Minnesota Rebates
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: July 2026 · 17 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.
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.Apply for pre-approval before you start. Starting work first is the most common reason applications get denied.
- 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.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)
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.
Administered by Blue Thumb. Application does not guarantee funding. Reimbursement after project completion. Spring 2026 window closed; fall 2026 typically opens around May.
Twin Cities Metro
1 program available
Metro Blooms Subsidized Native Planting Program
Metro Blooms
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.
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.
Saint Paul Metro
1 program available
Capitol Region Watershed District Stewardship Grant
Capitol Region Watershed District (CRWD)
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).
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).
Rebate Concierge
Free step-by-step help with every rebate above
Every program above comes with a free guided checklist in the Pollinator Patch app: the steps in order, warnings before the mistakes that disqualify applications, and a photo locker that keeps your before and after photos and receipts together. A few high-value programs also offer an optional ready-to-file application packet for a one-time $29.99.
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