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Dig It STL Summer 2017 Update
July 12, 2017Dig It STL is Gateway Greening’s teen employment program where teens work for eight weeks on building knowledge about urban agriculture, food access issues, and community leadership. On… Read More
Urban Agriculture Challenges and Solutions: Part 1
June 27, 201713th Street Garden This is the first in a series of articles about the challenges gardeners and farmers have faced in an urban area, as well as the solutions… Read More
Edible Perennials: A 101
June 17, 2017Every spring, farmers and gardeners alike begin to grow their plants. While some planting and a lot of planning happens during the winter months, the bulk of the work of… Read More
The Process, Pros, and Cons of No-Till Farming
June 8, 2017This is the first year that Gateway Greening has offered a high school internship program, in addition to our summer teen employment program. Through the internship, local high school students… Read More
From School Year to Summer with Dig It STL
May 24, 2017This week, our first year of Dig It school year internships came to a close as our interns graduated from high school. In the 2016/2017 school year, our crew of… Read More
Salad Party in the School Garden!
May 19, 2017Gateway Greening’s “Power of Growing Food” was exemplified at Shaw VPA’s end of year salad party in the school garden. After a St. Louis spring of unusual weather, planting and… Read More
May Chicks in the School Garden
May 9, 2017Discovering Life Cycles Spring in the school garden means new growth and discoveries! While the students are busy noticing changes in the garden, special visitors have arrived at Clay Elementary… Read More
Give STL Day at Gateway Greening | 2017
May 4, 2017Thursday, May 11, is Give STL Day, and this year Gateway Greening is raising $10,000 to support programs that are more than “just” gardening – like the creation of… Read More
Rainy Days on the Gateway Greening Urban Farm
May 4, 2017Rain Garden or Urban Farm? We probably don’t need to tell to you that it has been an incredibly wet and rainy week on the Gateway Greening Urban Farm. The… Read More
Mindfulness in the School Garden
April 28, 2017This spring, youth educators Meg Holmes and Lucy Herleth have been working with Brown School practicum student Eli Horowitz to develop a mindfulness program to use in conjunction with Gateway Greening’s… Read More