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Thank you to Bausch & Lomb and their Global Day of Caring!
Thank you to Bausch & Lomb and their Global Day of Caring! Last week, a group of employees from Bausch & Lomb helped with our work around St. Louis City […]
Blooming today in the Demonstration Garden
Blooming Today in the Demonstration Garden Here are just a few of the plants that are blooming today in the Demonstration Garden! Hope your weekend is terrific! Visit GrowNative.org to […]
Skinker-DeBaliviere cleans and greens during Blitz
Skinker-DeBaliviere cleans and greens during Blitz Thanks to volunteer Becky Homan for the photos and the story. Brightside’s Blitz 2012 is nearly history. But for some in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood, last […]
Fido fueled Wi-Fi?!
Fido fueled Wi-Fi?! One of the stranger but more more innovative ideas we’ve seen of late. Free Wi-Fi for public spaces fueled by the amount of dog poop that is […]
Missouri native plants bloom in this late-April peek inside our St. Louis Demonstration Garden
Missouri Native Plants Bloom in This Late-April Peek Inside Our St. Louis Demonstration Garden Spring has sprung in the nearly one-year-old Brightside St. Louis Demonstration Garden! A cool sunny April day […]
Blue Star shining bright for butterflies in the Demo Garden!
Blue Star shining bright for butterflies in the Demo Garden! Blue star (more formally known as Amsonia tabernaemontana) is now starting to bloom in the butterfly garden area of the […]
Brightside’s Mary Lou Green on STL TV Live
Brightside’s Mary Lou Green on STL TV Live Our very own Mary Lou Green on STL TV Live talking Blitz, demonstration Garden and more. Enjoy! And hope to see you […]
Brightside’s Mary Lou Green and Gorilla 76’s Joe Sullivan on St. Louis on the Air
Last Wednesday, our very own Mary Lou Green and volunteer Joe Sullivan from local B2B web marketing agency Gorilla 76 were featured in the second half of St. Louis Public Radio’s […]