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!

Register for the FREE Resilient Yards online learning series

Fill out the form below to gain immediate access to our Resilient Yards Online Learning Series, FREE to all Minnesota residents. The series contains four courses: Resilient Yards, Turf Alternatives, and our new Seed Saving and Resilient Shorelines courses. If you’ve already signed up for the Online Learning Series, the new Seed Saving and Resilient Shorelines will automatically appear when you log in to your account.

All courses contain video lessons written and delivered by experts in the field and numerous do-it-yourself resources that will guide you through each step of your own planting project.

Register for a live workshop with landscape experts

Blue Thumb offers live virtual and in-person workshops each spring and fall. Workshop topics include Resilient Yards and Shorelines, Turf Alternatives, Rain Garden Maintenance, and more. Our workshops are presented by professionals in sustainable landscaping and gardeners at all skill levels can join. To stay updated on new workshop offerings, subscribe to the Metro Blooms newsletter.

Blue Thumb workshops are brought to you through partnerships with local governments hosts and sponsors including: