218-326-5573It’s the end of February, and the snow is melting. This is a great time to think about improving your woods, your backyard, or perhaps a small stretch of shoreline on Bass Lake. Explore our variety of trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and grasses native to Minnesota.
What’s new?!?! This year, we offer trees (like swamp white oak, DED-resistant American elm) found in southern MN that can do well here in Itasca County as weather gets warmer. In addition to seed mixes, we are now supplying ready to plant, live plant mixes for special uses like shorelines and woodland edges!
Plan your spring purchases with a year of color in mind. Even in the bleak midwinter, red osier dogwood and flame willow have orange to dark red twigs to provide warm winter interest.
Habitat and food? Trees and shrubs will provide blossoms for insects, fruit for birds and squirrels, or nuts for deer and turkey. Given time, your plants will become homes and shelters. Check out our flowers and pollinator mixes to support bees and other insects.
We offer browse prevention products. Yeah- deer are a pain and like to eat the seedlings that you work so hard on (☹).
Ordering information. You can order online from our website, download an order form and send in with a check, or drop by the office to pick up an order form. Quantities are limited so be sure to order early.
When ordering with the paper order form, please check for item quantities in the online store below. If you order online, but the item is out of stock, call or email Matt Picklo – 218-999-4439, matthew.picklo@itascaswcd.org. He’ll try and figure something out if he can. If you order by paper order form and the item is sold out, we’ll let you know what we can do.
SWCD staff run the sale and are available to answer any natural resource related questions regardless of whether you make a purchase or not.
Itasca SWCD is now accepting 2025 plant sale orders.
Order deadline is March 28. Plant Sale pick up dates are May 15 & 16.
ATTENTION PLANT SALE CUSTOMERS - Plant sale pick-up is at the Itasca SWCD office - 1895 W U.S. Hwy 2, Grand Rapids, MN
Contact our Office: (218) 326-5573
