Name: Landscaping for Clean Water Workshop
Start: 2017-02-23T18:15:00-05:00
End: 2017-02-23T19:30:00-05:00

February 23, 2017 6:15 pm - 7:30 pm

Burnhaven Library

1101 County Road 42 West

Burnsville, MN 55337

This free introductory workshop provides tips and tricks on creating native gardens, rain gardens and shoreline stabilization projects. These projects not only benefit local water quality, but also help provide much needed habitat for pollinators.

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Burnhaven Library
1101 County Road 42 West
Burnsville, MN 55337

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