St. Louis Park Pollinate the Park Native Plant Sale

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Pollinate the Park Native Plant Sale

 

Pollinate the Park plant sets designed for our Native Plant Sale for St. Louis Park residents in 2026

Each native plant kit available through this sale were inspired by the native park gardens and public spaces around St. Louis Park.  Feel free to visit and experience these gardens before purchasing.  You can find these gardens at the following locations:

1. 1. 1. 1. Cedar Lake Boulevard Garden –  6211 Cedar Lake Rd near entrance to brush drop off site (Also, Service Center parking lot boulevard gardens)
         2. Louisiana Oaks Prairie Garden – Parking lot bump across from the park building and near soccer fields
         3. Cavell Circle Woodland Edge Garden – located in a cul-de-sac circular island near 2822 Cavell
         4. Mayor’s Monarch Garden – 3600 Monterey South of aquatic park, across from basketball courts
         5. Nature Center Dappled Sunlight and Shade Garden – Garden 8300 Franklin Ave, across from the picnic shelter near path through ponds
         6. Rain Garden – New for 2026! 

 

Each kit includes 36 plants; six plants of six different species.  Species for each kit are included in the descriptions below. Species lists have been updated for 2026 for greater diversity and new species as well as a new Rain Garden offering!  MNL plans to match each list exactly, but species are subject to change with suitable replacements. All kits are $89.00.  No shipping or delivery fees.  All plant kits not picked-up during the August 15 and 17 windows will be donated to the St. Louis Park Parks Department.

Sale will be open June 15 – August 2. All plants ordered through this sale page are to be picked up:

Saturday, August 15: 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.

or

Monday, August 17: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

at

St. Louis Park Municipal Service Center, 7305 Oxford St, St. Louis Park, MN 55426

*The first 150 St. Louis Park residents are eligible for a 50% discount on their first tray of plants using the coupon code “SLP50” at checkout. One coupon per household and St. Louis Park residents only, please. 

1. Cedar Lake Boulevard Garden

1. Cedar Lake Boulevard Garden

Set #1:	Plant name		Bloom color and season				Set #2:	Plant name		Bloom color and season
	Prairie Onion	Allium stellatum	Pink, Summer					Purple Prairie Clover	Dalea purpurea	Purple, Summer
	Field Pussytoes	Antennaria neglecta	White, Spring					Butterfly Milkweed	Asclepias tuberosa	Orange, Summer/Fall
	Prairie Smoke	Geum triflorum	Red/Pink, Spring					Long-headed Coneflower	Ratibida columnifera	Yellow, Summer
	Blue Grama	Bouteloua gracilis	Native grass					Little Bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium	Native Grass
	Dotted Blazing Star	Liatris punctata	Purple, Summer					Gray Goldenrod	Solidago nemoralis	Yellow, Fall
	Spotted Bee Balm	Monarda punctata	White/Pink, Summer					Silky Aster	Symphyotrichum sericeum	Blue/Lavender, Fall

The Cedar Lake Boulevard Garden was established fall of 2022.  Plants for a boulevard garden need to be tough enough to withstand compaction, road salt and drought. Gardeners also have to be tough, preparing for disappointment if this garden gets disturbed when utilities workers need access below ground or a snowplow scrapes the edges.   The plants selected were close to the one designed by Jennifer Ehlert (Metro Blooms) for a sunny boulevard with her permission. The two sets work nicely together with set 1 being at the center of the boulevard and set 2 being toward the edges. 

If you are planning to plant a garden in a boulevard, you will need utility lines to be marked before digging.  Contact Gopher State One Call to request a utility line location visit.

2. Louisiana Oaks Prairie Garden

2. Louisiana Oaks Prairie Garden

Set #1:	Plant name		Bloom color and season				Set #2:	Plant name		Bloom color and season
	Field Pussytoes	Antennaria neglecta	White, Spring					Rose Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Dark Pink, Summer/Fall
	Butterfly Milkweed	Asclepias tuberosa	Orange, Summer					Purple Coneflower	Echinacea purpurea	Purple, Summer/Fall
	Prairie Smoke	Geum triflorum	Pink/Red, Spring					Sweet Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia subtomentosa	Yellow, Summer/Fall
	Nodding Onion	Allium cernuum	Pink, Summer					Little Bluestem	Schizachyrium scoparium	Native Grass
	Prairie Dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	Native grass					Showy Goldenrod	Solidago speciosa	Yellow, Fall
	Sky-blue Aster	Symphyotrichum oolentangiense	Blue/Lavender, Fall					Hoary Vervain	Verbena stricta	Purple, Summer

The Louisiana Oaks Prairie Garden was established in the summer of 2021.  Wood fiber weed suppressant mat and organic compost was added to this site.  These plant kits are short to medium height and will enjoy full sun. 

