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Evolution of a Yard: Conventional Turf to All Native Plants

August 23, 2021

For Dana Boyle, a Twin Cities metro resident, a Lawns to Legumes grant was part of a yard transformation which had been percolating over several years, and which she writes about below. We visited Dana and asked her some questions about her project. In the following video links, she talks about how she converted her…  Read More →

Mobilizing Minnesotans to Protect Pollinators

March 24, 2021

In 2020 many Minnesotans enthusiastically rose to the challenge of protecting pollinators in their yards through Lawns to Legumes, a state Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) program to empower people towards a more sustainable and pollinator-friendly Minnesota. Blue Thumb was selected to help put the program into action. A major goal of  L2L…  Read More →

A Pollinator Project That Soaks in Rainwater

August 18, 2020

A Lawns to Legume Story Another participant project from Lawns to Legumes, a Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources program supporting residents to create pollinator habitat in their yards through cost-share grants and other resources. I had the good fortune to move next door to a landscape architect. Though retired, she was willing to…  Read More →

Creating My Pollinator Garden

July 10, 2020

A Lawns to Legumes Story A recipient of a state Lawns to Legumes cost-share grant shares how she came to plant her pollinator garden. Lawns to Legumes, a program through the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, supports residents to create pollinator habitat in their yards. I grew up on a small Minnesota farm…  Read More →

Twin City Seed Company

You can download a list of retail locations selling our Bee Lawn Seed Mix here. We provide blending, packaging, and private labeling of seed for retailers. We are a wholesale company, focused on driving business to our storefronts throughout the Midwest.