Metro Blooms

What We Do

Metro Blooms envisions a just future of thriving communities where all people connect with and care for the land, water, and diverse life around them. We advocate alongside communities impacted by environmental injustice, recognizing everyone’s rights to clean air, land and water. We are in kinship with the natural world, acknowledging that people and the environment are tied together. 

Support Sustainable Landcare Training

As we see more investment in green infrastructure like rain gardens that divert and clean stormwater and native plantings that protect pollinators, there is a growing need for a workforce that can care for these sustainable practices. 

Through Sustainable Landcare Training (SLC), we're preparing young adults from communities impacted by environmental justice to be part of this growing field.

Participants are paid, making the program more accessible.  In online learning at their own pace and four on-site days, they gain job-ready skills and greater historical and cultural insight into the green spaces around them. They also hear from experts in the environmental and related fields. Following training, participants can also join our Career Readiness and Training Program to help them take the next step.

The 30-hour training includes:

• Identifying native plants, weeds, and beneficial insects
• The impact stormwater runoff has on our rivers and lakes
• Caring for and inspecting and reporting on rain gardens
• Exploring environmental justice and historical land use

Will you help us grow this new generation of environmental stewards?

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