Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Full House at Solomon’s Porch to Kick-off the South Nicollet Pollinator Pathway Project!

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Seventy neighbors attended Thursday’s P3 Educational Forum to learn about native plants, native bees, and started their journey to build our pathway through Lyndale, Kingfield, and Tangletown neighborhoods for the Rusty Patch Bumble Bee, a native bee whose habitat has been severely diminished and is on the Endangered Species list.

Thanks to wonderful our super wise speakers, including U of M Extension Educator and Horticulturist, and a master trainer of the Hennepin County Master Gardeners’ herself, Julie Weisenhorn, for taking the time to share her expertise with us.  Also thanks to our many local, trained and talented Master Gardeners from our three neighbors who are sharing their time and expertise throughout this project. In the spirit of we all do better when we all share a common understanding, a video of the presentation ands link to the slide show will be available soon!

Funding for the project has been provided by the the MN Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) through a grant from the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources and the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (LCCMR and the ENTRF), and the three community-based Neighborhood Associations of Lyndale, Kingfield, and Tangletown. Additional donations to support this project can be made to 


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South Nicollet Pollinator Pathway Project (P3) Update

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5 community sites + 45 residential sites along the South Nicollet Corridor have been selected to receive Native Pollinator Gardens (including financial support and expert guidance from local Master Gardeners!)

Is your site one of them? If so, please complete the Participation Agreement that you were emailed and make your donation to secure your participation in the project here by September 29!

Residential Participation Fee
$10-30, depending on household income.

Community Site Participation Fee
Suggested between $100-500, depending on organization size.

Additional donations to support this project are welcome!

Pay participation fee

Remember! All neighbors are welcome to join us at the September 29th, P3 Educational Forum at 6:30-8 PM, at Solomon’s Porch, 100 West 46th Street, Minneapolis.   University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners and volunteer landscaping experts will present information on how to plan, implement and maintain pollinator habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (and its 450+ pollinator friends). Join us and learn how you can help expand our network of pollinator habitats and save our state bee.

 

Nicollet Avenue is Popping-off!

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Thanks to the funding provided by the City of Minneapolis Great Streets program, we had a fabulous summer celebrating businesses up and down Nicollet Avenue including the Kingfield Farmers’ Market at 40th, Butter Bakery at 37th, Twisted Hare, Ichigo, and Ramen Kazama at 34th, as well as the new businesses that will be moving to 31st with the development of the Project for Pride in Living affordable housing project!
Last week we welcomed these businesses (Dominic’s Tax Service, The Hub by MaKee Company, Afro Deli, Novadades Krystal, and Wells Fargo) with a community celebration highlighting all of them including food, provided by Afro Deli, and a quinceanera fashion show, organized by Novadades Krystal!
Definition of “popping-off”: a verb used when one is doing extremely well and performing better than anyone else in the game or in their field of work. 

Lawns to Legumes: South Nicollet Avenue Pollinator Pathway Project

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The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, an important pollinator once common in the Midwest, is now on the endangered species list—and you can help save it. The Lyndale, Kingfield, and Tangletown neighborhoods, with funding from the MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, are helping to rebuild pollinator habitat by creating a path- way of native plant gardens from Lake Street to Minnehaha Creek.

Your yard could be one of up to 35 chosen to increase the feeding sites the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee needs to survive, breed, and perform its essential role in our ecosystem. Small gardens with the right plants can make a big difference!

Apply now and your yard could become a link in the Nicollet Avenue Pollinator Pathway!

Applications are due by September 15, 2022. To ensure a corridor that is as friendly as possible to this pollinator, priority will be given to sites with a minimum of 4–6 hours of sun each day and within 1?4 mile of several larger Pollinator Pathway community gardens also in development. If accepted, a sliding scale participation fee of $10-30 is due by September 29, 2022.

Applicants must be residents of the Lyndale, Kingfield, or Tangletown neighborhoods (Lyndale to 35W, Lake Street to Minnehaha Creek). If you are a renter, you will need the support of your landlord to participate in this project. Project participants must agree to prepare the site, plant the garden (help will be available to those who need it), then maintain it for at least five years.

If your property is selected for the project, you will be provided with native plants favored by the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. Local Master Gardeners will help you design a garden to suit your site and will provide advice on how to:

  • naturally eliminate turf grass
  • prepare your soil
  • plant your garden
  • nurture the plants so they grow and flourish for years to come