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Minnesota Native Landscaping Rebates

Minnesota has strong native landscaping support at both the state and watershed level. Lawns to Legumes provides up to $400 statewide. In the Twin Cities, Metro Blooms offers subsidized installations through 20+ watershed district partnerships, and the Capitol Region Watershed District offers grants up to $500 for Saint Paul-area projects.

Last updated: May 2026 · 3 programs tracked

The quick version

  • Lawns to Legumes (statewide): up to $400 for native pollinator habitat. Apply via Blue Thumb (bluethumb.org) in spring or fall lottery windows.
  • Metro Blooms (Twin Cities): subsidized native plant installations through Planting for Clean Water partnerships with watershed districts.
  • Capitol Region Watershed District (Saint Paul area): stewardship grants up to $500 for rain gardens and native plantings.

See the vision

From turf to a native front yard.

A typical turf-grass front yard before conversion
Before
A Patch Vision rendering of the same front yard replanted with native plants
After

An illustrative Patch Vision rendering of a turf-to-native front yard. In the app, every plan is generated from a photo of your own yard, for your sun, soil, and HOA strictness.

How to apply for Minnesota rebates

  1. 1.Apply for pre-approval before you start. Starting work first is the most common reason applications get denied.
  2. 2.Take before photos of the area you plan to convert, then matching after photos from the same angles once the work is done.
  3. 3.Apply early in the fiscal year. Many programs are first-come, first-served. Each program below links to the provider for current rules. See our step-by-step lawn replacement guide.

Statewide

1 program available

Lawns to Legumes

Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR)

Native planting
Up to $400 reimbursement

Reimbursement for establishing native pollinator habitat: pocket plantings, pollinator lawns, pollinator meadows, or pollinator-beneficial trees and shrubs. Covers native plants, seeds, mulch, compost, edging, and equipment rental. Projects support monarch butterflies and rusty patched bumble bees.

Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, Duluth, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Woodbury, Lakeville, Maple Grove, Blaine, Eagan, Burnsville, Coon Rapids, Eden Prairie, St. Cloud, Mankato, MoorheadPre-approval requiredSpring and fall cycles; check bluethumb.org for dates

Administered by Blue Thumb. Application does not guarantee funding. Reimbursement after project completion. Spring 2026 window closed; fall 2026 typically opens around May.

View full guideOfficial siteVerified Mar 2026

Twin Cities Metro

1 program available

Metro Blooms Subsidized Native Planting Program

Metro Blooms

Turf replacementNative planting
Subsidized native plant installations (cost well below market rate)

Metro Blooms provides subsidized native plant garden installations in the Twin Cities metro through their Planting for Clean Water program and partnerships with watershed districts. Homeowners in partnering watershed districts may qualify for deeply reduced installation costs. Metro Blooms also conducts community plant sales with wholesale-priced native plants each spring.

Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Burnsville, Plymouth, Maple Grove

Metro Blooms partners with 20+ watershed districts. If your watershed district funds a program, your installation cost may be significantly below full price. Check metroblooms.org for current season programs and which watershed districts are participating.

View full guideOfficial siteVerified May 2026

Saint Paul Metro

1 program available

Capitol Region Watershed District Stewardship Grant

Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD)

Native plantingRainwater
Up to $500 residential; higher for commercial

Capitol Region Watershed District offers stewardship grants for rain gardens, native plantings, shoreline restoration, and other stormwater Best Management Practices. Residential grants up to $500; larger amounts available for commercial and multi-family properties. Projects must be within the CRWD boundary (central Saint Paul and inner suburbs).

St. Paul, Roseville, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little CanadaPre-approval required

CRWD offers free rain garden and native planting workshops each spring. Additional Minnesota watershed districts with grant programs: Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (minnehahacreek.org) and Nine Mile Creek Watershed District (ninemilecreek.org).

View full guideOfficial siteVerified May 2026

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Plan a native yard with Pollinator Patch.

Pollinator Patch helps you pick the right native plants for your region, plan an HOA-friendly layout, and generate the documentation that rebate programs ask for.

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See a problem with a program? Report it

Programs change throughout the year. If something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we'll check it against the provider.

We compile these programs from utility and city pages, and not every amount here has been independently confirmed. Program details also change throughout the year. Always verify requirements, amounts, and eligibility directly with your water utility before starting work. Pollinator Patch is not affiliated with any rebate program and does not guarantee approval.