KARE 11 Features Blue Thumb: The Secret to Leisurely and Eco-Friendly Landscaping
Grow with KARE
"Blue Thumb - Planting for Clean Water" assists residents in planning and planting native gardens, raingardens, and shorelines with native plants.
By visiting http://bluethumb.org/, homeowners can find planting blueprints, a plant selector tool, local retailers and landscapers, grant information, how-to guides, and more. Blue Thumb plantings create gorgeous landscapes that provide great habitat for birds and butterflies while decreasing all of the top water quality concerns, the need for herbicides and pesticides, air pollution from mowing and drinking water used for irrigation.
View Belinda and Bobby Jensen's "Grow with KARE" segment on Blue Thumb at: http://www.kare11.com/video/sponsored/player_grow.aspx?aid=78567&storyid=519063
Blue Thumb was started by the Rice Creek Watershed District, but in less than two years, the program has grown into a dynamic coalition of over 50 partners including local governmental units, non-profit and community organizations and nursery and landscape professionals. These unlikely partners all work together to raise awareness about polluted stormwater runoff and encourage homeowners to protect water through targeted plantings.
Posted: July 25, 2008