021 Spring Photo Contest Winners! We thank each and every one of you submitted a photo of spring flowers and cleanups around St. Louis. M. Mooney – “Forest Park Tulips” K. Dolson – “My Favorite Corner” Diane O. – “Iris” J. Arnold – “Red Tulips”