Blue Thumb – Planting for Clean Water™ Program

The Blue Thumb – Planting for Clean WaterTM program will receive the Governor’s Award – Minnesota Government Reaching Environmental Achievements Together (MN GREAT!) on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at the Minnesota Air, Water, and Waste Environmental Conference. The Blue Thumb program is an online outreach program with A to Z information to help residents plan and plant native gardens, raingardens, and shorelines with native plants. The website bluethumb.org features planting blueprints, a plant selector tool, local retailers and landscapers, grant information, how-to guides, and more.