News

August 31, 2026

MWMO Newsletter — August 2026 — Planting for Fall Edition

In This Issue: Fall Planting Tips, Green Team's 19th Year, New Exhibits, Upcoming Events, and More Read the Newsletter ...

Minnesota Brownfields honors five projects

Columbia Heights’ new library at 3939 Central Ave. NE won the small city impact award for creating a new 22,600-square-foot building that replaced a 60-year-old facility and a vacant, contaminated site once home to a Burger King.
Read More
View More
Woman shoveling snow.

How to Fight Snow and Ice Without Polluting

I was recently cleaning out my garage and came across a container of a certain “environmentally safe” ice-melt product. I bought it years ago — long before I started working […]
Read More
View More
A sign banner advertising the new Northeast Middle School Green Campus.

At Northeast Middle School, a New ‘Green Campus’ is Born

This week, a construction crew put the finishing touches on one of our most exciting Stewardship Fund projects of 2016. Northeast Middle School is converting nearly half of its underused […]
Read More
View More
The new parking lot and landscaping at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis.

Church’s Values Shine Through in New Eco-Friendly Parking Lot Design

For congregants at First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, being good stewards of the environment is part of their faith. So when the time came to rebuild the church’s crumbling parking […]
Read More
View More
The Spoonbridge and Cherry sculpture, surrounded by mounds of dirt.

A Part of the Sculpture Garden You Won’t See in 2017

Back in May, we wrote about breaking ground on the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden’s $10 million reconstruction effort. The new sculpture garden, which is set to re-open in June 2017, will […]
Read More
View More

Puddles will have a purpose on St. Paul’s West Side Flats

It is being done in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, where ground was broken this summer for the Towerside District Stormwater System, designed to treat 4.5 million gallons of runoff for reuse each year.
Read More
View More
A child raking leaves in autumn.

Master the Art of Fall Yard Care

Fall is a beautiful time to be outdoors in Minnesota — which is fortunate, because it’s also a critical time for yard care. Cooling temperatures make fall the perfect season […]
Read More
View More
Judy VanCleve, facilities manager for 7-SIGMA

How 7 SIGMA Helped Pioneer Rain Gardens in Minneapolis

In 2004, Minneapolis manufacturing firm 7-SIGMA faced a dilemma. The company wanted to construct a new shipping area and employee parking lot, which would require them to landscape at least […]
Read More
View More
The MWMO's gravel-bed tree nursery in September 2016.

How to Grow Trees Quickly in a Small Space

Trees are an important tool for protecting clean water, especially in urban areas. They intercept stormwater, absorb it and filter out the pollutants. They also stabilize soil and reduce erosion. All of this […]
Read More
View More