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	Northern Gardener, the only magazine edited exclusively for cold climate gardening
	Member discounts at over 150 garden centers, nurseries & landscaping services
	Expert educational classes
	Events and tours
	Resources for gardeners
	A network of affiliated garden clubs
	An extensive lending library of horticultural and gardening books
	A retail bookstore and gardening gift shop
	MN Green: a program that supplies donated plant material to community gardens
	Garden in a Box: a low-cost raised bed enclosure that can be used almost anywhere

Thursday, August 12, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Location: Author Bonnie Blodgett's garden, St. Paul.
$20 members, $30 nonmembers
Seating is limited, please pre-register.
 
Join us for a lovely evening in the author's garden where the author will read from her new book Remembering Smell, with a book signing to follow.

Wine and cheese will be served while you stroll the garden.  The author's new book will be available for purchase.  MSHS members will receive their discount with their membership card. In case of rain, event will be held indoors.
 
Bonnie Blodgett is known for The Garden Letter (www.gardenletter.com) her award winning garden newsletter. Her garden has been on tours and in magazines. Her garden writing has been published in Garden Design, Fine Gardening, and Better Homes and Gardens. She is the gardening expert for Midwest Home and writes a weekly gardening column in the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Her books include Midwest Top Ten (Sunset Books), an illustrated guide to great plants; Jewel of Como, a history of a horticultural landmark; and Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing -and Discovering-the Primal Sense (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, June 2010).

 

 

MINNESOTA STATE FAIR PLANT SHOW
It’s the time of year to start thinking about entering your Cacti, Succulents or Potted Plants in the Minnesota State Fair Plant Show.

Click HERE for more information and the show rules. It’s a fun and easy way to exhibit what you have grown and cared for during the year.

If you have questions contact co-chairs:
MaryDon Beeson 651-696-1996 or marydon01@aol.com
Malcolm Burleigh 651-227-7119 or mburleig@isd.net

VOLUNTEER FOR MSHS AT THE FAIR
MSHS couldn’t exhibit at the State Fair if it wasn’t for our amazing volunteers. We’re looking for people to fill 4 hour shifts. To view the available time slots, click here.

For more information on what we do at the Great Minnesota Get Together, visit the MN State Fair page.

SEE YOU AT THE FAIR!

 

Gardens, Birds, and Adventure

Main Trip: 
January 10 – 20, 2011

All-inclusive Air, Hotel & Tour Package:  
$3,665.00 per person, double occupancy

Extension to Tiskita: 
January 20-24, 2011

All-inclusive Air, Hotel & Tour Package: 
$1,110.00 per person, double occupancy

This loaded, all-inclusive tour combines gardens, birding and soft adventure into a memorable travel journey. Costa Rica is a botanically-rich environment with more than twenty-five percent of its land protected as national parks and preserves. In the gardens and forests of this eco-paradise are an unbelievable array of orchids, flowers, animals and birds. On this tour, you will visit:

• San Jose
• Cloud Forests of the Tilaran Mountains:  Monteverde and Santa Elena
• Caribbean Lowlands
• Central Highlands

Tour Highlights:

• Cloud Forests of the Tilaran Mountains:  Monteverde and Santa Elena
• The private gardens of Illeana de Teran
• Monteverde Orchid Gardens
• Else Kientzler Botanical Garden
• Selva Verde Ecological Reserve
• Las Cusingas Botanical Garden
• Costa Flores Nursery

For more information, visit our Travel Tours page.

 

Your purchase of a Linder’s gift card gives back 15% to MSHS.
Cards come in $25 and $50
(MSHS discounts do not apply)

No Expiration Date
MSHS members receive a 10% discount when shopping at Linder’s Garden Center and 50+ Flower Marts year round.

 

Contributions of MSHS Supporters Continue to Grow

Our 2010 fiscal year ended on June 30th—thank you to everyone who contributed. We're happy to report that we ended our fundraising year on a positive note.

• We had over 320 more donors over last fiscal year
• We had an increase of individual gifts
• We raised $99,774.89—our contribution goal was $150,000
• Of our over 10,000 members, subscribers and supporters, 1,262 contributed; that’s approximately 8%

Our fundraising goal will remain at $150,000 in FY2011 because we know that all our supporters will rise to the challenge. A gift in any amount will help us reach our goal. Click here to donate today. (make a link to the donation page)
Your gift will, like the first seedlings sprouting from the soil, inspire others to follow your example.

 

Due to an overwhelming response, we are now out of Garden in a Box for this year. 

If you would like to contribute to the success of this program for 2011, please click here to contribute. We have a waiting list of over 50 households for next year. You can help them grow their own fresh produce.