Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Pollinator Pathway Project (P3) Educational Forum Materials Available to Those That Missed the Event

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Seventy neighbors attended the September 29th Pollinator Pathway Project (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. Links to the slide show presentations can be found here: https://kingfield.org/gardens-and-greening/  and the YouTube meeting recording can be found here.

Program Overview provided by: Sarah Linnes-Robinson, Director of the Kingfield and Lyndale Neighborhood Associations and Andrea Siegel, Director of the Tangletown Neighborhood Association Speakers included: Julie Weisenhorn, U of M Extension Educator and Horticulturist, Master Gardener, AND a master trainer of the Hennepin County Master Gardeners Mary Mason, Hennepin County Master Gardener and Kingfield resident Lisa Lewis, P3 Team Member and a Lyndale resident

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)

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.

 

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

Read the August Edition of the South Nicollet News!

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The South Nicollet News is published once per month by the Lyndale and Kingfield Neighborhood Associations and distributed as an insert in the SW Connector free newspaper. Content is provided in English and Spanish and the goal of the paper is to inform and engage neighbors living from Lake to 46th in activities, events, issues, and volunteer opportunities in our local community. If you have questions on the content in the South Nicollet News, please contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson at .

 

Get Involved with Gardening for Good in Kingfield & Lyndale!

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Want to grow stuff in your neighborhood? Want to learn from master gardeners how to do it? There are multiple options to work and learn alongside some of Minneapolis’ finest gardeners in our own local gardens and these two sites also donate everything they grow to local food shelves!

 

MLK Donation Garden Weekly Workshops & Workdays / Every Tuesday 5:30-6:30 (including August 9, 16, & 23) / 4055 Nicollet, north end of Park Building at the raised beds

Now almost a decade old, the mission of the MLK Donation Garden is to connect neighbors and grow food for our community. Neighbors and Master Gardeners gather every Tuesday to tend the vegetable gardens on the northern side of the Recreation Center and discuss a weekly topic. The food we grow is donated to The Aliveness Project (located at 3808 Nicollet), but the knowledge you go home with is yours to keep!

Pillsbury Farm Community Workday /Saturday August 13th, 10am-12pm / 3110 Pillsbury Avenue

Pillsbury Farm is also currently experiencing a Master Gardener take-over! This group of six individuals have gone through a garden training program with the University of Minnesota Extensions; they are now completing their community project by maintaining Pillsbury Farm and growing food for local food shelves. Here are  some  photos  from  Pillsbury  Farm  in  May  2022  and  in  July!