Rain Gardens and Beyond: Healthy Yards, Clean Water

Brooklyn Park Community Center, Grand Room 1, 5600 85th Ave N., Brooklyn Park.

You can help keep our lakes, rivers and streams clean by making simple choices about your yard such as starting a rain garden. These workshops offer the latest information and combine a do-it-yourself approach with expert help to put "rain gardening" in the hands of gardeners and non-gardeners alike.

Cost: $15. Please register in advance at 651-699-2426; www.metroblooms.org.