38th Street: Goodridge Building Green Wall
During the six years that Becca Cerra has had a studio at Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center (CAFAC), she never noticed the Goodridge Building, one…
Position Open: Development Manager
This position will lead the growth of our annual and major gifts programs, and support grant writing and communications efforts to tell our story to potential and existing donors. Applications received by Feb. 10 will be given first consideration. Learn more
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Equitable Engagement and Community Power
We support conditions for community members to be meaningfully involved in projects that promote and put environmental justice and sustainability principles into practice.
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Landcare and Maintenance Services
Expertise in sustainable landscapes and habitat restoration emphasizing stormwater management, native vegetation and invasive vegetation management.
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Our Capital Campaign
Your investment means we have more resources to support the communities we partner with.
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Neighborhood of Raingardens
Cities and neighborhoods can make it easier and less expensive for residents to get a raingarden.
Consultation, Design and Install
In this video, designer Mike Morrison walks us through a landscape renovation he designed for an urban lot, replacing lawn and shrubs with native plantings that include a raingarden, winding rock wall and salt-tolerant plants in a boulevard garden. Projects like this start with a Metro Blooms Design + Build consultation.
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 2021 annual report or learn about our capital campaign .
Blue Thumb is the education program of the nonprofit Metro Blooms, and a partnership of local government, landscape contractors, native plant nurseries and others committed to the promotion of native plantings, raingardens, and shoreline plantings. Learn more.
Blue Thumb Workshops
“How-to” workshops for DIYers focusing on earth-friendly actions to make your yard more resilient.
Consultations
In-person or virtual visit with a landscape designer for your property. This can be a first step to a design.
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.
Landcare & Maintenance
We offer onsite maintenance services to keep your stormwater management practices functioning and beautiful.
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38th Street: Plants at Mama Sheila’s House of Soul38th Street: Plants at Mama Sheila’s House of Soul
Earlier in the fall, passers-by might have noticed some bright-red planters, with late-season blooms spilling out, at the entrance to Mama Sheila’s House of Soul…
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Managing Stormwater With Neighborhood of RaingardensManaging Stormwater With Neighborhood of Raingardens
This past summer, we teamed up with neighborhoods, cities, and the Conservation Corps of Minnesota & Iowa (CCM) to install raingardens in residents’ yards and…