City Of Burnsville: Beautiful Gardens Do Beautiful Things!

Press release from the City of Burnsville:

March 3, 2022

Creating a beautiful garden to benefit pollinators, improve water quality, or stabilize your shoreline is what the Landscaping for Clean Water program is all about!

One of the Dakota SWCD’s programs for Dakota County residents is the Landscaping for Clean Water program which includes free educational classes, a garden design course, garden maintenance workshops, and grants for homeowners that install a raingarden, native garden, or native shoreline planting. The goal of the Landscaping for Clean Water program is to teach residents how to beautify their yard while also protecting local water quality and providing habitat for pollinators.

The Landscaping for Clean Water program moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and in 2022 the program will continue to be provided virtually. There will be live virtual Introduction to Clean Water classes and Garden Maintenance workshops held via Zoom. For Design Course participants, access to online project design tools and one-on-one Zoom appointments with SWCD staff will be provided to assist with project planning.

This press release was produced by the City of Burnsville. The views expressed here are the author’s own.