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Volunteers Needed! Sow Blitz Blooms!
Volunteers Needed! Sow Blitz Blooms! Every year, well over a hundred thousand flower seedlings are planted around the city in public spaces. This is thanks to neighborhood groups doing Blitz Clean-up projects and then organizing planting days to help beautify thier neighobhoods. To have these seedlings ready, Brightside needs your help! What: Sow Blitz Blooms seedlings […]
“Green Dogs” St. Patrick’s Day Clean Up in Dogtown
“Green Dogs” St. Patrick’s Day Clean Up in Dogtown **EVENT CANCELLED** Volunteers Needed! Purpose: Although the city cleans up Dogtown after the celebration, hundreds of bottles and cans still run into the sewer during the festivities. The Green Dogs are there to prevent those party fouls! Last year, they diverted about 1,000 cans and bottles […]
February Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed!
February Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed! What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for February. Opportunities are updated as we receive them, so check back often for updates!
2020 Sustainable Garden and Kitchen Seminar
2020 Sustainable Garden and Kitchen Seminar “A topic and expert for every interest” Join MU Extension specialists and experts from around the region for a day packed with 16 different class options, lunch sourced from local farmers, and a keynote address from Author/Farmer/Artist Crystal Stevens on “Reducing the carbon footprint of your home and garden.” […]
Louie?
Louie? Most visitors to downtown never knew the little lake with the fountain on “Highway 40” had a name. But Brightside volunteers and supporters did. They know it as Lake Louie. While some might think it is in honor of our city’s namesake, King Louis IX of France, they would be mistaken. (Although, it’s a […]
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Looking Back, Looking Forward For 35 years now, the Gardens at Lake Louie have welcomed millions of people into downtown St. Louis with its colorful flower displays. The little lake with the fountain along I-64 eastbound at the Chestnut/20th Street has been a show piece for many years. Exciting changes are coming soon to that highway […]
Helping St. Louis Thrive and Grow in 2019
Helping St. Louis Thrive and Grow in 2019 Brightside would not be able to do what we do without generous support from friends like you over the past 37 years! Here’s what we accomplished in 2019: Help Brightside continue this important work! Donating is easy! You can donate securely online through the Brightside website via PayPal or […]
June Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed
June Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for June. Opportunities are updated as we receive them, so check back often for updates!