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!
National Gardening Organizations
American Community Gardening Association is a nonprofit that builds community by improving and enhancing community gardens and greening in the U.S. and Canada. National Agriculture in the Classroom provides support to state programs by giving teachers the knowledge, appreciation, and awareness to education and inform their students. https://www.agclassroom.org/index.cfm (For school gardens) Out Teach is a […]
Read MoreEnvironmental Organizations
Brightside St. Louis empowers St. Louisans to help make the region cleaner and greener through their demo garden, community education, and naturescaping services. http://www.brightsidestl.org/ Earthdance Farm School is a nationally recognized farm school that promotes and educates on organic farming through their apprenticeships, youth programs, classes, and volunteer opportunities. http://earthdancefarms.org/ Forest ReLeaf is a nonprofit […]
Read MoreGrant Resources
Annie’s Grants for Gardens provides grants for edible school gardens located in the US. The application is due in November. Brightside St. Louis Neighbors Naturescaping grants St. Louis City community spaces and schools materials like plants, tools, and hardscape for beautification. Captain Planet Foundation invests in STEM programs that empower youth to become environmental change-makers. […]
Read MoreSoil Testing
The University of Missouri Extension provides soil testing for those in the St. Louis area. Written instructions are listed on their website as well as an instructional video for how to take your soil samples. There are fees that depend on how many soil samples you have and what you are testing for. Once you […]
Read MoreCompost and Mulch
Compost and mulch is available to pick-up for free to any city resident by St. Louis City’s Forestry Division. There are eight pickup sites located through out the city, shown in the map below, many in or near Seed St. Louis network projects. St. Louis City’s Forestry Division will deliver compost and mulch to school […]
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