Earlier this summer I found CWEnd-based illustrator Maggie Pearson (see 2013 post here) picking juneberries, aka service berries, on Euclid. She was a little sheepish about getting “caught,” as she wasn’t sure that picking berries off city trees was legal (she later found out that it’s ok). It seems that birds had devoured berries from…
Tag: New City School
Remembering Peasy Love, a champion of Forest Park
Sixty trees alongside Forest Park’s Murphy Lake, at the intersection of Lake Ave. & Lindell Blvd., have been tagged with red ribbons in honor of the late Sara Otto “Peasy” Love, a founder of Forest Park Forever,” the private, non-profit conservancy that partners with the City of St. Louis to restore, maintain, and preserve Forest Park.”…
The do-good guide to shopping local
It’s a given that shopping local is vital to a neighborhood’s economy. Expanding on that theme, allow me to present 6 charities with ties to the CWE that would benefit greatly from your support this holiday season. 1. Benefit local food pantries with the purchase of herbal vinegars, dried herbs, and popcorn grown and packaged by CWE farmer Arthur Culbert with the help of New City School…