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Minnesota has a rich apple growing heritage, but it wasn’t always that way. When the state first came into being, the landscape was considered so…
Ah, autumn! The season of harvest, apples, and fallen leaves. Although the growing season is wrapping up, there are a variety of native wildflowers that…
From apples to zucchini, the agriculture/horticulture (AgHort) building at the Minnesota State Fair is jam-packed with home-grown contributions vying to be awarded in their category…
Unearth the beautiful preservation backstory behind this issue’s stunning bean cover stars. COVER PHOTO SARA FRIEDL-PUTNAMADDITIONAL PHOTOS NICK WALLIN, SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE Our Fall 2026…
Moody cultivars, weathered iron and dramatic relics from Chloe Hurst’s ultimate noir shopping guide. STORY CHLOE HURST A goth garden is built from more than…
The lines were long, stretching nearly a block when we arrived, but those waiting were cheerful and chatting. I asked a few people how they…
With the winter of 2023-24 on track to be one of the warmest, if not the warmest winter ever recorded in Minnesota, what’s a gardener…
When the USDA-Agriculture Research Service and Oregon State University released the updated map of plant hardiness zones for the United States, there was a collective…
Two years is but a blip in the life of a 156-year-old organization, but I like to think we’ve moved the needle more than a…
A small plot packed with food and flowers grows in the heart of the Mower County Fairgrounds in Austin. The fairgrounds garden is called the…
Collecting, processing and sharing seeds—that’s how 485 people spent much of summer 2021 as part of our newest program, the MN SEED project. We got…
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Northern Gardener. Our signature outreach programs, Minnesota Green and Garden in a Box, assist community…
The Open Door, a nonprofit hunger relief organization, is working hard to eradicate hunger in Dakota County. Its Garden to Table program is a participant…
Nearly 50,000 Minnesotans got answers to their gardening problems in 2020 thanks to University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners. That’s one of the inspiring statistics…
This article by MSHS Community Outreach Manager Courtney Tchida originally appeared in the January/February 2021 issue of Northern Gardener. Year in Review: Garden-in-a-Box and Minnesota…
This article originally appeared in the September/October issue of Northern Gardener. It was a natural partnership—a world-class health organization looking for ways to promote growing…
Over the past year, MSHS has been helping create connection through gardening at the intersection of Como and Rice streets in St. Paul through our…
This article by Courtney Tschida originally appeared in the May/June 2020 issue of Northern Gardener. Our 2020 Minnesota Green sign-ups and seed pick-ups are well…
This article by Becky Grefthen originally appeared in the November/December issue of Northern Gardener magazine. Since 2016, Peace Lutheran Church in Coon Rapids has been…
This article by Maria Brosofske originally appeared in the September/October issue of Northern Gardener. SLP Seeds founder Julie Rappaport began planting the seeds for educational…
Since 2011, the Donation Garden in Long Lake has planted, harvested and delivered fresh vegetables to local food shelves. Growing vegetables on a little less…
1. It’s good for your health. The health benefits of gardening have been well-documented. Being outside increases your exposure to Vitamin D and the weight-bearing…
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