We are passionate about our work.
We are dedicated to helping home and business owners transform outdoor spaces into landscapes that support aesthetic, ecological, economic, and social goals. We specialize in installing gardens that feature local and regional native plant species, including flowers, grasses, sedges, shrubs, and trees.
These gardens directly support declining populations of pollinators, by providing habitat for monarch butterflies, native bees, honeybees, and a host of other pollinator species that are exhibiting major population decline.
We’ve been creating pollinator habitat, one yard at a time, since 2015 and look forward to working with you to do the same.
Learn about the process.
Check out our video tutorials.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel. The owner, Dan Schutte, (an educator at heart) will provide video tutorials for you to understand how to grow native plants and support your local population of pollinators. Whether you’re a school, government or civic organization, volunteer group, gardening club, or just a person who likes nature and gardens—you’ll be on the front end of the process that will change how people perceive, enjoy, and manage the outdoor spaces around them.
Help us create pollinator habitat.
Our food depends on it.
1 of every 3 bites of food relies on pollinators, including many fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
Plants need pollinators.
Throughout the globe, pollinators are key to the reproduction of wild plants.
Preserve biodiversity.
Native plants create natural habitat for both pollinators and small animals.
$10 billion a year.
The USDA estimates that crops that are dependent on pollination are worth more than $10 billion a year.
Dan Schutte, has a background in education, biology, and environmental science. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, working with small-scale beekeepers to improve honey harvest. Later on, he worked in the public sector in natural resource management. Prior to making Shoreview Natives his full-time career, he was an environmental education teacher for grades K-4 at North Shore Community School.