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Brightside St. Louis Day
Brightside St. Louis Day Yep – it exists! Moving forward, we’re proud, excited and honored to announce that June 22nd has been officially proclaimed Brightside St. Louis Day in the city of St. Louis. The proclamation was made in honor of our 30th anniversary and to commemorate the completion of the Brightside St. Louis Demonstration […]
Brightside Combats Vandals to Protect Neighborhoods
Brightside Combats Vandals to Protect Neighborhoods Brightside’s Graffiti Eradication team has been hard at work cleaning up the work of those who vandalize homes, businesses and other structures. It took this team of two almost an hour to remove 200 square feet of graffiti from this highly-visible location on South Jefferson. To protect the community […]
Community Education Fair a tremendous success!
Community Education Fair a Tremendous Success! Thanks to all of the fantastic organizations that participated in this year’s community education fair in our Demonstration Garden. Thanks to them, this year’s event made for a fun, educational day in the garden. Visitors were able to learn a great deal from our area’s leading sustainability and gardening […]
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 […]
Welcome Master Gardeners
Welcome Master Gardeners Brightside St. Louis is very excited to welcome three new Master Gardeners to help with our gardening projects – Joyce Borgmeyer, Jeanette St. Vrain and Veronica McGrath. The trio joins long-time Brightside St. Louis volunteers and Master Gardeners Ken Seher and Peggy Knippel in keeping St. Louis looking beautiful. Please feel free […]
A tip of the cap to the Cornelsens
A Tip of the Cap to the Cornelsens As we dreamed of establishing our Demonstration Garden and Learning Center there were many contributors, both large and small, who helped make this dream possible. We have been honored and humbled by all of the support. Some of the most outstanding features in the garden – the shade […]
Rain barrel repair
Rain barrel repair A very sincere thanks to team members, Kevin and Dan, from The Home Depot at 3202 S. Kingshighway who recently rebuilt our Brightside rain barrel collection system. They used their skills and know-how to allow water to be used for our garden from any of the three collection barrels. Thanks to Kevin, […]
Naperville Adventures in Missions team takes an adventure to St. Louis
Naperville Adventures in Missions Team Takes an Adventure to St. Louis And we couldn’t be more thankful they made the trip!! A big Brightside St. Louis thanks to the guys and gals of the Adventures in Missions team based out of Naperville, Illinois. Last week, they made the five-hour drive to St. Louis to help […]