Events & Classes

Join Seed St Louis Young Friends!

This meeting is for anyone who has recently joined or is thinking about becoming a part of Seed St Louis Young Friends. Come learn how you can get involved in event planning, garden volunteering, and awareness-raising that supports Seed’s mission of empowering people and communities to grow food.

Date: Wednesday, November 18th
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Civil Life Brewing, 3714 Holt Ave, St. Louis, MO 63116

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This class synthesizes our 40 years of organizational experience supporting groups throughout the St. Louis region in creating and sustaining successful community-based food projects. We will review each step in the process of starting a community or school garden and/or orchard, and provide essential documents, examples, and other resources you may utilize to start your own project. We will also provide time for you to collaborate with other attendees and guide some hands-on activities to help you get started.

Lastly, we will discuss the possibility of joining the Seed St. Louis network, which would provide ongoing specialized support to your community food project. Attending this class is the first step in that process and is required for eligibility.

We will offer the same class twice, in-person on November 19 at the Delmar Divine (5501 Delmar Blvd., 63112) and virtually on December 8. Both are 6:00-7:30 p.m.

This class synthesizes our 40 years of organizational experience supporting groups throughout the St. Louis region in creating and sustaining successful community-based food projects. We will review each step in the process of starting a community or school garden and/or orchard, and provide essential documents, examples, and other resources you may utilize to start your own project. We will also provide time for you to collaborate with other attendees and guide some hands-on activities to help you get started.

Lastly, we will discuss the possibility of joining the Seed St. Louis network, which would provide ongoing specialized support to your community food project. Attending this class is the first step in that process and is required for eligibility.

We will offer the same class twice, in-person on November 19 at the Delmar Divine (5501 Delmar Blvd., 63112) and virtually on December 8. Both are 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Natural dyes are found in a variety of plants and can be extracted to dye fabric, yarn, paper, and other fibers. This class will cover how to grow plants that produce vibrant pigments, how to extract them, and a demonstration on how to use them to color fibers.

Date: Saturday, October 17th
Time: 10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Location: Bell Community Garden, 3841 Bell Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63108

When the air is cool and crisp, the Young Friends of Seed St. Louis invite you to an evening of spinning spokes, spellbinding storytelling and sweet sips. Bike the streets of St. Louis on Saturday, October 10th for the fourth annual Tour de Plants: Story of Seed St. Louis edition.

This year, the Young Friends of Seed St. Louis are collaborating with our special guests at Campfire, a local storytelling and public speaking organization. Along the bicycle journey, riders will be treated to a storytelling workshop at one of Seed’s flagship community gardens, as well as tales from garden leaders and staff highlighting significant sites for Seed St. Louis and their 40 plus year history of cultivating people, community and places for food freedom. It’s a cross-town orator extravaganza!

Learn more about the ride, and sign up, at the link below!

Come join us for the fall community gardener meet-up, the last of the year! Dogtown Community Garden will be hosting and sharing some of their experiences with growing natives in a community garden, the landscape design and care, as well as the importance of water at a community garden and different ways to access this vital resource. As always, there will be time to explore the garden and get to know fellow community gardeners. Seed St. Louis will provide coffee!

Date: Saturday, October 10th
Time: 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
Location: Dogtown Community Garden, 1560 Tamm Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63139

Low-maintenance, high yielding plants like herbs are ideal for all levels of gardeners. They are also great options for both in-ground planting and containers. In this class, we'll go over common and easy herbs to grow in St. Louis, try different types and recipes, and plant our own basil seeds to take home.

Date & Time: Thursday, September 10, 6:00 p.m.
Location: Bell Community Garden, 3871 Bell Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108

Our Fall Seedling Sale will have variety trial winners* and old favorites! Fall seedlings are sold as 4-packs for $3.50 each. We will also have seed packets, including cover crops, and Seed St. Louis Gettin’ Dirty t-shirts. Please bring your own tray or box if you are able! It is all first come, first serve! This sale will now be on Saturday, August 22, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Sale Location: Seed St. Louis Carriage House, 3815 Bell Ave., St. Louis, MO 63108
Time: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Learn about all of the varieties we'll have available at the link below!

Our orchards are ecosystems and we can boost the services they provide, their health, and their sustainability all at the same time. In this virtual class, learn how to make some small changes to your design, including adding the right plants, to greatly increase the habitat for pollinators, beneficial insects, and birds to help your garden and orchard thrive.

Date & Time: Thursday, August 20th
Time: 6:00-7:00 pm

Join the Seed St. Louis Young Friends for a casual happy hour at Civil Life on August 19th from 6-7pm. If you are interested in learning more about the Seed St. Louis Young Friends or just want to chat about gardening and plants, come join us! Mark your calendars and feel free to reach out for more details! We look forward to seeing you there!

Location: Civil Life Brewing, 3714 Holt Ave, St. Louis, MO 63116
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Fall is one of the best times to grow vegetables in St. Louis' climate; however, you need to plant things when it's still hot to get a good fall crop. Learn about what crops are best to grow in the fall and what you need to do to have a vibrant and abundant fall harvest in this virtual class from Dean Gunderson, Chief Program Officer here at Seed St. Louis.