Blue Thumb’s Pollinator Lawns / Turf Alternatives Workshop is your “how-to” guide on creating a bee lawn. Learn from expert presenters about the steps to converting a traditional turfgrass monoculture lawn into a beautiful, flowering bee lawn. The workshop will also cover other turf alternatives that promote pollinator health, water quality, and natural resource conservation. The live… Read More →
Gain resources and guidance for creating beautiful habitat for pollinators, protecting clean water, and restoring the ecology of your yard! In this workshop, participants will learn do-it-yourself skills for assessing your yard and creating a project plan. Also learn about ways to redirect runoff, select and place native trees and shrubs, design a native garden,… Read More →
This virtual workshop covers fundamentals that shoreline property owners need for protecting water quality near their home. Attendees have the opportunity to ask site specific questions and get expert advice. This workshop includes shoreline site assessments, lakescaping and shoreline projects, plant selection tips, regulatory reminders, and access to resources that will help with a shoreline… Read More →
Blue Thumb’s Pollinator Lawns / Turf Alternatives Workshop is your “how-to” guide on creating a bee lawn. Learn from expert presenters about the steps to converting a traditional turfgrass monoculture lawn into a beautiful, flowering bee lawn. The workshop will also cover other turf alternatives that promote pollinator health, water quality, and natural resource conservation. The live… Read More →
Gain resources and guidance for creating beautiful habitat for pollinators, protecting clean water, and restoring the ecology of your yard! In this workshop, participants will learn do-it-yourself skills for assessing your yard and creating a project plan. Also learn about ways to redirect runoff, select and place native trees and shrubs, design a native garden,… Read More →
Blue Thumb’s Pollinator Lawns / Turf Alternatives Workshop is your “how-to” guide on creating a bee lawn. Learn from expert presenters about the steps to converting a traditional turfgrass monoculture lawn into a beautiful, flowering bee lawn. The workshop will also cover other turf alternatives that promote pollinator health, water quality, and natural resource conservation. The live… Read More →
Gain resources and guidance for creating beautiful habitat for pollinators, protecting clean water, and restoring the ecology of your yard! In this workshop, participants will learn do-it-yourself skills for assessing your yard and creating a project plan. Also learn about ways to redirect runoff, select and place native trees and shrubs, design a native garden,… Read More →
This virtual workshop covers fundamentals that shoreline property owners need for protecting water quality near their home. Attendees have the opportunity to ask site specific questions and get expert advice. This workshop includes shoreline site assessments, lakescaping and shoreline projects, plant selection tips, regulatory reminders, and access to resources that will help with a shoreline… Read More →
Blue Thumb’s Pollinator Lawns / Turf Alternatives Workshop is your “how-to” guide on creating a bee lawn. Learn from expert presenters about the steps to converting a traditional turfgrass monoculture lawn into a beautiful, flowering bee lawn. The workshop will also cover other turf alternatives that promote pollinator health, water quality, and natural resource conservation. The live… Read More →
This in-person workshop covers fundamentals that shoreline property owners need for protecting water quality near their home. Attendees have the opportunity to ask site specific questions and get expert advice. This workshop includes shoreline site assessments, lakescaping and shoreline projects, plant selection tips, regulatory reminders, and access to resources that will help with a shoreline… Read More →
Gain resources and guidance for creating beautiful habitat for pollinators, protecting clean water, and restoring the ecology of your yard! In this workshop, participants will learn do-it-yourself skills for assessing your yard and creating a project plan. Also learn about ways to redirect runoff, select and place native trees and shrubs, design a native garden,… Read More →
Gain resources and guidance for creating beautiful habitat for pollinators, protecting clean water, and restoring the ecology of your yard! In this workshop, participants will learn do-it-yourself skills for assessing your yard and creating a project plan. Also learn about ways to redirect runoff, select and place native trees and shrubs, design a native garden,… Read More →
Blue Thumb’s Pollinator Lawns / Turf Alternatives Workshop is your “how-to” guide on creating a bee lawn. Learn from expert presenters about the steps to converting a traditional turfgrass monoculture lawn into a beautiful, flowering bee lawn. The workshop will also cover other turf alternatives that promote pollinator health, water quality, and natural resource conservation. The live… Read More →
Gain resources and guidance for creating beautiful habitat for pollinators, protecting clean water, and restoring the ecology of your yard! In this workshop, participants will learn do-it-yourself skills for assessing your yard and creating a project plan. Also learn about ways to redirect runoff, select and place native trees and shrubs, design a native garden,… Read More →
This workshop is for residents who are ready to transform a specific part of their yard into a haven for bees, butterflies and other pollinators, especially the endangered Rusty patched bumblebee and Monarch butterfly. Participants learn about plant selection and placement techniques that will help them create a pocket planting that blooms throughout the growing… Read More →
Blue Thumb’s Pollinator Lawns / Turf Alternatives Workshop is your “how-to” guide on creating a bee lawn. Learn from expert presenters about the steps to converting a traditional turfgrass monoculture lawn into a beautiful, flowering bee lawn. The workshop will also cover other turf alternatives that promote pollinator health, water quality, and natural resource conservation. The live… Read More →
Gain resources and guidance for creating beautiful habitat for pollinators, protecting clean water, and restoring the ecology of your yard! In this workshop, participants will learn do-it-yourself skills for assessing your yard and creating a project plan. Also learn about ways to redirect runoff, select and place native trees and shrubs, design a native garden,… Read More →
This workshop is free for City of Eden Prairie residents. Blue Thumb's Pollinator Planting workshop is for residents who are ready to transform a specific part of their yard into a haven for bees, butterflies and other pollinators, especially the endangered Rusty patched bumblebee and Monarch butterfly. Participants learn about plant selection and placement techniques… Read More →
Your “how-to” guide on creating a bee lawn. Learn the steps for converting a traditional turfgrass monoculture lawn into a beautiful, flowering bee lawn that supports pollinator health, water quality and natural resource conservation. We will also go over dormant seeding, the practice of fall seeding for the following spring. This workshop will be hosted… Read More →
Blue Thumb is hosting the MN SEED Project for a native seed collection workshop this fall! You’ll learn when seeds are ready to collect and tips for collecting, cleaning, processing, and storing them. This is a hands-on workshop: you’ll be able to collect a variety of seeds and take some home to plant! Our instructors… Read More →
