Northern Gardener School - Northern Gardener

Gain access to gardening education that helps you add to our strong community of northern gardeners. Each course offers you:

Cold-climate focus: Gardening in zones 3, 4 and 5 has a unique set of challenges. Our courses are created by experts in your region.
Expert instructors: Our course instructors are the experts in their field, from master gardeners to professional horticulturists.
Robust resources: All of our courses come with downloadable resources that you can refer to long after you finish the course.

Cold-climate focus

Gardening in zones 3,4 and 5 has a unique set of challenges. Our courses are created by experts in your region.

Expert Instructors

Our course instructors are the experts in their field from master gardeners to horticulturalists.

Robust Resources

All of our courses come with downloadable resources that you can refer to long after you finish the course.

Featured Courses

Check out our courses created by gardening experts especially for cold-climate gardeners.

Gardening 101: A Veggie Grower’s Guide

Follow along with expert gardener Michelle Bruhn in our GardenComm Silver Laurel Award-winning course as she demonstrates how to plan your garden, prepare your soil, plant and tend your garden, prevent common pests and diseases and harvest.

Bonus: this course includes a sustainability module to teach you eco-friendly gardening practices to reduce waste and encourage biodiversity.

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Gardening 101: Gardening for Soil Health

Ready to improve the health of your soil and keep growing bountiful harvests year after year? Get to know some of the soil caretaking methods practiced by experienced gardeners in these simple yet useful step-by-step courses led by Michelle Bruhn of Forks in the Dirt.

Each module guides you through the process with easy-to-follow videos and helpful PDFs.

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Understanding Food Forests

Learn various time-tested practices and partnerships to build a healthier ecosystem for generations across 8 layers of a typical food forest. Join expert gardener Russ Henry in taking the first steps toward a decolonized landscape.

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Biodiversity + Native Planting

Don’t sit on the fence any longer—your local habitat needs you! This course reinforces reasons why biodiversity in the garden matters and gives you accessible ways to achieve it as early as this growing season. Follow along with a group of expert northern gardeners, and landscape restoration experts to bring life to your garden.

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On-Demand Course How-To

What is an on-demand course?

On demand courses, whether a series or standalone, are video courses you may enroll in and access on your own schedule. Once purchased, you’ll never lose access. Each of our courses will also come with downloadable resources for additional learning and documenting after you watch the video.

Creating an account

Our new on-demand courses may all be found on the LecturePanda platform. To access, you will be prompted to create a LecturePanda account (this includes members). Though it is a separate account, it will be tied to your Northern Gardener account dashboard for course access any time. Only one log-in required!

Member access

Members may use the same email and password used to enroll in membership when purchasing a course. We will verify and sync the accounts automatically to ensure discounted access. Courses will remain available even after pausing a membership or letting it lapse.

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MHS members gain access to each of our courses, videos and resource packets at a substantial discount. Enroll today and soon your gardening education will pay for itself!

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