Getting to Know Native Seeds
It’s easy to appreciate native plants for their colorful and varied blooms. But as autumn drifts in, petals wither and flower heads dry out. In their place, seeds are released… Read More →
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Summer Maintenance for Pollinator Gardens
Native plants are hardy. Well-adapted to Minnesota’s harsh winters and summer heat, they don’t need much care to thrive. Once established, they provide food for pollinators, strengthen soil, and clean… Read More →
Workshops & Online Learning
Beautify your landscape while planting for clean water and pollinator habitat. Blue Thumb workshops give participants the skills to create their own rain gardens, native plantings, pollinator habitat, and more. Use our free online learning series or register for a live workshop!
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Evolution of a Yard: Conventional Turf to All Native Plants
For Dana Boyle, a Twin Cities metro resident, a Lawns to Legumes grant was part of a yard transformation which had been percolating over several years, and which she writes… Read More →
Pursuing the Cosmos with Youth and Owls
The following essay is a personal reflection by environmental educator Nick Voss. Voss is the Education & Outreach Coordinator at the Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization Photo of Fort Snelling… Read More →
Landscape Revival
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Mobilizing Minnesotans to Protect Pollinators
In 2020 many Minnesotans enthusiastically rose to the challenge of protecting pollinators in their yards through Lawns to Legumes, a state Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) program to… Read More →
Why Plant for Clean Water?
The problem Rain is natural. Before we built roads and buildings, it would fall on deep-rooted native plants that helped it infiltrate into the ground, to be naturally cleaned and cooled before entering the water table. As we’ve developed the landscape, we’ve also dramatically altered the path those raindrops follow. Now they fall on roofs,…