There is a lot happening in the soil of your garden that you can’t see without using a microscope! Did you know there are more soil microorganisms in a teaspoon of healthy soil than there are people on earth? The Soil Your Undies Challenge was recently popularized by American farmers to help promote the importance […]
Read MoreSweet Potato Crop: by Cameron Lee
Native to Central and South America, the sweet potato is one of the world’s most important crops. Versatile, the sweet potato can be used in numerous applications. Famous chemist and botanist, George Washington Carver, a Missouri-born agricultural scientist, and innovator were able to discover a little over a hundred uses ranging anywhere from flour, starch, […]
Read MoreTarahumara Popping Sorghum Crop: by Cameron Lee
Native to Northeastern Africa, sorghum is one of the world’s most important grains for human consumption and is a staple food for more than 500 million people in over 30 countries. It is extremely versatile and can also be used for alcohol production and foraging. In the nineteenth century, sweet sorghum syrup was used as […]
Read MoreAndes/South American Regional Bed Varieties: by Cameron Lee
Take an Agricultural Tour of the World with Gateway Greening! For the next few weeks, we’ll be posting a new blog post each Monday highlighting a regional bed from our Demonstration Garden. While these posts will not include growing instructions, they will be history lessons on the agricultural practices of regions around the world. Some […]
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 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 MoreGarden 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 MoreSeminole Pumpkin: by Cameron Lee
One of the many plants that we grew in our old Demonstration Garden space was the Seminole pumpkin. It has grown so well for us that we’ve decided to offer it for sale to the St. Louis community. Our Seminole pumpkin seed packets are available at our online store. In addition to its great horticultural […]
Read MoreSeven Top Turnips: by Cameron Lee
Turnips are a very popular vegetable for both its bulbous root and its spicy, nutritious greens. Although all turnip greens are edible, there are specific varieties that have been bred for their prolific production of delicious turnip greens. One variety in particular that we sell at Gateway Greening is the Seven Top Turnip. The Seven […]
Read MorePattonville School District Garden
Simon Amies, Pattonville School District Webmaster and leads the youth garden at the Pattonville School District’s Learning Center. After joining the Pattonville School District team, Simon Amies, an avid gardener with vegetable, berry, and herb gardens at home, noticed the absence of community and school gardens in the northwest area of Saint Louis County. He […]
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