Honey Bee Hives Approved for SAP Community Garden
SAPCC approved managed honey bee colonies at the SAP Community Garden, proposed by gardeners Lynn Hartweck and Michael Walsh.
Free Online Home Energy Course Helps Neighbors Make Smarter Home Improvement Decisions
SAPCC launched a free, self-paced online Home Energy Course, built with Transition Town – ASAP and an MPCA Climate Action grant.
Help Shape the Future of Our Watershed
SAPCC sought a new Saint Paul representative to the MWMO Board as Michael Lukes’ term ended.
A Spring Tradition Returns: Kasota Ponds Cleanup Set for April 11
The annual Kasota Ponds Cleanup returned on Saturday, April 11, 2026, with new buckthorn restoration funded by an MWMO grant.
Sip & Stroll Brings Neighbors Into Full Bloom at the SAP Community Garden
More than 75 neighbors attended the Aug. 5, 2025 Sip & Stroll at the SAP Community Garden, a USDA People’s Garden cared for by volunteers since 1982.
Buckthorn Busters Are Back at It on Robbins Avenue
The Environment Committee’s “Buckthorn Busters” are using critical-period cutting, with no herbicide, to clear buckthorn along Robbins Avenue.
Kasota Ponds Cleanup Draws Strong Community Participation
More than 60 volunteers joined the annual Kasota Ponds Cleanup with support from NAPA Auto Parts.
Report from the SAP Community Garden: Growing New Life on Old Railroad Land
The SAP Community Garden applied for an urban agriculture grant to reclaim former railroad land along Robbins Street for an orchard and pollinator beds.
A Community Effort to Revive Raymond Avenue Rain Gardens
Nearly two dozen volunteers, with a Capitol Region Watershed District grant and Earth Wizards, transformed two Raymond Avenue rain gardens with 300+ native plants.
Pollinator Patch & Rain Gardens
Volunteers, the Environment and Transportation Committees and Ramsey County Master Gardeners care for the Pollinator Patch at Raymond and Robbins and the Raymond Ave. rain gardens.