Events for Blue Thumb Learn all about how water moves across residential landscapes and how every yard and garden can have an impact on improving water quality. Designers from Metro Blooms Design+Build will walk through the steps of assessing your yard, directing water runoff, installing a rain barrel, siting a rain garden and more. Want to attract bees, butterflies, and birds? Learn to select plants and design a native plant garden that supports wildlife and brings beauty to your outdoor space. Learn all about how water moves across residential landscapes and how every yard and garden can have an impact on improving water quality. Designers from Metro Blooms Design+Build will walk through the steps of assessing your yard, directing water runoff, installing a rain barrel, siting a rain garden and more. Learn how to take care of your rain garden! Join us on May 12th from 5:30-7:00pm for an in-person Rain Garden Maintenance Workshop located at Rosebrook Park in Roseville. We’ll meet at the rain garden in the Southeast corner of the parking lot. Join us for an in-person workshop hosted on-site at a restored shoreline at Lions Park in White Bear Lake. Designers from Metro Blooms Design+Build will cover the importance of restoring native plants to shorelines and the impact it has on water quality and native habitat. Staff members from Rice Creek Watershed District will be on hand to share about the site and the importance of native aquatic and emergent vegetation in a restoration. Want to attract bees, butterflies, and birds? Learn to select plants and design a native plant garden that supports wildlife and brings beauty to your outdoor space. Join us for an in-person workshop on caring for your shoreline! Designers from Metro Blooms Design+Build will cover site assessments, shoreline design challenges, project options including buffer plantings and shoreline restorations, plant selection tips, and more! Participants will also receive a Resilient Shorelines workbook and access to our accompanying online learning series. The 90 minute presentation will be followed by a Q+A session with the presenters and local water resource experts. This workshop is hosted by Nine Mile Creek Watershed District, Riley-Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District, and the City of Eden Prairie.Blue Thumb
April 2025
Thursday April 17
Following the presentation, attendees will have the chance to meet with landscape designers and master gardeners to discuss a project on their specific property. We will use photos and county GIS maps to virtually view properties.
This workshop is hosted by the City of St. Louis Park.Tuesday April 29
This workshop includes a presentation by Metro Blooms Design+Build landscape designers on pollinator-friendly plantings and landcare practices that can be adopted in your home garden, followed by time to meet in small groups with landscape designers and master gardeners to discuss your project ideas and plans. The workshop will cover selecting and siting native trees and shrubs, designing a native plant garden, pollinator-friendly maintenance practices, and more.
This workshop is hosted by the City of Minneapolis.May 2025
Wednesday May 7
Following the presentation, attendees will have the chance to meet with landscape designers and master gardeners to discuss a project on their specific property. We will use photos and county GIS maps to virtually view properties.
This workshop is hosted by the City of Edina and is free to residents of Edina (just start filling out the registration form and the Billing field will disappear).Monday May 12
This hands-on workshop led by Metro Blooms landcare experts will cover practices for keeping your rain garden thriving and functioning. Get guidance for identifying native plants, managing weeds, timing for rain garden maintenance activities throughout the year, and more.
This workshop is hosted by Rice Creek Watershed District.Tuesday May 20
We will go over site assessment, unique shoreline considerations, native plants for shorelines and aquatic zones, buffer plantings and more! Participants will also receive a Resilient Shorelines workbook and access to our accompanying online learning series.
This workshop is hosted by the Rice Creek Watershed District. Registration fees for residents of Rice Creek Watershed District will be waived. Find out if you are in the Rice Creek Watershed District here! Wednesday May 28
This workshop includes a presentation by Metro Blooms Design+Build landscape designers on pollinator-friendly plantings and landcare practices that can be adopted in your home garden, followed by time to meet in small groups with landscape designers and master gardeners to discuss your project ideas and plans. The workshop will cover selecting and siting native trees and shrubs, designing a native plant garden, pollinator-friendly maintenance practices, and more.
This workshop is hosted by the City of Edina and is free to residents of Edina (just start filling out the registration form and the Billing field will disappear).June 2025
Tuesday June 17
Residents of Nine Mile Creek Watershed District and Riley-Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District are invited to attend for free, just check the “I am a member of this community and would like to attend this workshop for free” box below. Not sure if you are in either watershed district? Check the maps of Nine Mile Creek Watershed District and Riley-Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District!