Tour more than 9 Lawns to Legumes gardens of the BeeLine-Saint Paul Pollinator Pathways Coalition on your bike that are part of the larger Lawns to Legumes Garden Tour. Tour the garden at JamCo, a reclaimed cleanup Super Fund site and hear the story of this community based pollinator haven with the Saint Paullinators, learn about the urban pollinator research that the UMN Snell-Rood Lab is working on and let Veronica Mangio from the Gifting Grove guide your creativity with garden based art . The Children’s Garden at Orchard Recreation Center will have tours, a scavenger hunt and more art making. More details to come so stay tuned! Here’s info on the other sites along the Bee Line :
Garden tour stops include activities such as:
🚲 Bikes welcomed!
🎨 Make & Take activities
🔬 Exploration — Participate in pollinator counting, learn how to document nature observations
🍴 Refreshments — Shobi’s Table and Fruci’s Ice Cream
🌼 Pollinator Joy! — Celebrate pollinator plants and their flying friends
During your visit, you will discover the community elevating these spaces and how pollinator-friendly gardens can transform neighborhoods by supporting insects, birds, and mammals while adding beauty and reducing environmental pollution impacts. Access Bike Map:https://tinyurl.com/BeeLineTour
This event is part of the Pollinator Pathways of Saint Paul grant programming for 2026, funded by the MN Board of Water and Soil Resources. Our Pollinator Pathways grant is a collaboration of Hamline Midway Coalition, Bee Line, District 10 Como Community Council, Saint Paullinators, Human Nature, TEST PLOT MN, Xerces Society and The MN SEED Project.

