News from the EarthWays Center

The key to successfully keeping Garden events clean and earth-friendly! Zero Waste Ambassador trainings are coming up on August 21 and September 26.

People love Garden festivals for multi-cultural food and fun. But what about big-crowd trash? Our Zero Waste Ambassadors transform it into compost, recycling and awareness!

A more than 150-year-old building, dormant for many years, is poised to reclaim its role as a vibrant member of the Missouri Botanical Garden community.

The St. Louis Green Business Challenge completed an eighth year of work with companies across the bi-state region to advance sustainability as a business solution. Get the scoop on 2017 winners advancing sustainability within their operations and programs! Spotlight on Missouri Botanical Garden's efforts.

In 1895, the Cleveland Avenue Gatehouse, now named the Herring House, was constructed in accordance with Henry Shaw’s will to be a residence for the Garden’s groundskeeper. Consistent with the Garden’s commitment to sustainability, upgrades to the Herring House incorporated many green features.

Spring planting = lots of plastic pots. Every April, as your daffodils come up and your flowers go in, the Plastic Pot Recycling program opens again at garden centers around St. Louis.Plastic pots cannot go into single stream recycling! Our specialized local program helps manage some of more than 350,000 pounds of horticultural plastic added to the U.S. waste stream each year. Since the Garden launched this effort in 1998, our region’s plastic pot recycling program has kept over one millio...

The Commerce Bank Center for Science Education, home of the EarthWays Center staff and offices, has once again earned the ENERGY STAR rating from the Environmental Protection Agency. This is the fifth year the Missouri Botanical Garden has received the award, which ranks the building within the top 10 percent of energy efficiency for comparable building types.When the Commerce Bank Center for Science Education (CBEC), located at the corner of Shaw Ave. and Kingshighway was designed and construct...