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The First 40 Years: A History
Please enjoy this brief history of UCB as recalled by two of our founding members. U City in Bloom...
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Thank you sponsors, artists, guests, and volunteers of the 2025 Garden Tour and Plein Air Art Festival
Thank you sponsors, artists, guests, and volunteers of the 2025 Garden Tour and Plein Air Art...
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U City Parks – What a Wonderful World
Need a break from the often-grim daily news filling our screens and lives? Enjoy this video, four...
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Celebrating 40 years of U City in Bloom !!
What holds more promise and hope for the future than digging in some spring bulbs as winter...
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CREATE A DEAD HEDGE, WATCH IT FILL WITH LIFE
Something new is shaping up in Ruth Woods. UCB Horticulturalist Jesse Gilbertson, staff, and...
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What is Plein Air? And what is a Plein Air Competition?
Painting ‘ en plein air’ is certainly nothing new. ‘En plein air’ is simply French for ‘in the...
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Visit the Bird Garden to Explore Native Plants
Native plants are incorporated in all of U City in Bloom’s gardens, but our Bird Garden, located...
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Bird Garden News
It has been a beautiful spring this year. The Bird Garden has benefited from the rains and is...
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THE SOUNDS OF SPRING IN RUTH PARK WOODS
St. Louis’s year-round species of birds are beginning to be joined by migrating birds returning...
Read MoreUPDATE – BILL FILED IN MO LEGISLATURE BANNING SALE OF INVASIVE PLANTS
Update to previous post on the Invasive Species bill: The Conservation Federation of Missouri (CFM) has made it easy to take action. Here’s a link to their automated letter generator. For those living in U...
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BILL FILED IN MO LEGISLATURE BANNING SALE OF INVASIVE PLANTS
Invasive plants choke out native vegetation without providing nutritious food for wildlife. They...
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The University City Memorial Day Run Celebrates 50 Years of “Running Between the Lions”
On Memorial Day, May 27, 2024, the University City Memorial Day Run (MDR) will turn fifty! For the...
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