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Rebuilding lost habitat connections, one yard at a time

By: angiehongmn March 30, 2026

Yards and Landscapingenvironment, featured, gardening, Homegrown National Park, native plants, nature, pollinators, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

More than 47,000 people have joined the “Homegrown National Park” in its first five years and these regular everyday Americans have collectively restored 170,000 acres of native habitat.

Here in Washington County, Minnesota, we’ve observed similar enthusiasm over the past twenty years as native landscaping has grown in popularity.

Numbers for the New Year

By: angiehongmn December 29, 2022December 20, 2022

Local Achievements, Yards and Landscapingconservation, featured, gardening, Homegrown National Park, native plants, Washington Conservation DistrictLeave a Comment

Since 2009, Washington County landowners have completed 5325 conservation projects ranging in scale from tiny front-yard pollinator gardens to large-scale conversions of cropland to native prairie.