Bee Lawn
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 3/23/2020
Check out our team’s latest effort in educating the public about our work! We have a new article on bee lawns to share.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 10/13/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a video, an upcoming Minnesota legislature address and three articles.
Water Irrigation Audit - a video from the city of Woodbury, MN features Dan Sandor demonstrating how to conduct an irrigation audit on a home lawn.
Chase Straw will be addressing members of the Minnesota legislature on October 17, 2019 advocating for benefits to golf course superintendents who implement water conservation strategies.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 9/30/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a research report, new research results and a newspaper article.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 6/23/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have three articles, several podcasts and two public outreach events.
Brian Horgan, Eric Lonsdorf, Chris Nootenboom and Ben Janke wrote The Value of a Golf Course for the Department of Horticultural Science Spring/Summer 2018 Horticulture Newsletter.
Grad student James Wolfin in Star Tribune article
Graduate student James Wolfin was recently featured in a StarTribune article - Program to pay Minnesota homeowners to let their lawn go to the bees. In it, he discusses how homeowners can have lawns, but still provide nectar resources for pollinators. His research on bee lawns is a joint project from the University of Minnesota Turfgrass Science team and the University of Minnesota Bee Lab.
Bee lawn article in Washington Post
Graduate student James Wolfin was recently featured in an article - Save the bees (and time and money) by creating a bee lawn - in the Washington Post. It has highlights from his research on bee lawns, a joint project from The University of Minnesota Turfgrass Science team and the University of Minnesota Bee Lab.
Save the date - Flowering Bee Lawn Field Day
If you are a turf manager, save the date to see an established bee lawn and learn about installation, maintenance, bee diversity, and park visitor support of this effort. See the flier for more information.
What: Flowering Bee Lawn Field Day
Who: For turf managers and professionals
When: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 12:30-2:30 pm
Where: Audubon Park, 1320 29th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN