Tips & Tricks
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Winter Planning: Exciting Plants to Try Next Spring
Though the 2017 growing season may be over, winter is no time to sleep on preparing for your garden. One of the most important aspects of planning for spring is deciding which plants to grow. Below we provide recommendations from knowledgeable Gateway Greening staff so that your garden can thrive! Perennial Produce If you […]
Read MoreTeacher Spotlight: Nelver Brooks of Nahed Chapman New American Academy
Interview with Nelver Brooks, a teacher at Nahed Chapman New American Academy in St. Louis, MO., about how she personally became involved with the school’s garden. The Nahed Chapman New American Academy opened in 2009 and provides students aged KG-8 who have recently immigrated to the United States with a safe, supportive environment to learn the […]
Read MoreTeacher Spotlight: Cynthia Schafe of Columbia Elementary
Interview with Cynthia Schafe, _____ teacher at Columbia Elementary in St. Louis, MO., about how she personally became involved with the school’s garden. How long have you been gardening? With the students this is my fifth year, however, I have been gardening for about 40 years on my own. How did you get […]
Read MoreTeacher Spotlight: Patti Stogsdill of Patrick Henry Elementary
Interview with Patti Stogsdill, preschool teacher at Patrick Henry Elementary in St. Louis MO., about how she personally became involved with the school’s garden. How long have you been gardening personally, and with your students? All of my life because I was raised on a farm. However, I have only been gardening at the school […]
Read MoreExperiments in the Demonstration Garden: Potato Towers
This blog is the third of a three-part series. Building from Blogs After reading several gardening blogs which enthusiastically endorsed potato towers in spring but never followed up to share how the towers had performed post-harvest time, the staff of Gateway Greening decided to put this technique to the test. Our goal was to […]
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