How to collect Milkweed Pods
Help us collect one million milkweed seeds that we will grow and spread across important spaces throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area and the Anoka Sand Plain. Pods are in perfect condition for collecting now, (October 12, 2017) some have burst, but many are still intact.Read More
Video: Attracting pollinators to our restoration sites
With the help of partners, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation and the University of Minnesota, volunteers are hunting for bumble bees in prairie restored by Great River Greening, to tell us what we are doing right – and what we could do better – to manage for both plants and pollinators.
Video: Erosion control and beautification in St. Paul Park
Several families with young children volunteered with Great River Greening to improve water quality in the Mississippi River by controlling erosion at the boat launch in Lions Levee Park, in St. Paul Park. Together, they transformed the area from loose soil and turf to more stabilizing native grasses and flowers.