Most (maybe all) master gardener and garden club garden tours have been cancelled this summer due to COVID-19. Understandable, but still a bummer for those of us who can't think of a better summer activity than exploring a garden. So, I decided to create my own garden tour in 2020, visiting public gardens within a short drive of my home each week during the usual garden tour season. I started it off over the weekend with a visit to the Normandale Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College ... Read More about Normandale Japanese Garden Tour
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Garden Travel: Red Butte Garden
Garden travel is good for the soul, to revise an old saying. And, for gardeners from—how shall we put this?—more restrictive climates, travel that let's us see what gardeners elsewhere grow and what they deal with helps us put the limitations we have in perspective. Earlier this fall, I visited gardens around Salt Lake City, Utah, with GardenComm, the organization of garden communicators. We had some wonderful tours of public and private gardens in the area, and one of the highlights was ... Read More about Garden Travel: Red Butte Garden
Why I Love My Insectary Garden
This morning, I was looking out the second story window over my insectary garden watching two hummingbirds. The birds had landed on a tomato cage near the garden and sat next to each other for more than a minute in companionable repose. Then, they flitted off together, stopping first at the nearby salvia, then at one of the last flowers on my cucumber vine and finally at the tall false aster (Boltonia) at the back fence before they flew off. They'll be back, because these hummingbirds love my ... Read More about Why I Love My Insectary Garden
The Joy of Heritage Peonies
No other non-native perennial has as strong a connection to Minnesota and northern gardens as the peony. Heritage peonies are abundant and still available, thanks to the peony breeders and growers of long ago and today. Minnesota's connection to peonies goes back more than 150 years, when O.F. Brand started a peony farm in Faribault, Minn., about 50 miles south of the Twin Cities. While native to China, peonies love our cold weather. They won't grow in most places without a true winter. ... Read More about The Joy of Heritage Peonies
The Bones of Your Garden
If you watch home improvement shows, you've probably heard the host say, "This house has good bones," as he/she looks over a royal mess of a house. Having good bones means the house is solid—its walls are square, the original construction was done with care, it has good proportions, a bit of personality and is the kind of space that can (with a little sprucing up) feel comfortable. Gardens have bones, too, and for those of us living in the North, April is the perfect time to look at the ... Read More about The Bones of Your Garden
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