Earth Month in St. Louis

Earth Day seems to have turned into Earth Month, with everybody eager to contribute this time of year. The month was packed with activities, including a prairie planting with the Grace Hill Trail Rangers (another AmeriCorps group) along the Riverfront Trail in St. Louis, a stream clean-up at the headwaters of Watkins Creek, plantings in the four Hazelwood Middle School rain gardens, and a tree planting/trash pick-up/honeysuckle removal along the Riverfront Trail with the Trail Rangers and AB-InBev employees (pictured above). We even had one volunteer from England and another from Belgium, both InBev executives in town to visit AB. By the end of the day, 200 oaks had been planted, about 30 bags of trash removed, and untold invasive honeysuckle bushes cut down in their prime.