©2023 Operation Brightside Inc. | All marks are trademarks of their respective owners.
We need your help.
Your donations allow us to do what we do. Please help!
Contact us to learn about our
St. Louis volunteer opportunities.
Get our e-newsletter.
Featured
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, […]
2022 #GivingTuesday Success!
What you give to us in support, we give back to St. Louis. For the past 40 years, we have worked together to make St. Louis a beautiful and vibrant place! Because of your generosity, over $5,000 was donated on #GivingTuesday to support Brightside’s cleaning and beautification programs!! Thank you! Yesterday, people across the world […]
#GivingTuesday is November 29th
#GivingTuesday is Tomorrow – November 29th Tomorrow, the world comes together for #GivingTuesday on November 29th, 2022. We can celebrate this global day of generosity together! Please support Brightside’s clean-up and beautification programs this #GivingTuesday. Donate your money or time or both: A $100 donation to Brightside provides supplies for a volunteer workday. (More than 4,000 volunteers […]
Celebrating 40 Years with 40,000 Daffodils!
Thanks to our Brightside supporters and volunteers, over the past few weeks 40,000 Carlton daffodils were planted in public spaces around St. Louis city! Volunteers gathered around City Hall (shown above) to plant daffodils on the grounds and in the nearby parks. We appreciate the support from VP CSI, STL Volunteers, St. Louis Master Gardeners, […]
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’s Been Busy!
Brightside has been busy with events on events! Our annual St. Louis Gardening Symposium was a hit last weekend. Presented as a hybrid virtual and in-person event, native plant and pollinator experts shared their knowledge with neighbors through presentations and tours of the Brightside Demonstration Garden! A big thanks to our experts- Nina Fogel, Scott […]
Flowers for Downtown 2022
Show your St. Louis pride and be part of this year’s efforts to make downtown St. Louis a more beautiful, vibrant and inviting destination! Gather your friends, family, co-workers or community group and join us on Saturday, May 21st **RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 11** to help plant flowers along Market Street and Tucker Boulevard in conjunction with […]
2022 St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium
Join us Saturday, June 4th, 2022 for this year’s St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium located at Brightside St. Louis’ Demonstration Garden at 4646 Shenandoah Avenue. *limited virtual participation available Register for the Symposium The symposium will feature two special guest speakers leading hour-long presentations. We’re pleased to have Gerardo Camilo, Ph.D., Biology professor at Saint Louis University […]