Interview with Lauren Hollis, a teacher at Clay Academy in St. Louis, MO., about how she personally became involved in the school’s garden. How long have you been gardening personally? How long have you been gardening with students? Probably just 2 years. My parents have a pretty big garden. My mom just got started […]
Read More2018 Community Agriculture Conference Celebrates Innovative St. Louis Projects
Gateway Greening celebrates innovative St. Louis projects with convergence of local and national urban agriculture leaders. ST. LOUIS, MO. (February 16, 2018) – Gateway Greening, a non-profit organization in St. Louis that educates and empowers people to strengthen their communities through gardening and urban agriculture, will host its annual Community Agriculture Conference on Sunday, February 25 […]
Read MoreFostering Student Ownership in the School Garden
How do you foster a sense of student ownership and investment in their school garden? By encouraging them to be a part of the decision making process. Last week, Ms. Davie’s and Ms. Hayes’s 4th grade classes at Gateway Elementary decided what to plant in their school garden based on planting dates, germination rates, […]
Read MoreExperiments in the Demonstration Garden: 45 Degree Trellis
This is blog two of a three-part series. One of the challenges of growing food in an urban environment is not only finding a space to start a garden, but also clean soil to grow food in. As a result, Gateway Greening is always looking for new ways to make the most of our […]
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 […]
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 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: 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 MoreTHE GIVING GROVE BRINGS INNOVATIVE ORCHARDING TO ST. LOUIS
Community Orchard Program Feeds Families ST. LOUIS, MO. – Beginning this fall, Gateway Greening will partner with The Giving Grove to plant sustainable community orchards in St. Louis. A Giving Grove orchard with an average of 15 trees is capable of producing over 3,500 pounds of produce each year providing food insecure families fresh, […]
Read MoreGarden to Food Pantry
If you stopped by the Demonstration Garden this spring, you may have met Myra Rosenthal, a long time Gateway Greening volunteer and Garden Leader of the Garden of Eden at the JCC. Recently, we caught up with Myra to learn more about the Garden of Eden’s unique mission: providing her local food pantry with fresh […]
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