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Growing with Blue Thumb in 2024
Happy New Year! As we gear up for 2025, we’re filled with gratitude for everyone who has engaged with Blue Thumb over the past year. Our community is the heart… Read More →
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Starting with Soil Health
A healthy ecosystem starts with healthy soil. Soil plays a foundational role in supporting life — anchoring and nourishing plants and trees, cycling nutrients, recharging groundwater, and boosting the resiliency… Read More →
Saving Minnesota’s Natural Shorelines
Peer across Snail Lake in Shoreview, and you’ll quickly see how different the shoreline can look even on the same body of water. The suburban lake is bordered by a… Read More →
Lawns to Legumes Garden Tour Day
Join us Saturday, July 19th from 9am – 12pm, for Lawns to Legumes Garden Tour Day! Lawns to Legumes coaches, previous participants, and other DIY wildlife gardeners are hosting neighborhood native garden tours across Minnesota. Get inspired and connect with folks who are planting for pollinators in your area! (Can’t make the tour day? Check…
Coaching Survey
The Coach Request Form is now closed. The deadline for Spring 2025 Lawns to Legumes grantees to request a coach was Sunday, March 16. If you need help on your pollinator habitat project, we recommend checking out our online resources at bluethumb.org! There are plenty of resources to help with your project, including plant templates,…
Reflecting on the Year: “Bee-ing” the Change in 2023
Our community is what makes the work of planting for pollinators and clean water happen. As we wrap up the year, we’re feeling grateful for everyone who’s been involved with… Read More →
Helping Wildlife Overwinter
Late autumn in the pollinator garden is bittersweet. As flowers fade into shrunken seed heads and trees drop vibrant carpets of leaves, a silence settles in the air. Summer’s buzz… Read More →
Protecting Lakes with Native Plants
Kat Dickerson is like any other Minnesotan—she loves jumping headfirst into a lake. But during her old job as a water quality monitor, there were some lakes she refused to… Read More →