Tag Archive: Gardening


Bring your children, bring your mom! Come see the Daffodil Society of Minnesota’s Spring Show with over 600 daffodil blooms in all sizes, shapes and colors. Yes, daffodils come in combinations of white, yellow, pink, orange and almost red. It is a judged competitive show of cut blooms, and daffodil photography will also be displayed. Non-members are invited to exhibit—bring some daffodil blooms from your yard. Special opportunities for kids to enter. Family friendly.

Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 19, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bachman’s on Lyndale - The Heritage Room
6010 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN
Free to attend

Mother’s Day Bonsai Show

The Minnesota Bonsai Society Mother’s Day Bonsai Show is a unique opportunity to see privately owned bonsai.  Bonsai are ‘trees in pots’ and are an ancient art form from Japan that blends artistic vision and horticultural expertise.  Each bonsai represents nature in miniature and creates appreciation for the aesthetic of great age and rugged form.

May 12, 2013
Como Conservatory – Bonsai Room
1225 Estabrook Drive
St. Paul, MN 55103
Free, donations accepted

The Friends School Plant Sale will host many free gardening workshops Saturday May 11th including:

  • Bonsai Tips and Demos
  • Building a Wild Bee Nest
  • City Beekeeping
  • Gardening for Bees
  • Growing Your Own Mushrooms
  • Saving Seeds
  • Worm Composting

See page 5 of this document for more information

The berries class is back for all of you who missed it in the past!

Would you like fresh berries on your cereal or mixed into your pancakes? Learn about selecting a growing site, the berries that grow well in our area (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries), common diseases and how to preserve your produce.

Southeast Library
Saturday, April 20, 2013
2:30–4 pm
1222 4th St. SE
Minneapolis, 55414

Free workshop: winter sowing

Spring is here and your seeds can’t wait to get started! On Saturday, March 30th and Saturday, April 6th, between 11am to 1pm, come stop by the Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation (GFCDC) 533 Dale st N in Saint Paul for 15 or 20 minutes and take a peek at a fun way to start you seeds in the snow (or without snow if it’s all gone by then). Winter sowing is easy and the results are astounding! All you need to bring is a clean, clear plastic container (a 1 gallon milk jug works well). If you have seeds, bring them along, if not, no problem, we will have a few extra to share.

Saturday, March 30 & April 6
11am-1pm
Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation (GFCDC)
533 Dale st N
St. Paul
Free :)

 

 

Free vegetable gardening classes

The Hennepin County Library System has two free classes coming up to help you grow your own veggies.  Choose from the following options:

Small Space Vegetable Gardening: You can create highly productive flower and vegetable gardens in small spaces. Learn to plan your space, use trellises, containers, wide-row or square-row, rounded beds and raised beds.

Saturday, March 23, 2013
10:30-Noon
Brookdale Library
6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy.
Brooklyn Center, 55430
Register online

Advanced Vegetable Gardening: Learn how to read seed packets and plant tags, when to plant cool- and warm-season vegetables, which fertilizers work best for growth and production, and how intercropping and successive plantings of common vegetables help utilize available garden space.

Thursday, April 4, 2013
6–7:30 pm
Pierre Bottineau Library
55 Broadway St. NE
Minneapolis, 55413
Register online

 

The Macy’s Flower Show

Macy's Flower ShowNow is about the time when everyone in the Twin Cities is dying for a sign of spring.  Mother Nature isn’t providing us with any signs but at least Macy’s has come to our rescue.  March 24-April 7, Macy’s Downtown Minneapolis will host their annual flower show.  This year’s theme is “The Painted Garden.”

Drenched in a spectacular palette of colors, this year’s show evokes the inspiring architecture and vibrant spirit of south Asia.

March 24 to April 7, 2013
Open during store hours
Macy’s
Downtown Minneapolis
Free

If you ever thought of joining a community garden in the Twin Cities, I bet this documentary will convince you to next year!

Throughout Washington, D.C., people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities are gardening side by side, growing vegetables, fruits and flowers in community gardens. Some are looking for basic sustenance, others for a way to remember their homelands, still others for a place to find a respite from their troubles. Through the voices of young people, senior citizens, immigrants, garden volunteers and educators, A Community of Gardeners explores the vital role of seven urban community gardens as sources of fresh, nutritious food, outdoor classrooms, places of healing, links to immigrants’ native countries, centers of social interaction, and oases of beauty and calm in inner-city neighborhoods. The film also looks back on the history of community gardens in the United States, from the potato patch farms of the late 19th century, to the victory gardens of World War II, to community gardening’s current renaissance.

Thursday, September 20, 2012
7pm
Eastside Co-Op
2551 Central Avenue NE
Minneapolis 55418
Free

When spring rolls around next year, you’ll be glad you planned ahead and planted spring flowering bulbs!

Fall’s the time to plant those beautiful spring-flowering bulbs. Learn from a Master Gardener how to plant many types and enjoy slides of spring-flowering favorites.

Saturday, Sept. 8, 1 p.m.
Brooklyn Park Library
8600 Zane Ave. N.
Brooklyn Park, 55443
Registration required. Register online or call 612-543-6225

Sumner Library
611 Van White Mem. Blvd.
Minneapolis, 5541
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2 p.m.
Registration required. Register online or call 612-543-6875.

Brookdale Library
6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy.
Brooklyn Center, 55430
Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m.
Registration required. Register online or call 612-543-5600.

Linden Hills Library
2900 W. 43rd St.
Minneapolis, 55410
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 6:30 p.m.
Registration required. Register online or call 612-543-6825.

Join Master Gardner Abby Davis as she demonstrates how to preserve your summer harvest for enjoyment during the winter months! This seminar will focus on drying and preserving a variety of garden goodies, with particular attention to herbs, tomatoes, and peppers. Abby will talk about how to use a dehydrator, how to store the produce after drying, and many delicious possibilities for using it in recipes.

Abby Davis is a Master Gardner and has worked seasonally in professional horticulture for a decade. An avid gardener for more than thirty years, she is particularly interested in new techniques, products, and cultivars. She plants a private test garden each summer in addition to working in horticulture and customer service at Bachman’s on Lyndale.

Saturday, August 11, 2012
10-11am
Bachman’s on Lyndale – Heritage Room
Minneapolis
Free