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2023 St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium
Join us Saturday, June 10th, 2023 for this year’s St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium located at Brightside St. Louis’ Demonstration Garden at 4646 Shenandoah Avenue. Register for the Symposium The symposium will feature special guest, Dave Tylka. You’ll love how Dave shares his wealth of experience and knowledge as an educator, biologist , nature author and photographer! […]
Register for the 2023 St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium Today!
Join us Saturday, June 10th, 2023 for this year’s St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium located at Brightside St. Louis’ Demonstration Garden at 4646 Shenandoah Avenue. Register for the Symposium The symposium will feature special guest, Dave Tylka. You’ll love how Dave shares his wealth of experience and knowledge as an educator, biologist , nature author and photographer! […]
Neighbors Naturescaping 2021
As neighbors safely got together again this year, Brightside’s small grant program, Neighbors Naturescaping was a success! Neighborhoods across the region will benefit from 20 different Neighbors Naturescaping gardens built or enhanced from the program this year. We want to give special thanks to the neighborhood leaders and residents who are committing to care for: […]
2018 Neighbors Naturescaping Success!
Coming to a neighborhood garden near you! With 21 Neighbors Naturescaping projects this year (15 of them in new locations or from new groups), that’s a lot of plants that made their way to their new homes in October! In fact: 2,177 perennials 1,500 daffodils and tulips 424 grasses 105 shrubs 12 trees That’s over $20,000 directly invested […]
2018 St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour
St. Louis Audubon’s Bring Conservation Home (BCH) program and the St. Louis Chapter of Wild Ones are collaborating again to present the 2018 St. Louis Native Plant Tour on Saturday, June 16th. This year’s tour is comprised of residential gardens in Dogtown, Richmond Heights, Shaw and Tower Grove areas. Over 700 people participated in the first three years of the […]
Be A Leader with Brightside!
Download and share a copy of Brightside’s 2018 Neighborhood Leader Packet today!! This packet organizes all of the vital information into one PDF on how to keep your community clean, green and beautiful! How to do Blitz Clean-up project Request FREE FLOWER seedlings for planting on public property Neighbors Naturescaping small grant program info — […]
Happy Pollinator Week!
In honor of Pollinator Week, here are nine fun facts about these important creatures. An estimated one-third of all foods and beverages are delivered by pollinators. In the U.S., pollination produces nearly $20 billion worth of products annually. Without pollinators, we would lose many goods such as blueberries, apples, coffee, almonds and chocolate. About 75% […]
