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EXTENDED – Don’t Wait! Order Your Bulbs Today!
ORDER UPDATE: Holland has been experiencing significant flooding which delayed fall harvest of daffodils and tulips. 🙁 Good news, our daffodils and tulips are now on the ship from Holland. Unfortunately, they will not be in St. Louis for the early October pick up, as planned. So that means new order pick-up times! Bulb orders will […]
Blooming Soon! Bulb Sale is Here!
This year’s Blooming Soon! selection includes the classic Carlton daffodil. Available in bags of 30-count bulbs for only $15, 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, do they make a statement […]
2021 Spring Photo Contest Winners!
Congratulations to our 2021 Spring Photo Contest Winners! We thank each and every one of you submitted a photo of spring flowers and cleanups around St. Louis. M. Mooney – “Forest Park Tulips” K. Dolson – “My Favorite Corner” Diane O. – “Iris” J. Arnold – “Red Tulips”
Have you visited the Brightside Demonstration Garden recently?
It’s full of blooms and greenery everywhere! We want to thank all of the volunteers and Master Gardeners who have spent time in the garden pulling weeds and cutting back old growth now that the warmer weather is here. Join us sometime! Stop by and check out a number of storm water management features, Missouri native plants and […]
Request Your FREE Blitz Blooms While Supplies Last!
Get your request in for FREE Blitz Blooms ASAP! Flowers will be available for pickup on May 14th (3 p.m – 6 p.m.) or 15th (8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.) at the Greenhouse in Forest Park. As part of our Blitz tool loan program, neighbors who register a cleanup or beautification project with us in the next week […]
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 the best of spring (e.g. flowers in bloom, neighbors cleaning up) will win a fabulous Brightside prize! How to enter: Post a picture on social media and tag Brightside in […]
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, […]