Brightside St. Louis helps make St. Louis a more beautiful place to live, work, learn and grow.

The Butterfly House offers a unique environment for volunteer opportunities. Positions include instructional programs already in place or to be developed,

Master Gardeners participate in many short-term or one day projects throughout the St. Louis community.

Many Master Gardeners conduct public tours at The Mo Botanical Garden, provide educational tours for Student Field Trips and act as instructors for Educational Programs. 

Want a great way to help beautify one of St. Louis' most beloved parks? Why not volunteer with the Flora Conservancy of Forest Park and work in beautiful settings such as the Jewel Box, Pagoda Circle, the golf course.

Volunteers work side-by-side with knowledgeable horticulture and naturalist staff to maintain landscapes in Forest Park.

Help plant and propogate young trees and shrubs at Forest ReLeaf of Missouri's CommuniTree Gardens in Maryland Heights.

St Louis Master Gardeners can be found volunteering in any of the Gateway Greening projects listed below.  Master Gardeners are a vital part this organization's outreach to the local community gardens and on-going projects.

The Hanley House Project includes a multitude of Gardening activities.

The Garden's Horticultural Answer Service is over 45 years old.

The Kemper Center for Home Gardening is home to the "Plant Doctor"

Why not be front and center at the heart of the MBG?

Master Gardeners assist in the maintenance and preservation of this historic gem.

The Litzsinger Road Ecology Center (LREC) is an established 34 acre nature educational site in central St.Louis county. The site and its staff are dedicated to promoting science teaching, learning environmental literacy, and stewardship of the Earth.

Dedicated volunteers have been renovating, enlarging and enhancing the gardens around the historic Longview home since May 2002.

Work alongside Missouri Botanical Garden staff and volunteers propagating plant material for the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Volunteer your time to maintain the gardens at the Missouri Botanical Garden.

The Plastic Pot Recycling program has gained national recognition for its ingenuity and earth friendly ways to dispose of plastic containers most plants are sold in. Beginning in April each year and running through the end of October, Master Gardeners assist with the collection and processing of plastic pots and trays into chips and bales that are then sent to manufacturers to be made in to other recycled goods. This project takes place at the Garden's Monsanto Center in the west parking lot. Volunteers are needed on Wednesday mornings.

Come join us in one of our parks and volunteer alongside Master Gardeners, fellow, volunteers and the Horticulture staff.

Founded in 1998, the Green Center is a natural oasis in the heart of the St. Louis metropolitan region.

U City in Bloom is a volunteer not-for-profit organization that plants and maintains over 200 flower gardens throughout University City.

Downtown St. Louis medians come alive each season with colorful flower and decorative landscape displays. These urban landscape enhancements are made possible by generous support from the St. Louis business and philanthropic community and the volunteer efforts of non-profit service organizations forming a downtown landscape enhancement initiative called Urban Roots. The Urban Roots project continues to be a major interest by St. Louis Master Gardeners who assist with the horticultural development and maintenance.