Urban Roots

Mill City Farmers Market
2025-10-25 08:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Mill City Farmers Market, 750 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55401
Find us at the Mill City Farmers Market every other Saturday, from 8am-1pm. We’ll be bringing a vibrant selection of vegetables, fruits, and herbs freshly harvested from our urban farm sites. Come by our stand to stock up on what’s in season and support local food that makes a difference.

Round Up at Utepils throughout November!
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-30 | Utepils Brewing, 25 Thomas Ave N #700, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55405
Throughout November, guests at Utepils Brewing can round up their total to support Urban Roots. PLUS: On Nov 14, 5-8pm, you can join us at the brewery for a Kickoff Happy Hour! Grab a free ticket from Urban Roots staff, buy a drink, and redeem the ticket for $1 donated to Urban Roots by Utepils Brewing.
Cheers to community!

Give to the Max Day, Early Giving Starts Now!
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-20
Join us, Early giving starts today!

Here’s why your support during Give to the Max 2025 matters:
🫶 We have $20,000 in matching gifts available thanks to our generous Board of Directors and Fairview Health Services.

🥕 Your gift will help youth learn job skills through paid employment, cook food grown by their peers in their own neighborhood, and restore green spaces right here on the East Side of St. Paul. Every dollar becomes seeds, skills, and the deep confidence that comes from creating something beautiful and nourishing.

💚 Like many nonprofit organizations, we’ve been hit by fundraising challenges this year and are facing a funding gap. This gap is limiting our ability to provide work hours for our youth interns. Our interns show up with dedication and heart, and they deserve the hours they need to do their work well, both for themselves and our community.

🎫 All donations made on GiveMN’s site are entered in drawings for Golden Ticket prizes to nonprofits of up to $10,000. Simply give $5 or more (especially on Nov 20) to give us a chance to win!

⭐ We have a 4-star rating (the highest) on Charity Navigator and Platinum Transparency (the highest) on Candid. We’re also the second-place winner of the 2025 Twin Cities Business Best of Business Readers’ Choice Award in the Charitable Organizations category.
Thank you so much! Small gifts add up to big impacts!

Kickoff Happy Hour @ Utepils
2025-11-14 17:00 - 20:00 | Utepils Brewing, 25 Thomas Ave N #700, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55405
On Nov 14, 5-8pm, you can join us at the brewery for a Kickoff Happy Hour! Grab a free ticket from Urban Roots staff, buy a drink, and redeem the ticket for $1 donated to Urban Roots by Utepils Brewing. Cheers to community!

Community Seed Circles
2025-11-19 18:00 - 19:00 | Dayton’s Bluff Library, 645 E 7th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Join us on the third Wednesday of every month to help us sort seeds, replenish the seed library, and chat with neighbors about gardens! We will give an orientation to volunteers. Tea will be provided.

Give to the Max Day
2025-11-20
Give to the Max Day is an annual fundraiser hosted by GiveMN that raised $37.1 million for Minnesota nonprofits in 2024. Help us empower youth to the max by supporting us this year on November 20 – thank you so much!

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St. Paul Winter Carnival Family Fun Day
2026-01-31

Seed Circle
2026-02-18 17:00 - 18:00 | Dayton’s Bluff Library, 645 E 7th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Seed Circles are starting up again! Join us on the third Wednesday of every month to help us sort seeds, replenish the seed library, and chat with neighbors about gardens! We will give an orientation to volunteers, main tasks will include packing seeds for community distribution. Tea will be provided.

Sowing Bee - Seed starting event
2026-03-14 13:00 - 15:30 | GROW-IT Center, 445 Maria Ave, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Join Urban Roots, Payne-Phalen Community Council, and Arcade Garden Collective at our Sowing Bee event on Saturday, March 14, 1-3:30 p.m., at Metro State’s GROW IT Center, 445 Maria Avenue, St. Paul.
We’ll be sowing annual seeds that will be planted this Spring in some of the 41 new gardens located on Arcade Street. The annuals will grace the community during Summer 2026. Next year, MnDOT, when it completes its Arcade Street Project, will install landscaping, including pollinators and trees, along Arcade from Phalen Blvd. to Frost Ave.
The Sowing Bee is free. A light lunch will be served.
Email: gardens@paynephalen.org to RSVP, space is limited.
If you have the following items handy, please bring them along: Exacto knife/scissors, milk jugs, gardening gloves, and something to scoop soil.
For parking, take advantage of the street parking outside of the building and in a visitor parking lot next door to the GROW IT Center.
Sponsors also include the Capitol Region Watershed District and St. Paul Parks Conversancy.

