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Fido fueled Wi-Fi?!
Fido fueled Wi-Fi?! One of the stranger but more more innovative ideas we’ve seen of late. Free Wi-Fi for public spaces fueled by the amount of dog poop that is […]
Missouri native plants bloom in this late-April peek inside our St. Louis Demonstration Garden
Missouri Native Plants Bloom in This Late-April Peek Inside Our St. Louis Demonstration Garden Spring has sprung in the nearly one-year-old Brightside St. Louis Demonstration Garden! A cool sunny April day […]
Blue Star shining bright for butterflies in the Demo Garden!
Blue Star shining bright for butterflies in the Demo Garden! Blue star (more formally known as Amsonia tabernaemontana) is now starting to bloom in the butterfly garden area of the […]
Brightside’s Mary Lou Green on STL TV Live
Brightside’s Mary Lou Green on STL TV Live Our very own Mary Lou Green on STL TV Live talking Blitz, demonstration Garden and more. Enjoy! And hope to see you […]
Brightside’s Mary Lou Green and Gorilla 76’s Joe Sullivan on St. Louis on the Air
Last Wednesday, our very own Mary Lou Green and volunteer Joe Sullivan from local B2B web marketing agency Gorilla 76 were featured in the second half of St. Louis Public Radio’s […]
Yellowwood tree benefitting from Cornell University Structural Soil
Yellowwood tree benefitting from Cornell University Structural Soil The Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) tree growing in our Demonstration Garden has the benefit of Cornell University Structural Soil. Researched and developed in the […]
Beauty, sustainability and civic pride – thanks for the reminder Fred!
Beauty, Sustainability and Civic Pride This week, Susan Weich from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, wrote an inspiring article about a man who has taken the initiative to do some highway plantings […]
Thanks to Wash U APO pledges!
Thanks to Wash U APO pledges! The Brightside St. Louis Demonstration Garden is looking great, thanks to the pledges from Washington University’s co-ed service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. View pictures […]