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Spring 2021 Photo Contest
Let’s celebrate the beauty all around us with a fun photo contest! 😎📷✨ All photo submissions will be entered in the contest. The top FOUR entries (two from each category) will win a fabulous Brightside prize! How to enter: Post a picture on social media and tag Brightside in the photo (Facebook @OperationBrightside, Instagram and Twitter […]
Blitzin’ & Bloomin’
Now is the perfect time to organize a neighborhood cleanup and Brightside is here to help! Through our Blitz program, neighbors can request trash bags and borrow needed tools such as brooms, shovels, rakes, litter grabbers and recycling carts for cleaning up alleys, streets and vacant lots in their neighborhood. Simply request your needed supplies […]
You + Nature = A Better STL
It all adds up! For nearly 40 years now, Brightside has helped connect people with nature and each other. Despite the challenges of 2020, here’s how you and Brightside have helped make St. Louis neighborhoods better and stronger: Restored habitat for butterflies, bees and other pollinators at 16 neighborhood gardens by planting 1,650 native perennials, […]
Blooming Soon! Bulb Sale
*Blooming Soon! Bulb Sale EXTENDED!* This year’s Blooming Soon! selection includes the classic Carlton daffodil. Available in bags of 50-count bulbs for only $17, Carltons have a large, yellow cup and give off a light vanilla fragrance. Carltons adapt extremely well to our unpredictable spring weather and are less susceptible to heat stress. And wow, […]
Neighbors Naturescaping 2020 Edition
During these challenging times, we all need hope for a brighter future. Brightside can help! Beautiful flowers and trees can make a difference for you and your neighbors. Brightside invites city neighborhood organizations, non-profits and institutions to work together to beautify a public space with Missouri native plants. For the past 25 years, Brightside has […]
Flora Conservancy of Forest Park Plant Sale
Beginning on May 9th, plants cultivated by Flora Conservancy volunteers and St. Louis City gardeners will be available for purchase at floraconservancy.org and then pick them up from the greenhouse in Forest Park. It’s a great opportunity to get wonderful, healthy plants at reasonable prices and proceeds benefit the good work that the Flora Conservancy […]
Wow! An Amazing #GiveSTLDay
Thanks to you, Brightside raised over $12,000 on #GiveSTLDay! The final amount may even be more once bonuses from your Power Hour donations kick in. A special thanks to John Sweet and the William A. Kerr Foundation for matching every dollar donated up to $5,000 yesterday! With your support, we met that match and more! Amazing! St. Louis is the real […]
New Pick Up Times and Process for Blitz Blooms!
This year, groups that have requested their free flower seedlings, can pick up their Dianthus on either Friday, May 15th from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. or Saturday, May 16th from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. at the Greenhouse in Forest Park. To pick-up your Blitz Blooms: Please have your trunk cleaned out prior to […]