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May 2015 Brightside Events & Volunteer Opportunities
May 2015 Brightside Events & Volunteer Opportunities What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for May.
DIY Self-Watering Containers Workshop – Perennial
DIY Self-Watering Containers Workshop – Perennial Never forget to water your plants again! Beat the summer heat and install self-watering systems to keep your garden happy this growing season. Kathleen, Community Educator at Gateway Greening, will discuss various DIY watering systems for gardens, such as drip hose irrigation, self-watering containers, and more. Jenny Murphy, Director […]
Neighbors Naturescaping Kick-Off Meeting
Neighbors Naturescaping Kick-Off Meeting Join us on Wednesday, May 20th at 5:30 p.m.to learn how your neighborhood group can apply for a Neighbors Naturescaping project to beautify public spaces in your community. Neighbors Naturescaping is a program offered by Brightside to help neighborhood groups enhance their community by planting native gardens in public spaces. Eligible […]
Brightside’s Flowers for Downtown
Brightside’s Flowers for Downtown 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 16th to help plant flowers at City Hall, in the Tucker Boulevard street […]
Shaw Wildflower Market
Shaw Wildflower Market Shaw Nature Reserve and several nurseries from throughout the area will offer hundreds of varieties of Missouri native annual and perennial wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs to use in home landscaping and to attract wildlife. Plants will be for sale from Shaw Nature Reserve, Wild Ones, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Forest Keeling Nursery, Pan’s […]
St. Louis Raises Over $2 Million for Local Nonprofits
St. Louis Raises Over $2 Million for Local Nonprofits St. Louis really showed its generous spirit during yesterday’s Give STL Day marathon! In just 24-hours, donors gave 20,260 gifts totaling $2,073,104.69 to hundreds of local organizations! That’s an amazing accomplishment, so congratulations to the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation and all of the donors and sponsors […]
Happy Give STL Day
Happy Give STL Day
Missouri Prairie Foundation – Native Plant Sale
Missouri Prairie Foundation – Native Plant Sale A fabulous selection and quantity of choice native perennials, grasses, sedges, vines, shrubs, and trees supplied by Missouri Wildflowers Nursery will be available outside the entrance to the Town & Country Whole Foods Market from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Don’t miss this great sale! To pre-order, contact […]