Raingarden Workshops

Unseasonably warm weather, long droughts and flooding rains are the new normal for spring and summer in Minnesota. Learn how your yard can adapt to and even help mitigate threats posed by these extreme weather events.

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  • Tour Beautiful Gardens

    Blooming Alley Bike Tour

    Join us following SUNday FUNday at the Nokomis Main Beach to take a biking tour of beautiful Blooming Alleys from 12pm-1pm on Sunday, June 11th.

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  • Blooming Boulevards

    Planting Native Plants in Boulevards

    Conservation Corps & Mississippi River Green Team plant Blooming Boulevards around Redeemer Lutheran Church

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  • Garden Awards

    2016 Garden Award Winners Announced

    Every year, dozens of volunteers throughout Minneapolis evaluate close to 1,000 gardens nominated for awards.

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    Award winner Carol Kuechler with Laura Scholl

BLUE THUMB PLANTING FOR CLEAN WATER

2016 GARDEN AWARDS

BLOOMING ALLEYS

  • Neighborhood Projects

    Prospect Park

    A Neighborhood of Raingardens project with 15 best management practices.

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  • Commercial Projects

    Black Forest Inn

    A small business reduces property flooding and pollution of the Mississippi!

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  • Blooming Alleys

    Lake Nokomis

    Neighbors transform their alleyways and improve water quality!

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Metro Blooms Blue Thumb program is a public-private partnership promoting the use of native plants, raingardens and shoreline stabilization to improve water quality.