One of the great parts about volunteering in the MSHS booth at the Minnesota State Fair is the chance to meet so many fellow gardeners…

The Minnesota State Fair can be a hot, dusty and crowded place, but there are places of refuge. One of them is the MSHS State…

The annual MSHS Minnesota State Fair Cacti, Succulent and Potted Plant Show is underway through tomorrow (Friday, Aug. 22) in the Agriculture/Horticulture Building at the…

The Minnesota State Fair doesn’t open until tomorrow, but we’re getting everything ready to go for what is possibly the busiest two weeks of the…

This past weekend was a classic example of Minnesota weather: A little unpredictable and wildly variable. While rain showers and storms had been predicted, the…

Nothing says August in the garden quite like sunflowers. Whether the annual sunflowers (Helianthus annuus) that dot cutting gardens or the perennial sunflowers that stand…

It’s that time of year when garden clubs, Master Gardener groups and community organizations hold garden tours. Walking through gardens created by talented amateurs is…

This review originally appeared in the July/August 2014 issue of Northern Gardener. Consider yourself lucky if you’re not familiar with the term hellstrip. It’s one…

In late spring and early summer, many Minnesota gardens are abloom with iris, which is one of the easiest plants to grow in our climate….

The July/August 2014 issue of Northern Gardener will be appearing in mailboxes and on newsstands over the next week. This issue captures all the glory…

Take a break from garden chores this Saturday and join MSHS for the 2014 MSHS Spring Open House. The open house will feature a variety…

The Minnesota Horticultural Society is conducting a 13 question survey of gardeners who follow the Notes from Northern Gardener blog via email but are NOT…

The flowering shrubs. The bulbs. Perennials. It’s all blooming now. Here are a few shots we took this week of favorite spring bloomers. What’s your…

Today, Mildred Hinicker Wieners will be celebrating her 101st birthday at her home in Hastings. Mildred is a life-long gardener who instilled a love of…

As we creep, slowly, damply, coldly, toward spring, the latest issue of Northern Gardener celebrates early summer — and who isn’t looking forward to that….

Get together several hundred avid gardeners and a line-up of experts, and the questions and conversations start flying. Yesterday, MSHS hosted its third annual Spring…

“People are drawn to lilies because they are tough, hardy, relatively disease- and pest-free, and they multiply,” says Barbara Ronningen, North Star Lily Society (NSLS)…

This review also appears in the March/April issue of Northern Gardener. Please don’t be put off by the name. Whether you consider yourself a geek…

The annual Minneapolis Home and Garden Show starts today (Wednesday) and runs through Sunday at the Minneapolis Convention Center, offering a great escape from the…

Each winter, the Garden Media Group releases its trend report for the year ahead. These folks comb through all the market, economic and psychological research…

The March/April issue of Northern Gardener includes a profile of Minnesota garden blogger Amy Andrychowicz of the Get Busy Gardening blog. It was fun to…

  It was such a pleasure to sink one’s hands into the warm earth, to feel at one’s fingertips the possibilities of the new season….