Tips & Tricks
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Garden Spotlight: Britt Tate and Columbia Elementary
Britt Tate is the art teacher at Columbia Elementary and Bryan Hill Elementary. Columbia Elementary is one of Gateway Greening’s Seed to STEM sites, where GG educator Nick Speed teaches weekly garden classes with each grade. The second you step into Britt’s classroom, her passion for plants and social justice is immediately obvious. She has […]
Read MoreSchool Garden Spotlight – St. Francis of Assisi
Mike Herries and his wife, Paula, are the garden leaders at St. Francis of Assisi parish and school. As the STREAM Coordinator at the school, Mike is passionate about connecting the garden to his curriculum. He joined St. Francis of Assisi School as a substitute teacher when he returned to St. Louis after Hurricane Katrina […]
Read MoreYouth Garden Spotlight: Girls Inc. Garden and Sheila Irving
Girls Inc. is a nonprofit that provides educational and cultural after-school and summer programs in safe environments for girls and encourages them to realize their potential. They offer after-school and summer programs for girls K-12. Learn more about the organization here. Sheila Irving has been the garden leader since she started with Girls Inc. over […]
Read MoreCentral Reform Congregation Garden: Growing Food & Community
Wendy Bell and Karen Flotte, CRC Co-Garden Goddesses Karen Flotte and Wendy Bell are very involved at the Central Reform Congregation, but their role as “co-garden goddesses” is what they are best known for. CRC is one of the largest public green spaces in the area, but growing food wasn’t part of the garden until […]
Read MoreGateway Michael Carver Garden: Edward Scruggs, Oliver Tindle, and Rosemarie Schelling
Gateway Michael Elementary has always had a school garden but in recent years, it has taken on more importance. Edward Scruggs, Oliver Tindle, and Rosemarie Schelling are three teachers that have been vital in the success of the school garden. When Edward Scruggs started at Gateway in 2000, the school had a small garden that […]
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