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Show Off Your Sustainable Yard
Show Off Your Sustainable Yard The 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tour is seeking hosts for its 6th annual area-wide event. Held each year in June, this is a unique opportunity to see firsthand how homeowners in St. Louis City and County are transforming their yards in a range of environmentally sensitive ways. More than 150 families […]
A Video Showcase of Brightside St. Louis
A Video Showcase of Brightside St. Louis https://vimeo.com/140678058 Thank you to the Young Friends of Brightside and Pounds Media for putting together this awesome video showcasing what Brightside is all about!
Giving Thanks For Giving
Giving Thanks For Giving Sometimes when we see litter blowing across the street or a building tagged with graffiti, it’s easy to get disheartened and forget how beautiful St. Louis really is. Before you give up hope, take a moment to reflect on the good that is happening and let’s remind ourselves about the ways […]
Pollinator Dinner – St. Louis Zoo
Pollinator Dinner – St. Louis Zoo In celebration of National Pollinator Week, sit down to a special farm to table dinner to sample the many foods pollinators help provide. Sip mead and honey wine, enjoy a honey tasting, and peruse booths with information and activities related to pollinators. After a buffet dinner, hear a presentation by […]
Rainwater Harvesting Case Study – USGBC
Rainwater Harvesting Case Study – USGBC Mary Institute and Country Day School (MICDS) captures rainwater in a 10,000 gallon storage tank, where it is held before being utilized in plumbing fixtures throughout the school. This session will begin with an overview of the system and associated resource savings, followed by a discussion of the day-to-day […]
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 […]
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 […]