Seed Circle
2026-03-18 17:00 - 18:00 | Dayton’s Bluff Library, 645 E 7th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Seed Circles are starting up again! Join us on the third Wednesday of every month to help us sort seeds, replenish the seed library, and chat with neighbors about gardens! We will give an orientation to volunteers. The main task will be to sort and package seeds for community distribution. Tea will be provided.
Feel free to RSVP here: https://app.gametimehero.com/share/event/qMJtjGaMssuFcPHl1DdW

Spring Seed Sowing Workshop
2026-03-25 18:00 - 19:00 | GROW-IT Center, 445 Maria Ave, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Come play in the dirt with the East Side Seed Library at our seed sowing workshop! Learn why we need to stratify seeds and participate in a step-by-step tutorial focused on annual flowers, vegetables, and native forbs. All participants will receive one seed sowing kit (milk jug green house, soil, and seeds).
Registration Required.
This event is a collaboration between Urban Roots, Metro State University Library, and the Dayton’s Bluff branch of the Saint Paul Public Library.
For information on this and other seed-related events, visit https://libguides.metrostate.edu/eastsideseedlibrary

Raised Bed Garden Workshop
2026-03-28 09:00 - 12:00 | Indigenous Roots, 788 e. Seventh Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Growing food in urban soil can pose health risks due to historic use of lead and other pollutants. Using a raised bed garden can help reduce exposure to potentially contaminated soil. During this workshop, residents of the East Side will receive galvanized steel materials to to build a raised garden bed, free of cost.
After completing the workshop, residents will receive free starter plants and compost for their raised garden bed in May. This initiative is a collaboration between Urban Roots, Ramsey County, and the District 2 Community Council. Use the link below to register!
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Change Matters: Round up at the Wedge Co-op
2026-04-01 - 2026-04-30
Urban Roots was selected to be the round up recipient for the Change Matters program at the Wedge Co-op. Say “yes” throughout April when asked if you’d like to round up!
From the Wedge’s website:
Our Change Matters program generates funds for local, non-profit, and community-enrichment organizations through donations collected at the registers at both Wedge locations. Co-op shoppers are invited to round up their purchases to the next dollar every time they shop, and these small-change donations add up to impactful contributions. While we cannot guarantee a certain dollar amount will be raised across our two retail locations, we typically raise up to $10,000 each month. 100% of the donations go to our partner organizations. Through this program Wedge Community Co-ops seek to create meaningful, productive, and lasting partnerships with local organizations.

Seed Circle
2026-04-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Dayton’s Bluff Library, 645 E 7th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55106, United States
Join us to help sort seeds, replenish the East Side Seed Library, and chat with neighbors about gardens! We will give an orientation to volunteers. The main task will be to sort and package seeds for community distribution. Tea will be provided.

Earth Day Collaborative
2026-04-22
On April 22, eleven environmental nonprofits in Minnesota (including Urban Roots) are joining forces to amplify their impact. These organizations are coming together—not competing—to raise funds to protect our air, water, land, and people. Instead of choosing just one cause, your contribution will be distributed across organizations that together use multi-faceted solutions for a stronger, greener future. Stay tuned for details on how to give.

St. Paul Art Crawl
2026-04-25 12:00 - 16:00 | Urban Roots, 1110 Payne Ave, Saint Paul
For the second year, Urban Roots will be a venue for the St. Paul Art Crawl! 🖌️
Stop by to check out socioenvironmental justice art and support our Youth Council through their food sale. We’ll also have a free sale, refreshments donated by Lakewinds Food Co-op, music, and activity tables.
🎨 About the Art Crawl 🎨
The 2026 Spring St. Paul Art Crawl is taking place on April 10-12 (Wards 1, 3, 4), April 17-19 (Ward 2), and April 24-26 (Wards 5, 6, 7). The event will feature 30+ gallery locations throughout St. Paul, showcasing the work of our vibrant arts community.

Nature Yoga
2026-07-23 17:30 - 19:00
For the first time ever, the Nature Yoga Club will be at our Rivoli Bluff Farm and Restoration Site to provide the “perfect blend of movement, mindfulness, and nature.” Stay tuned for details.

Positive Change: Round Up at Mississippi Market
2026-08-01 - 2026-08-31
Urban Roots was selected to be the August round up recipient for the Positive Change program at Mississippi Market!

Rivoli Bluff Bash
2026-09-12 10:00 - 14:00 | Rivoli Bluff Farm and Restoration Site, 749 Arkwright St, Saint Paul, MN, 55130, United States
Join us for our sixth annual Rivoli Bluff Bash! This is a free, family friendly, community event.

Produce giveaway
Free face painting
Info tables
The Free Book Buggie (11am-1pm)
Tours
More!

Twin Cities Marathon and 10 Mile
2026-10-04
Are you planning to run the Twin Cities Marathon or TC 10 Mile on October 4? Would you like to put in the miles to help empower St. Paul youth? If so, reach out to us about joining our Charity Team! Email info@UrbanRootsMN.org.

Give to the Max Day
2026-11-19
Give to the Max Day is an annual fundraiser hosted by GiveMN that raised $37.8 million for Minnesota nonprofits in 2025. Help us empower youth to the max by supporting us this year on November 19 – thank you so much!
