The Great Perennial Divide
The Great Perennial Divide is St. Louis' largest gardening volunteer event involving more than 2,500 individuals from across the metro area. Support the Divide and invest in people who are tending gardens on abandoned land in order to change the face of St. Louis neighborhoods!
Additional Information
More than 600 volunteer gardeners from the St. Louis area actively participate in the following ways:
Join a dig/potting crew and visit local private gardens
Host a collection site or volunteer at one in your neighborhood
Have a trailer? Help pickup and deliver plants
Set-up at Bell Garden for the Great Perennial Divide
The Great Perennial Divide
How does it work?
Backyard gardeners divide their perennials for healthy growth. They pot up and take extra divisions to a collection site in their neighborhood (see reverse) within the Greater St. Louis area. Collection sites are situated at private homes and staffed by neighborhood volunteers, knowledgeable about plant care and identification. Extra potting soil and pots are available at the collection sites.
Volunteer dig crews are available for donors who cannot physically dig plants or who have a large quantity of plants. There must be 3-4 hours of work for 4-6 volunteers.
Community gardeners submit lists of plants needed in their community gardens and neighborhood green spaces. The lists are sent to Gateway Greening in late March and matched with donations as closely as possible.
Plants are amassed and sorted for distribution into "orders". Volunteers assist community gardeners in packing up the plants. Plants are planted immediately in community gardens in ornamental borders, butterfly gardens or entrance plots.
Plants needed are hardy, Missouri natives, sun perennials, rock plants, ground covers, shady perennials, iris, hosta, daylilies (not orange) and all kinds of working garden tools, hoses, wheel barrows, weed whips, mowers.
Interested in volunteering? Please call Hannah Reinhart at 314-588-9600 or e-mail Hannah@gatewaygreening.org to sign up and receive more information.
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Event Location
Bell Gardens and many backyard gardens throughout the metro area.
Contact:Hannah ReinhartHannah@gatewaygreening.org Tel: 314-588-9600 Date and TimeCollection sites open April 21 - April 25 |
