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St. Louis Earth Day’s Recycling Extravaganza!
St. Louis Earth Day’s Recycling Extravaganza! The Recycling Extravaganza is the preeminent recycling collection event in the St. Louis region bringing nearly 20 different collectors of hard-to-recycle materials to one site for public convenience and appropriate disposal. Here is your one-stop shop to responsibly recycle electronics, carpeting, school supplies, mardi gras beads, clothing and much more. […]
The Spring Monarch Migration is Underway!
The Spring Monarch Migration is Underway! With the warmer temperatures, monarch butterflies have started migrating north from Mexico, where they have spent the winter. Over the next several months, they will fly as far as the northern United States and southern Canada, where they will spend the summer before returning to Mexico in the fall. […]
Learn About Native Gardening at SLUGS!
Learn About Native Gardening at SLUGS! The 2018 St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium (SLUGS) will feature a full morning of native gardening workshops and will be held on Saturday, June 2nd in Brightside’s Demonstration Garden. Participants will learn about the benefits of incorporating native plants into their outdoor spaces, including providing habitat for pollinators and […]
March Blitz Events–Volunteers Needed
March 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 March. Opportunities are updated as we receive them, so check back often for updates!
Be A Leader with Brightside!
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 […]
Don’t Wait, Water Now!
Don’t Wait, Water Now! One of the warmest years on record in Missouri in addition to an extremely mild fall, leaves our plants at risk during this winter drought. Don’t wait, water your plants now while we have warm days upon us. Click the press release shown below from the Missouri Green Industry Alliance to […]
2017 Was A Great Year!
2017 Was A Great Year! ….Now let’s make 2018 even better! Because of the generous support of friends and volunteers like you in 2017, together we: Removed 360,000+ square feet of graffiti from over 5,000 homes, businesses, schools and churches Enhanced green spaces with 200,000 annuals and 30,000 native perennials, grasses, shrubs and trees along with daffodils […]
November Blitz Events-Volunteers Needed
November 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 November.