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.

Minnesota residents are eligible to apply for Lawns to Legumes reimbursement-based funding of up to $400 to create pollinator habitat in their yards. If you previously applied for the program and were not awarded a grant, you will need to reapply to be considered for future funding. Lawns to Legumes can only award one grant per individual and will not consider previous awardees for funding.

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.

Visit the Blue Thumb website for more information about the Lawns to Legumes grant.