Individual Species Full Trays Available!

Chris Stumvoll birds, milkweed, Plants, Pollinators, Sales, wildflowers

MNL is excited to introduce a new way to easily add Minnesota native wildflowers and grasses to your property.  For the first time ever, we’re offering individual species full trays for off-season preordering.  Each tray includes 36 XL plugs of the species of your choice at a lower price point than our regular plant kits or Build-A-Kit tray options.    …

What is a Pollinator Mix?

Bre Bauerly Pollinators, Prairies, Rain Garden, Seed Mixes, tips, wildflowers

  A pollinator seed mix is a wonderful way to get started with adding more native plants to your yard! Planting a pollinator seed mix adds more flowers for you to enjoy, while creating more habitat for our beloved pollinator species at the same time!   Pollinators are anything that helps carry pollen from one part of a flower to …

Why Choose Native Plants?

Bre Bauerly birds, Pollinators, Prairies

In addition to looking great and performing exceptionally well across the landscape of the upper Midwest, local-origin native species also provide a long list of ecosystem benefits. We’ve summarized a few of our favorite benefits here to stress the importance of restoring native vegetation in open spaces, park land, and beyond. Improved Infiltration – Native plant roots are incredibly good …

MNL is developing a new Partnership and Fundraising Program!

Bre Bauerly birds, Plants, Pollinators, Prairies, Sales

MNL is preparing to debut a new partnership program to promote the use of native plants and seed mixes on various landscapes across the Midwest! This partnership program will allow counties, cities, private businesses, non-profit groups, and more to host their own native plant and seed sales by way of a pre-order form! The plants would then be scheduled for …

Selecting Native Plants and Seed for Your Property – Growing Zones

Bre Bauerly Plants, Pollinators, Prairies, Seed Mixes, tips, wildflowers

Many gardeners are used to shopping for those hardy perennial plants according to their growing zone. We have such a unique set of challenges with growing and overwintering plants in Minnesota and the Midwest. Something a lot of people don’t know is that native plants, don’t go by zone – they go by historical range data. So instead of assigning …

2019 Small Seed Packets – Now Available!

Bre Bauerly Pollinators, wildflowers

For the past several years, MNL has been creating a small native seed packet as a way to get more native plants out on the landscape across MN. These packets are the perfect size for a person just starting out with adding native plants to a garden, or for an experienced native gardener to fill in bare spots in their …

It’s a good year for monarch butterflies!

Bre Bauerly Pollinators

Looking around outside, you may be able to spot more of these majestic creatures than you would have in previous years. We are observing that it has been a good summer for monarch butterflies around Minnesota! Walking around MNL’s native seed production fields this time of year when the migratory butterflies are hatching, is quite a sight!   Monarch butterflies …