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Mayor Slay Gets Dirty in Brightside’s Butterfly Garden
Mayor Slay Gets Dirty in Brightside’s Butterfly Garden The setting could not have been more perfect for Mayor Francis G. Slay to reveal a new City sustainability initiative, Milkweeds for Monarchs. On Earth Day, with Brightside’s purple coneflowers and giant Monarch gleaming in the background, Mayor Slay, along with representatives from the Missouri Botanical Garden, […]
Buy flowers – support Forest Park!
Buy flowers – support Forest Park! Mark your calendars! Saturday, May 11, our friends at The Flora Conservancy of Forest Park are having a plant sale! Not only do you have the chance to grab some new plants for your yard and garden, but all the proceeds from the sale will benefit the Flora Conservancy, a […]
Help St. Louis – support the Blooming Soon sale!
Announcing the Blooming Soon! bulb sale, sponsored by our friends at Wells Fargo Advisors. Proceeds will help support Brightside’s cleaning and greening initiatives that make St. Louis a better place to live, work, learn and visit. Click here to support our cause and make your gardens even more beautiful than they already are.
Sustainable gardening best practices
Sustainable gardening best practices Is your garden being good to Mother Earth? In light of our recent involvement with the Sustainable Backyard Tour, we’ve decided to dig-up a few techniques to help ensure that your garden is as green as can be. Gain confidence in compost. Instead of throwing out those forgotten leftovers, feed Mother […]
Flowers Are Blooming at Brightside!
Flowers Are Blooming at Brightside! As spring turns into summer, we have noticed our summer and full sun blooming! We are so excited to share those with you. Gray-head Cone Flower The gray headed coneflower is a Missouri native plant which most often occurs in dry woods, prairies and along railroad tracks and roads. This flower […]
Rose Mallow in the Demonstration Garden
Rose Mallow in the Demonstration Garden We are so excited to share that the first rose mallow has bloomed in the Demonstration Garden! This native hibiscus, hibiscus lasiocarpus, produces many large pink blooms in the heat of the summer. White with pink centers are also commonly found along the edge of ponds and streams. Rose mallow […]
Mary Lou Green talks Brightside St. Louis on KPLR Conservation Connection
Mary Lou Green talks Brightside St. Louis on KPLR Conservation Connection Our very own Mary Lou Green talks with John Fuller on this week’s Conservation Connection. They talk everything from graffiti eradication to downtown St. Louis greening projects. Nice job Mary Lou! Take a minute and watch the video here. We think you’ll enjoy!
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 learn more about any that strike your fancy. Purple Beardtongue (Penstemon cobaea) Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)