Lawn & garden
Native Plant Sale
Order native plants through this year's sale! Shoreview is offering a native plant sale in partnership with MNL (Minnesota Native Landscapes). Native plants offer a beautiful way to create habitat, absorb stormwater, and enhance your yard. Purchase a kit of native plants at special partner pricing from the options listed below.
Each kit consists of a tray of 36 plants, six plants of six different species. Recommended planting in a 40-60 square foot area. Species in kits vary according to inventory and availability and will be finalized after ordering.
Kits are $64 each. No warranty on plants. Limit four per property. Open to Shoreview residents only.
Plant pickup: Thursday, June 11 from 3pm-7pm at the Shoreview Ice Arena parking lot, 877 W Hwy 96, Shoreview
Please contact kbillerbeck@shoreviewmn.gov if you are unable to pick plants up on June 11 and need to schedule a different time. Plants will be lost if they are not picked up on June 11 or scheduled for different arrangements by June 10.
Order online from April 27 through May 22 at 4pm
Yards in Bloom
The city is promoting yard care practices that benefit water quality and pollinators. Yards in Bloom is Shoreview's campaign to encourage residents to try one or more that work for them and their yards, such as:
- Incorporate native plants into landscaping: grasses, flowers, shrubs, trees
- Install a rain garden
- Seed lawn with fescues
- Plant a bee lawn
- Mow only when needed
Let us know what you are doing in your yard this year to benefit water quality and pollinators and get a free yard sign at city hall while supplies last
Beneficial plantings
There are a variety of plantings and yard care practices that can improve water quality and benefit wildlife, such as pollinators. Read below for descriptions and resources of different types of plantings.
Native plantings
What is it?
A small garden (pocket planting) or large grouping of plants native to Minnesota, typically native grasses and flowers.
What are the benefits?
- Long roots of native plants absorb more water, filter pollutants, and decrease soil compaction
- Provide habitat
- Hardy once established
Resources
Rain gardens
What is it?
A rain garden is typically a shallow basin planted with native species to help collect and absorb rain and runoff.
What are the benefits?
- Filters and stores water
- Helps prevent flooding
- Helps keep lakes and streams clean
- Provides additional benefits of native plants
Resources
Fine fescue lawn
What is it?
The most common turfgrass is Kentucky bluegrass. Fine fescues are other types of turfgrasses that require less maintenance and are more shade tolerant compared to Kentucky bluegrass.
What are the benefits?
- Less maintenance such as mowing, watering, and fertilizing than traditional turfgrass
- More shade tolerant
Resources
Bee lawn
What is it?
Also called a pollinator lawn, this is a mix of turfgrass and low growing flowers. The flowers in the lawn provide food for pollinators.
What are the benefits?
- Provides more nectar and pollen for pollinators than turfgrass
- Can still be used like a traditional lawn
Resources
Trees and shrubs
What is it?
Adding trees and shrubs to a landscape provides interest and a variety of benefits
What are the benefits?
- Provide shade for yards and houses
- Absorbs stormwater and prevents erosion
- Provides habitat for wildlife
Resources
Yards in Bloom
The city is promoting yard care practices that benefit water quality and pollinators. Yards in Bloom is Shoreview's campaign to encourage residents to try one or more that work for them and their yards, such as:
- Incorporate native plants into landscaping: grasses, flowers, shrubs, trees
- Install a rain garden
- Seed lawn with fescues
- Plant a bee lawn
- Mow only when needed
Let us know what you are doing in your yard this year to benefit water quality and pollinators and get a free yard sign at city hall while supplies last
Resources
- Watershed Districts - Shoreview falls within two watershed districts. Both offer grant programs for qualifying rain gardens and native plantings. Use the interactive map on either site to determine which watershed district you live in.
- Ramsey County offers technical assistance and cost share funds to residents on qualifying restoration projects.
- Blue Thumb – Online plant finder tool, resources, events, workshops