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Garden Trend Report: Color and Vertical Gardening
A couple of days ago, I reported on how vegetable gardening continues to be a big trend. You’ll see it in garden centers in the form of garden boxes for planting, patio-sized plants and lots of...
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MSHS Honors Great Gardeners
Each year, MSHS honors a few of the many great gardeners in Minnesota with the MSHS Awards. You can read about these generous and talented people in the May/June issue of Northern Gardener, which will...
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Garden Trends Spotting at the Green Expo
There were big crowds at the Northern Gardener bookstore. The Northern Green Expo, sponsored each January by the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association, provides a sneak peak at what nurseries and...
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What Makes a Great Peony
Peony blooms are lovely even before they open. The prairies of southern Minnesota area among the best places in the world to grow peonies, according to Laverne Dunsmore, owner of Countryside Gardens in...
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Garden Ideas, Advice at Minnesota Home Show
The temperatures may still be in the cellar, but when things warm up this weekend, cooped-up gardeners can find lots of garden ideas, advice and inspiration at the Minnesota Home and Patio Show at the...
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What’s Happening at the Minneapolis Home Show
Yes, you will see real, live, blooming daffodils at the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show. Also, lots of great speakers on garden topics. The annual Minneapolis Home and Garden Show starts today...
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Plant Profile: Showy Lady’s Slipper
Every school child in Minnesota should be able to recognize the whimsical, shoe-like look of the showy lady’s slipper (Cypripedium reginae), our state flower and a show-stopping orchid that is native...
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Tomatoes, Bee Plants and Bluebird Houses
That’s just part of what you will find at the MSHS Open House to be held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., this Saturday (June 4) at the MSHS office, 2705 Lincoln Dr., Roseville. This annual event is a fundraiser for...
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Celebrate Our Anniversary at Tangletown Gardens Farm
This year is MSHS’s big 150th anniversary, and we are celebrating in a big way with a bash at Tangletown Garden Farms in Plato, MN. The event is Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the...
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Visiting Art in Bloom 2017 at MIA
Using muted colors (except for those stunning lavender roses), the MSHS arrangement reflects the melancholy feeling of “Rouen Cathedral, Sunrise.” It’s the 13th year MSHS has participated in Art in...
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