MN Board Of Water And Soil Resources Launches Second Round Of The Lawns To Legumes Program

From the City of Mendota Heights:

Have you been looking for a way to help the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee and other pollinators? Or maybe you have been wanting to create an environmentally-friendly, low-maintenance landscape? The Lawns to Legumes program offers a simple way to do both!

The MN Board of Water and Soil Resources has now begun accepting applications for its second round of individual grants as part of the new Lawns to Legumes Program. This program offers workshops, coaching, guides, and cost-share funding for installing pollinator-friendly native plantings in residential landscapes. These pollinator habitats could consist of any of the following:

• A Native Pocket Planting, or garden with native, pollinator beneficial flowers
• Establishing a Pollinator Lawn, by removing existing turf and replacing with a pollinator seed mix that includes no-mow fescues and low-growing flowers, or seeding no-mow fescues and low-growing native flowers into existing lawn
• Pollinator beneficial trees and shrubs
• Establishing a Pollinator Meadow, or a large area with a diversity of native plants, such as a native prairie that includes both native grasses and wildflowers

Individual Support Grants are available to Minnesota residents for projects that establish pollinator habitat in their yards. If awarded, up to $350 in grant funds are available to applicants. To apply, visit Blue Thumb's Online Application Page.

For more information on the Lawns to Legumes Program, visit the program’s webpage.