Planting For Clean Water … and Pollinators!
Blue Thumb is proud to partner with Minnesota’s Board of Water and Soil Resources on the Lawns to Legumes program to help residents convert some of their yard to flowering plants that provide habitat and forage to pollinators and other wildlife. Minnesota is home to over 450 native species of bees, many suffering declining populations. One of them, the endangered rusty patched bumble bee, is our state bee. We hope residents will continue to work towards helping the species rebound and support other pollinators, and in the process create a beautiful, blooming, buzzing landscape!
The program offers cost-share grants and online resources to help you get started, whether you are interested in creating a bee lawn, pocket planting or pollinator meadow, or learning about pollinator-friendly trees or shrubs, need information on site planning or you are just curious about plants that attract various pollinators.
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