Tips & Tricks

Need some additional guidance while expanding your green thumb? No worries, Seed St. Louis has a library of educational resources to support your gardening adventures. Explore our variety of Tips & Tricks below!

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My Plate, Our Garden: National Nutrition Month at Gateway Greening

March is national nutrition month, and this year’s theme is “Bite into a Healthy Lifestyle.” How do Gateway Greening and community gardens support healthy lifestyles? One bite at a time! The USDA’s My Plate campaign recommends making half our plate fruits and vegetables. Using fruits and vegetables from our gardens to color our plates is […]

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Volunteer Opportunities

Sweet Potato Festival What: Come help out at a Sweet Potato Festival!!  This is an educational event focused on elementary and middle-school aged youth from the North Campus are.  We will be highlighting nutrition, and fall fun activities that relate to sweet potatoes and distributing hundreds of pounds from our bountiful harvest! When:  Saturday, November […]

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Current Volunteer Opportunities

11/19: Sweet Potato Fest What: Come help out at a Sweet Potato Festival!!  This is an educational event focused on elementary and middle-school aged youth from the North Campus are.  We will be highlighting nutrition, and fall fun activities that relate to sweet potatoes and distributing hundreds of pounds from our bountiful harvest! When:  Saturday, […]

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Creating New Roots, Harvesting More than Vegetables

Picture a well-kept garden. Clean walking paths guide you through the flourishing plots of colorful fruits and vegetables growing weed free. This is something you expect from experienced gardeners, right? Think again! It’s run by Gateway Greening’s City Seeds Program and it’s one of the best urban gardens I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t hurt that […]

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Planting Seeds, Harvesting Experiences: Dietetic Interns at the Farm

As Fontbonne Dietetic Interns at Gateway Greening we are leaving behind traditional internship rotations and putting on our gloves –gardening gloves— to better understand the effects of sustainable food on a community. Immersive training is an integral part of becoming a dietitian. But at Gateway Greening we dietetic interns aren’t just getting our feet wet, […]

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Want to Learn with Us?

Seed St. Louis hosts over 40 free virtual classes throughout the year. Our staff provides a wide variety of classes for all gardening enthusiasts.

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Seed St. Louis Planting Calendar

Need some guidance planning your garden? Download a free copy of our Seed St. Louis Planting Calendar to feel confident when you plant and harvest your bounty!

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