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Category Archives: Events
What Gardeners Are Talking About: Buckthorn
On Saturday, I spent a couple of hours at the Northfield Home and Garden Show at a booth shared by the Northfield Garden Club and the University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners of Rice County. Going into the event, I … Continue reading
Renegade Gardener and No-Lawn Lady in Northfield
Northfield gardeners will get a chance to hear two wildly original garden designers in the next few days. At tomorrow’s Home and Garden Business Showcase, Don Engebretson, a.k.a the Renegade Gardener and a design columnist for Northern Gardener, will speak … Continue reading
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Tagged Evelyn Hadden, Friends of the Northfield Library, less lawn, Renegade Gardener
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Plant Fashions for Spring 2012
I joined about 300 enthusiastic gardeners (a sell-out crowd) at the Lake Elmo Inn Event Center today for Spring at the Inn, a spring fashion show for plant geeks put together by the folks at the Minnesota State Horticulture Society. … Continue reading
Lights, Camera…Garden?
Yesterday I attended the latest Minneapolis Home & Garden spring show at the Minneapolis Convention Center. While you can see lots of spas, windows, dip mixes and closet organizers, the show also includes plenty of ideas and inspiration for gardeners. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fruits and Vegetables, Small-space Gardening
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A Day at the Fair
I spent most of yesterday at the Minnesota State Fair, selling memberships at the Minnesota State Horticultural Society booth in the Horticulture building. With perfect weather outside, the fair was crammed with people and we had a busy day at … Continue reading
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Getting Ready for the Fair
Yesterday, I joined four other hardy University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners from Rice County to prepare for the Rice County Fair, which opened last night. It was hot! But we got our booth put together, and I’ll be there … Continue reading
Tough Choice for Northfield Gardeners
Where to go? Where to go? I’m probably not the only Northfield gardener wondering where to go on Thursday night this week when two excellent garden programs are running opposite each other on opposite ends of downtown. The choices: The … Continue reading
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Garden Classes — It’s the Season
If you want to get excited about gardening or learn something new to take into the garden, now is the time to do it. In addition to being the beginning of seed-starting season, March is the time when many garden … Continue reading
The Joy of Seed Catalogs
Each year, I get a basket full of seed catalogs, starting in November—barely after the garden is shut down for the season—and continuing into early January, with the biggest spike right around Christmas. On cold winter nights (and, yes, I … Continue reading
Holiday Events for Gardeners
Tonight I’ll be heading up to Bachman’s in Richfield to hear Lynn Steiner talk about her new book, Prairie-Style Gardens: Capturing the Essence of the American Prairie Wherever You Live. I have a copy of the book, and while I … Continue reading
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