Mow High, Sweep Clean
Article by Minnesota Water Steward, Walter L. Whether you volunteer or follow easy best practices around your home or apartment, you can improve our environment. […]
Volunteers Needed to Adopt a Garden Bed
This season’s spotlighted volunteer opportunity is our new Adopt a Garden Bed program. Sign up to adopt one of the garden beds at our headquarters, […]
Deer Exclosure at Discovery Point
Keeping hungry animals at bay Minnesota Native Landscapes installed a small deer exclosure in the restoration area at Discovery Point in late April. The 8 foot […]
Rain Barrel Sale
Order your rain barrel online The Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District (RPBCWD) is hosting a rain barrel sale in partnership with the Recycling Association […]
Redefining “weeds”
Spring is here! With new plants sprouting out of the ground, we get antsy to start our spring work. The outdoors calls us to soak […]
Attend a Summer Event
Spend some time outside this summer–attend one of our free Summer Education Series programs! This year, there are even more fun places for you to discover. […]
Planting Native Seeds with a New Generation
Master Gardener May Lee helps third graders learn about growing native plant seeds. With a few months of “cold stratification” in a refrigerator, plants like milkweed […]
Subscribe to our Volunteer Updates e-newsletter
Updated 4/6/2021 Stay up to date on all the volunteer opportunities with the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District: subscribe to our Volunteer Updates e-newsletter! This […]
The Iceman Cometh
Minnesota Water Steward Joe Knaeble is concerned with a problem that is mostly invisible: increasing levels of salt in groundwater due to the overuse of […]
Winter Sowing Native Seeds
Many Minnesota native wildflowers need extra help to sprout in the spring. Some need cold, wet conditions in order to break the seed coat. This […]