Create a Certified Home Pollinator Garden or Bee Lawn
NDSU Extension Master Gardener Program is encouraging citizens to build new pollinator gardens and bee lawns or transform existing gardens and lawns! Your home, church, or garden club garden can be become a colorful oasis and nourish our bees and butterflies. You are eligible if you reside in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, or Montana and meet the guidelines in the application.
Click here to open the short application for a Home Pollinator Garden in a new window. You'll need to know the approximate square footage or your garden(s) and which native plants from our lists are growing during spring, summer, and fall.
Click here to open the interest list for our Bee Lawn information and application. We are still "buzzy" building the application but will contact you when it is available. Look for free seed at our Extension Master Gardener booth at Red River Valley Fair!
Learn more about pollinators and gardening in the Pollinators section of our website.
Our Impact
In the first year, 2016, NDSU Extension Master Gardener received 50 applications and awarded 50 home pollinator signs, designating 143,259 square feet of MN, ND, and SD pollinator insect friendly! Since then, we've sent an additional 146 signs to MN, MT, ND, and SD public spaces and private residences, reaching 107 acres of designated pollinator space.
Take a virtual tour of home gardens by clicking on the house icons. Locate public sites to visit by clicking on the flower icons. Other public gardens can be viewed here.
Our Bee Lawn initiative is new for 2023, following several years of research to find the best seed mixes for our Upper Great Plains climate. We cannot wait to see the lawns created!
