Lawns to Legumes is a planting for pollinators grant program that Blue Thumb facilitates with the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources. Any Minnesotan can apply to receive reimbursement for native planting projects and support at-risk pollinators like the monarch butterfly and rusty patched bumble bee. Each spring and fall, a new cohort of participants gets selected to take part in the program. View a print-ready program overview here.
Minnesota residents are eligible to apply for Lawns to Legumes cost-share funding of up to $400 to create pollinator habitat in their yards. The application deadline for the Spring 2025 Lawns to Legumes Individual Support program is November 30, 2024. Grant recipients will be notified in mid-January 2025. Fill out the form below to apply!
Lawns to Legumes is no longer rolling over applications from previous funding rounds. If you previously applied for the program and were not awarded a grant, you will need to reapply to be considered for Spring 2025 funding. (Award notifications for Fall 2024 Lawns to Legumes grants were emailed by the MN Board of Water and Soil Resources on June 4.)
Please note that applying for Lawns to Legumes cost-share funding does not guarantee you will receive funding. If your application is awarded funding, it will be in the form of reimbursement. We are able to award a very limited number of vouchers to grant participants unable to afford the upfront cost of a project.