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Brightside Spring Photo Contest!
Spring is here! Let’s celebrate with a fun photo contest! Even while we are apart, we can share the joy and beauty of Spring together! 😎 Now through April 30th, share photos with Brightside of Spring blooms in your yard, neighborhood garden or local park. 📷✨ All photo submissions will be entered in the contest. The top […]
“Green Dogs” St. Patrick’s Day Clean Up in Dogtown
**EVENT CANCELLED** Volunteers Needed! Purpose: Although the city cleans up Dogtown after the celebration, hundreds of bottles and cans still run into the sewer during the festivities. The Green Dogs are there to prevent those party fouls! Last year, they diverted about 1,000 cans and bottles from the sewers. When: Just before noon on Tuesday, […]
Get Your Native Garden Ready for Winter – Fall Maintenance
Now is the perfect time to do fall native garden maintenance. This is also an ideal time to add to your existing garden or plant new trees, shrubs, and perennials before the ground freezes. Putting in a little extra care into your garden now will guarantee it will make it through the cold winter months […]
2019 River Des Peres Trash Bash
The Annual River Des Peres Trash Bash is coming up soon and volunteers are needed! All are welcome, no experience required! Individual volunteers, civic groups and youth organizations are encouraged to attend. Please dress appropriately for working outside and current weather conditions. Be prepared to get wet and muddy. Bring your own water bottles. There […]
Blooming Soon! Bulb Sale
This year’s Blooming Soon! selection includes the classic Carlton daffodil. Available in bags of 50-count bulbs for only $16, 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 […]
Blitz Blooms Deadline Fast Approaching
Each year in May, community groups that have come together to clean up the common areas of their neighborhoods have the opportunity to receive free flower seedlings through Brightside St. Louis’ Blitz Blooms program. Every year, Brightside offers seedlings to neighborhood leaders, community organizations, and block groups that will plant the seedlings in public spaces […]
How Did We Make St. Louis Thrive and Grow in 2018?
From Blitz neighborhood clean-ups and graffiti removal to planting native plants and flowers and providing recycling bins, Brightside thanks you for your support! Together, in 2018 alone, we have: Enhanced green spaces with 130,000 annuals and 40,000 native perennials, grasses, shrubs and trees along with daffodils and tulips Worked to restore habitat on 30 acres […]
It’s Not Too Late!
Call Brightside at (314) 772-4646 to see what flowers we have left for sale! Now is the perfect time for planting. Rave reviews brought back the “Brightside Red” Hybrid Darwin tulip! We are also bringing back an old fan favorite — Daydream Hybrid Darwin Tulips. These vibrant tulips are a must-have among your spring blooms Give your garden […]