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Mayor Slay Gets Dirty in Brightside’s Butterfly Garden
Mayor Slay Gets Dirty in Brightside’s Butterfly Garden The setting could not have been more perfect for Mayor Francis G. Slay to reveal a new City sustainability initiative, Milkweeds for Monarchs. On Earth Day, with Brightside’s purple coneflowers and giant Monarch gleaming in the background, Mayor Slay, along with representatives from the Missouri Botanical Garden, […]
It’s a milestone year for Forest ReLeaf of Missouri!
It’s a milestone year for Forest ReLeaf of Missouri! A guest blog post by Donna Coble, the Executive Director at Forest ReLeaf. This October marks their 20th year of service. We can’t thank them enough for all that they have done for our city. For the past 20 years our small nonprofit organization has been […]
20 neighborhood gardens enhanced through Neighbors Naturescaping
20 neighborhood gardens enhanced through Neighbors Naturescaping Thanks to the generosity of the Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis, Forest ReLeaf of Missouri and Peabody Energy, 20 neighborhood gardens will be enhanced through our Neighbors Naturescaping program. Parks, school grounds, neighborhood entrances, medians, street barricades, vacant lots and community gardens will be planted with 8,500 […]
St. Louis will soon have more beautiful, sustainable open space!
St. Louis will soon have more beautiful, sustainable open space! Thanks to The Robert J. Trulaske, Jr. Family Foundation, Philpott Family Foundation and Emerson, St. Louis will soon have more beautiful and sustainable open space! The primary location will be the highly visible Gardens at Lake Louie along I-64 at the Chestnut/20th Street entrance into […]
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 […]
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, […]
Bring Conservation Home with Brightside St. Louis and the St. Louis Audubon Society
Bring Conservation Home with Brightside St. Louis and the St. Louis Audubon Society We’re very excited to announce that we’re now a partner and supporter of the St. Louis Audubon’s Bring Conservation Home native landscaping program. Also known as naturescaping, its practices can help lower your water and other utility bills, improve water quality in the […]