Jumping Worms: Be on the Lookout
Jumping worms are relatively new to Minnesota, but they can quickly damage…
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Consultations — now including consults for bee lawns and pollinator patches
An hour-long visit in your yard by one of our design team members. Ask questions and brainstorm ideas!
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Community Engagement
We engage with communities to co-create opportunities for resilient landscapes.
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Our Capital Campaign
Your investment means we have more resources to support the communities we partner with. Thanks! Artist: Ava Barry
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Neighborhood of Raingardens 2021
A program for neighborhoods and cities to help residents make their yards more resilient.
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Building Community Capacity within Affordable Housing
Resident-centered design involves the community in decision-making and stewardship, benefiting those most impacted.
Volunteer with Metro Blooms
Get involved in some of our activities! We could use your help at community planting events and in other ways. Learn more:
Monthly Maintenance Live Stream
Did you know that every month we do a Facebook Live Stream on seasonal maintenance? Metro Blooms Co-Director of Design Rich Harrison talks about maintaining your yard and answers your questions. Watch the most recent one here:
Lawns to Legumes Program
Lawns to Legumes received an Environmental Initiative Award! We worked with many partners on this program, which comes through the Board of Water and Soil Resources, to support Minnesotans to plant for pollinators in their yards, and are proud to be part of this effort.
Lawns to Legumes cost-share grant recipients who have not yet submitted their projects can sign up FREE for a Blue Thumb fall workshop, starting in August. If you missed our notification on how to do this, send an email: info@bluethumb.org
Metro Blooms
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that partners with communities to create resilient landscapes and foster clean watersheds, embracing the values of equity and inclusion to solve environmental challenges. View our 2020 annual report.
We are conducting a capital campaign to raise $400,000 for our new home. Learn more.
Blue Thumb
Metro Blooms is proud to coordinate the Blue Thumb program, a partnership promoting ecologically sustainable landscapes that reduce runoff, improve water quality and protect pollinators.
Workshops
For do-it-yourselfers, sign up for a Blue Thumb workshop to learn about creating a more resilient yard, bee lawns and planting for pollinators!
Consultations
In-person or virtual visit with a landscape designer for your property. This is the first step to a sustainable landscape design. You can also ask for a bee lawn or pollinator patch consult.
Equitable Engagement
Metro Blooms helps community stakeholders to be meaningfully involved in participatory clean water and green infrastructure projects that promote equity and environmental justice.
Landscape Maintenance
We offer onsite maintenance services to keep your stormwater management practices functioning and beautiful.
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Tips for Making Your Yard Friendlier to Pollinators: James Wolfin InterviewTips for Making Your Yard Friendlier to Pollinators: James Wolfin Interview
Karen Wright of KMSU Radio’s “Minnesota Morning” discusses pollinators with James Wolfin, Metro Blooms’ sustainable landcare manager. An entomologist with a background in bee lawn…
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Ecosong: Plant a Song in Your GardenEcosong: Plant a Song in Your Garden
How can you make beautiful music for beautiful gardens? Through Ecosong, an environmental music project that connects musical creators, community organizations, scientists and others to…