Blue Thumb’s Turf Alternatives Workshop is your “how-to” guide on transforming your yard into a pollinator’s paradise! Learn about the steps to converting a traditional turfgrass monoculture lawn into a… Read More →
Spring Resilient Workshops Open! Make your outdoor space more beautiful and beneficial for yourself, your community, and your local ecosystem. Our workshops this year include Resilient Shorelines, Resilient Yards, and Turf Alternatives. Learn More and Register
How Blue Thumb Partnership Works The Blue Thumb Partnership is a state-wide network of clean water and native plant stewards creating change to bridge the gap between knowledge and action by offering resources and programs to Minnesotans. Blue Thumb Partners include local governmental units, non-profit organizations, and private companies all working toward the same goals. The Blue Thumb Partnership supports…
A Lawns to Legumes Story A recipient of a state Lawns to Legumes cost-share grant shares how she came to plant her pollinator garden. Lawns to Legumes, a program through… Read More →
The deadline to confirm participation in the Spring 2024 Lawns to Legumes program was January 15th, 11:59 pm Central. If you are an awardee who missed the deadline and would still like to participate, please email the L2L Helpline. If your application for Lawns to Legumes individual support was selected, this is where you will…
You can download a list of retail locations selling our Bee Lawn Seed Mix here. We provide blending, packaging, and private labeling of seed for retailers. We are a wholesale… Read More →
VLAWMO was formed in 1983 to protect the Vadnais Lake watershed area in northern Ramsey County and a small portion of Anoka County, Minnesota. VLAWMO covers approximately 25 square miles in… Read More →
Who we are Our website address is: https://bluethumb.org. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data… Read More →
Pollinator Meadows are expansive areas full of a diversity of native plants, much like the original prairie that covered the Great Plains. These can be started from seed, all at once. You may find, though, that establishing one is easiest “bite by bite” by starting a smaller garden and then converting more turf to native…
