How You Can Help

The Demonstration Garden exists because of the ongoing generosity of the St. Louis community. We’d love for you to get involved.

Donate to Brightside

Your donations help us do all that we do. From maintaining the Demo Garden to providing neighborhoods with the materials to create their own gardens, we rely on your donations.

Donate Now

Here is what your donations allow us to do:

• $2,500 sponsors an educational workshop in our Demo Garden
• $1,500 funds a Neighbors Naturescaping garden
• $500 creates a neighborhood butterfly garden
• $250 buys 750 daffodils to plant on area highways
• $100 plants one tree in a neighborhood garden
• $50 buys two tools for a neighborhood planting project
• $25 provides four native perennials for a neighborhood garden

To learn more about donating, please visit the Brightside Donation page.

Tribute Bricks

Become a part of The Brightside Demonstration Garden forever — give the gift of a tribute brick in honor of or in memory of a loved one or show your support for Brightside with a brick featuring your name or company.

We offer a variety of bricks:

• $1,000 “Blossom” – 12” x 12” paver engraved with your name or organization name or one-color logo
• $500 “Bud” – 12” x 12” paver engraved with your name or organization name
• $250 “Sprout” – 8” x 8” paver engraved with your name or organization name
• $125 “Seed” – 4” x 8” paver engraved with your name or organization name

For more details or to order your brick, please download our Brick Order Form.

Volunteer with Brightside

Ready to get your hands dirty? We offer all kinds of volunteer opportunities for those looking to make St. Louis a more beautiful place.

If you’re interested in volunteering, please fill out our Volunteer Form. Or check out our volunteer opportunities and sign up at the same time: http://www.stlvolunteer.org/brightsidestlouis

Sign Up for Updates

Signing up for our newsletter is the best way to stay updated on the Demo Garden and all we’re doing at Brightside. Enter your email address and we’ll send updates your way.

Visit the Garden

The Brightside Demonstration Garden is a lot more fun if you visit in person. It’s open at all times, so feel free to swing by whenever you’d like and see which native plants are in bloom.

Visit The Garden

Start a Neighborhood Garden

Through our Neighbors Naturescaping program, community groups can apply for resources to create native plant gardens in public spaces throughout their neighborhoods. Brightside provides plant materials, tools, and guidance to help each garden succeed.

All plants available through the Neighbors Naturescaping program are growing in The Brightside Demonstration Garden, allowing visitors to see how they perform and imagine how they might look in their own neighborhood spaces.

Education & Outreach

Throughout the Demonstration Garden, interpretive displays help visitors learn about native habitats and the plants that grow within them. Each display also highlights best practices used throughout the garden.

Educational workshops are held on-site to teach participants about native plants, proper planting techniques, and ongoing care and maintenance. Workshops also cover sustainable landscaping and stormwater management practices.

The public is welcome to attend these workshops. While some may have a small fee, Neighbors Naturescaping workshops are always free. All workshops are led by local experts, including Urban Foresters from the Missouri Department of Conservation.

The goal of these workshops is to help participants gain practical knowledge they can apply at home and in their own neighborhoods to support native landscapes and sustainable practices.