Native Plant Community Installation & Design Experience
MNL has had the opportunity to work on some very noteworthy Restoration Projects in the State of Minnesota. Below is a list of some of the projects. Stop by and see how native plants can be incorporated into your landscape plans.
ADC Telecommunications World Headquarters
Location: Technology Drive, Eden Prairie, MN
Description: 25 acres of prairies and wetlands on a corporate site.
Date Seeded: Fall 2001
Images: Hydroseeding
#1 , Hydroseeding
#2, Hydroseeding
#3, Mulching,
Plug Planting,
Wetland,
Wildflowers
#1,
Wildflowers
#2
Medtronic World Headquarters
Location: Central Avenue and 694, Fridley, MN
Description: 3 acres of high quality restored prairies and wetlands
on a corporate site.
Date Seeded: Summer 2001
Images: Flame
Garden, Sporobolus
planting
Renewal by Andersen Windows Production Facility
Location: Highway 61 and Jamaica Ave, Cottage Grove, MN
Description: 20 acres of dry prairie, incorpoerated with traditional
landscape features on a corporate site.
Date Seeded: Spring 1999
Images: Entrance,
Parking
Lot, Wildflowers
Target Corporation: North Central Business Campus
Location: Highway 610 and Broadway, Brooklyn Park, MN
Description: 30 acres of native plant communities ranging from wetlands
to dry prairies. Also incorporating Little Bluestem (Andropogon scoparius)
and Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) monoculture seedings and
10 acres of turf grass seeding
Date Seeded: Fall 2000 and Summer 2001
City of Minneapolis Neighborhood Improvement Project
Location: 60th and 1st Streets, Minneapolis, MN
Description: New city park and “Greenspace,” wetland edge
and seeding, tree, shrub, plug and sod installation.
Date Seeded: Summer 2001 and Fall 2001
Images: Information
Posting, Wetland
Edge, Plug
Planting
Interstate 35W Gateway Improvement Project
Location: I-35W Interchanges with Burnsvillie Parkway, Hwy 13 and Cliff
Road, Burnsvillie MN
Description: Native grasses and flowers used to enhance the road right
of way
Date Seeded: Summer 2000
Image: Live
Plant Installation, Disk
Anchoring
Painter Creek Wetland Restoration
Location: Intersection of Hennipin Co. Roads 6 and 19, south of Maple
Plain, MN
Description: Conversion of 40 acres of Reed Canary and Cattail Dominated
wetland to a highly diverse native grass, sedge and forb wetland. Also,
reconstructed 2 acres of lowland, flood plain forest
Date Completed: Fall 2001
Images: Wetland
Wildflowers, First
Season's Growth
Fields of St. Croix Residential Development
Location: Highway 5, Stillwater, MN
Description: High end, cluster-style development with many natural areas,
including 30 acres of restored prairie and wetland edges
Date Seeded: Fall 2000 and Summer 2001
Images: Site
Prep, Erosion
Control