Minnesota Green
The Growing Power of Placemaking
This is an update on an evolving story on Rice Street in St Paul. Peter Musty of the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board (CAAPB) provides the update on the Rice Triangle Garden. In the most difficult times, we know that art, music and sports have the power to bring us all together. Events like…
Read More2022 Update from the Director
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 little since I was honored to join y’all as Executive Director in July of 2020. I stepped into a team still actively reinventing ourselves in response to COVID. How could…
Read MoreFood and Flowers Grow in Fairgrounds Garden
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 Mower County Master Gardeners’ Teaching and Donation Garden and it benefits from both MSHS community outreach programs: Garden-in-a-Box since 2019 and Minnesota Green in 2021. In coordination with the University…
Read MoreMinnesota Green Profile: The Open Door Pantry
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 in Minnesota Green and just celebrated its 11th growing season. It is a shining example of successfully pivoting and coming through for the community during a pandemic. Garden to Table…
Read MoreSpotlight: Como-Rice Garden Partnership
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 Minnesota Green program. At the Como-Rice intersection, MSHS, the City of St. Paul, the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board (CAAPB), ClearChannel, Hmongtown Market and the Junior League of Saint…
Read MoreMinnesota Green and The Sheridan Story
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 under way—with a few accommodations to keep everything at a distance. More than 60 community, school, church and public gardens have already joined the program this year! Among our Minnesota…
Read MoreMinnesota Green and Peace Lutheran Church
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 a member of the MSHS Minnesota Green program. This has enabled the church’s garden committee to improve and add new plant material to the perennial beds located throughout the 3-plus…
Read MoreSLP Seeds Plants Seeds for Urban Farming
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 urban farming and community food equity in St. Louis Park more than seven years ago. As part of its mission, SLP Seeds manages eight community gardening sites including gardens at…
Read MoreThe Donation Garden and Minnesota Green
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 than a tenth of an acre, the garden yielded more than 2,700 pounds of produce last year, and 100 percent was donated to people in need. Janie Delaney is the…
Read MoreMunsinger and Clemens Gardens: Minnesota Green Partners
Munsinger and Clemens Gardens, a free public garden located on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, attracts more than 350,000 visitors every year. The park consists of two distinct but adjacent gardens. Munsinger and Clemens Gardens feature a variety of landscapes and northern-hardy plants. Munsinger Gardens began in the 1930s as a…
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