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Planting Partnerships…Powered by Peabody Energy
Planting Partnerships…Powered by Peabody Energy April showers have brought May flowers and now it’s time to plant! The threat of frost has passed and it’s finally time to beautify the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]