History
Gateway Greening, formerly Gateway to Gardening, is a non-profit founded in 1984 by two gutsy women as an all-volunteer organization. The founding mission was to increase sources of affordable fresh food for inner city residents, to address the increasing number of vacant lots attracting undesirable activity in inner city neighborhoods and to provide indoor and outdoor classrooms to schools in threatened neighborhoods.
GTG received their 501c3 status in 1986. As Gateway to Gardening (GTG), the Neighborhood Greening (now Community Gardening) program had an amazing effect on the neighborhoods involved. In 1991, GTG hired its first staff member, an Executive Director to raise funds for the constantly growing number of gardens. Since then, Gateway has continued to grow hiring its first program staff in 1994.
With so much interest from gardeners and neighborhood groups, GTG partnered with the Missouri Botanical Garden to provide for as many people as possible. In 1997, GTG officially became affiliated with the Missouri Botanical Garden and the name and logo changed to Gateway Greening, Inc.
Along with community and school garden projects, GGI added new programming to reach into the schools and most recently into food security issues and job training, creating the City Seeds Urban Farm in 2005.
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