3. Cavell Circle Woodland Edge Garden

3. Cavell Circle Woodland Edge Garden

Set #1:	Plant name		Bloom color and season				Set #2:	Plant name		Bloom color and season
	Field Pussytoes	Antennaria neglecta	White, Spring					Fragrant Giant Hyssop	Agastache foeniculum	Purple, Summer/Fall
	Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	Red, Spring					Rose Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Dark Pink, Summer/Fall
	Calico Aster	Symphyotrichum lateriflorum	White/Maroon, Fall					Smooth Penstemon	Penstemon digitalis	White, Spring
	Jacob's Ladder	Polemonium reptans	Purple, Spring					Elm Leaf Goldenrod	Solidago ulmifolia	Yellow, Fall
	Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum virginianum	White, Summer					Virginia Wild Rye	Elymus virginicus	Native Grass
	Bottlebrush Grass	Elymus hystrix	Native Grass					Culver's Root	Veronicastrum virginicum	White, Summer

Cavell Circle Woodland Edge Garden is designed for a mix of sun and shade. This area is being converted from turf grass to a native plant garden. The edges were planted with live plants that thrive in sun and shade, while the middle was seeded in late October of 2022. This garden is where a woodland meets the lake and biodiverse communities thrive.  While we were watering this garden in June a Great Crested Flycatcher flew in and landed on a cup plant. A very young pollinator garden is already an oasis for wildlife in our community.

 

4. Mayor’s Monarch Garden

4. Mayor's Monarch Garden

Set #1:	Plant name		Bloom color and season			Set #2:	Plant name		Bloom color and season
	Butterfly Milkweed	Asclepias tuberosa	Orange, Summer				Rose Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Dark Pink, Summer/Fall
	Rattlesnake Master	Eryngium yuccifolium	White, Summer				Showy Milkweed	Asclepias speciosa	Pink/White, Summer
	Meadow Blazing Star	Liatris ligulistylis	Purple, Summer/Fall				Plains Oval Sedge	Carex brevior	Native sedge
	Wild Lupine	Wild Lupine	Purple, Spring				Showy Goldenrod	Solidago speciosa	Yellow, Summer
	Purple Prairie Clover	Dalea purpurea	Purple, Spring/Summer Summer				Smooth Blue Aster	Symphyotrichum laeve	Blue, Fall
	Prairie Dropseed	Sporobolus heterolepis	Native grass				Hoary Vervain	Verbena stricta	Purple, Summer

The Mayor’s Monarch Garden was established in the summer of 2022 and has amazing biodiversity. Filled with Monarch Butterfly favorite nectar sources like Meadow Blazing Star, Asters, as well as Goldenrod.  Multiple different varieties of milkweed are present as host plants for Monarch caterpillars.  It is a very densely planted garden that will fill in and help keep weeds from moving in.  The Mayor’s Monarch garden was established in the summer of 2022.

 

5. Nature Center Dappled Sunlight and Shade Garden

5. Nature Center Dappled Sunlight and Shade Garden

Set #1:	Plant name		Bloom color and season
	Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	Red, Spring
	Hairy Wood Mint	Blephilia hirsuta	White, Summer
	(Woodland Sedge)	TBD	Native sedge
	Long-headed Thimbleweed	Anemone cylindrica	White, Spring/Summer
	Jacob's Ladder	Polemonium reptans	Purple, Spring
	Solidago ulmifolia	Elm Leaf Goldenrod	Yellow, Fall

Nature Center Dappled Sunlight and Shade Garden is in a shady area near the new picnic shelter at Westwood Hills Nature Center.  With a small amount of dappled sunlight, the nature center garden supports only a few species of flowering shade-tolerant native plants.  There is only one set of plants for this garden. Best suited for dry to moist soils with limited sunlight.

6. Rain Garden *New for 2026!*

6. Rain Garden *New*

Set #1 (Sunny):	Plant name		Bloom color and season			Set #2 (Part Shade):	Plant name		Bloom color and season
	Rattlesnake Master	Eryngium yuccifolium	White, Summer				Rose Milkweed	Asclepias incarnata	Dark Pink, Summer/Fall
	Black-eyed Susan	Rudbeckia hirta	Yellow, Summer/Fall				Cardinal Flower	Lobelia cardinalis	Red, Summer
	Fox Sedge	Carex vulpinoidea	Native sedge				Great Blue Lobelia	Lobelia siphilitica	Blue, Summer
	Winged Lythrum	Lythrum alatum	Pink, Spring/Summer				Fox Sedge	Carex vulpinoidea	Native sedge
	Riddell's Goldenrod	Solidago riddellii	Yellow, Fall				Mountain Mint	Pycnanthemum virginianum	White, Summer/Fall
	Meadow Blazing Star	Liatris ligulistylis	Purple, Summer/Fall				Heart-leaved Alexanders	Zizia aptera	Yellow, Spring

A new plant kit option for 2026 allows you to turn what otherwise might be unsightly and unattractive stormwater runoff areas into beautiful, lush, native habitat with many environmental benefits. Designed perfectly for smaller, contained runoff areas.  Enjoy bright and vibrant blossoms throughout the growing season. Expect to attract a wide variety of insects and pollinators to your rain garden, including Monarch Butterflies. Consider planting at the edge of parking lots, driveways, swales, and any other areas with concentrated runoff.  Set #1 designed for areas with full sun and Set #2 for areas with part shade.