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

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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.

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Apply for a Lawns to Legumes Grant?
Lawns To Legumes grants are $400 cost-shares that help Minnesota residents get native plants that help native pollinators in their yards. You can learn more about the grant here.

Register for a live workshop with landscape experts

Blue Thumb offers live virtual and in-person workshops each spring and fall. Workshop topics include Planting for Clean Water, Planting for Pollinators, Rain Garden Maintenance, Planting for Clean Water: Shorelines, 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.

March 2025

Thursday March 27

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Healthy Soils Workshop
North Regional Library, 1315 Lowry Ave N, Minneapolis, MN, 55411, United States

April 2025

Wednesday April 9

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Turf Alternative Workshop: Eden Prairie
Online (Webinar), MN, United States

Tuesday April 15

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Planting for Clean Water: City of Plymouth
Plymouth Community Center, 14800 34th Ave N, Plymouth, MN, 55447, United States

May 2025

Monday May 12

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Rain Garden Maintenance Workshop
Rosebrook Park, 2590 Fry St N, Roseville, MN, 55113, United States

Tuesday May 20

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Planting for Clean Water: Shorelines
Lions Park, 4410 Lake Ave S, White Bear Lake, MN, 55110, United States

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


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