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Exciting News for The Green Center
Calvary Cemetery Prairie Restoration Project Featured in January 2008 Missouri Conservationist magazine!
The Green Center has partnered with the Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Botanical Garden, The Nature Conservancy, and the Archdiocese of St. Louis Catholic Cemeteries to preserve and restore the last known native tallgrass prairie remnant in St. Louis, located at Calvary Cemetery. As part of this collaborative, The Green Center has coordinated outreach efforts, volunteer planting and invasive species removal days, and hands-on education in the Calvary Prairie.

For more information about this exciting project, call
314-725-8314 x101 or email events@thegreencenter.org.

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Welcome to The Green Center
We are located at 8025 Blackberry Avenue in University City, MO 63130.

For general information, call 314-725-8314.
The Green Center's headquarters house is open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 am to 6 pm. Our outdoor spaces are open from dawn to dusk.

Founded in 1998, the Green Center is a natural oasis in the heart of the St. Louis metropolitan region. The center is headquartered in a residence built in 1932 and is located in Kaufman Park, University City, Missouri.
The heart of the Green Center is its outdoor spaces which include learning and demonstration gardens on the headquarters' grounds; a half-acre prairie within a short walk of the headquarters; a half-acre Missouri wetland; the 26-acre Ruth Park Woods; and an Arboretum in University City's Heman Park.
We encourage visitors to explore the Green Center's outdoor spaces on their own or take advantage of our classes, guided field trips, summer youth camps, scout badge programs, and service learning and volunteer opportunities. Artists find inspiration here for their photography, painting, and creative writing.
Bringing the outdoors in, The Green Center now provides nature-related art exhibits by talented local artists.


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Summer 2008
06/30
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07/03
The Nature of Craft: Green Center/Craft Alliance Summer Camp
08/11
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08/15
The Nature of Craft: Green Center/Craft Alliance Summer Camp
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Spring 2008 Events
05/26Memorial Day Run
05/12
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06/27
The Center En Plein Air
05/10Calvary Cemetery Prairie Tour
05/04Spring Arts Festival
04/29Charting the Future Course of River des Peres
04/05
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05/01
Missouri Natives: Birds, Bugs & Blooms
04/05Free the Forest Habitat Restoration Day
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Fall 2007 & Winter 2008
09/29
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11/12
Fall Art Exhibit: "A River Imperiled: Images of the River des Peres by Jay Todd"
09/29National Public Lands Day: Ruth Park Woods & River des Peres Clean-up
01/12Winter Trails & Habitat Restoration Day
02/02
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03/27
Nature Out Loud: Paintings by the St. Louis Watercolor Society
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