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It’s that time of year where every trip to the garden involves an inspection for Japanese beetles. Are they here yet? So far, in my…
A reader contacted me recently about her very old (and very beautiful) American elm tree. The tree, she noted, had a circumference of 17 feet…
A few late tulips and daffodils are still blooming, but many spring-blooming bulbs are past their prime now. So how do you care for bulbs…
There’s no denying this has been a cold, late spring. Last week, I talked with a very knowledgeable and experienced gardener who told me that…
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…
Since our 150th anniversary in 2016, MSHS has been promoting Pollinator Packs for gardeners interested in attracting bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators. The idea…
Phlox are among the most adaptable perennials for northern gardens. Garden phlox stand tall while creeping phlox spreads along the ground. Some bloom pink or…
Sunday was the official National Gardening Day, a day to mark appreciation for gardeners and gardening in what is for most of the country mid-spring….
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…
Vertical Vegetables: Simple Projects that Deliver More Yield in Less Space (Cool Springs Press, 2018) by Twin Cities-based garden blogger Amy Andrychowicz describes a variety…
Gardeners have long known the value of a good fence or hedge. Putting a barrier between your garden and the outside world creates calm and…
It looks like we are in a for a frigid weekend, which makes it a great time to look out the window and dream about…
This article by Brenda Harivieux originally appeared in the January/February 2019 issue of Northern Gardener. The Episcopal Homes of Minnesota in St. Paul has a…
It’s that time of year when garden prognosticators are laying out the trends they see on the horizon. The garden trend list from Garden Design,…
This article by Brenda Harvieux originally appeared in the November/December 2018 issue of Northern Gardener magazine. It’s one of a series of articles about community…
If you are considering adding a shrub to your garden next year, think about elderberry — a native plant with unusual foliage, creamy blooms in…
The November/December 2018 issue of Northern Gardener is on newsstands today, and it’s the magazine with the stunning photo of the black-capped chickadee sitting in…
With Halloween just around the corner, you may be wondering about the link between the pumpkins scaring the neighborhood kids and the ones in the…
Ginkgo trees can be stunning in fall. The broad, fan-shaped ginkgo leaves turn a brilliant yellow that is particularly striking at sunrise and sunset. Then,…
We got a question over on another blog post about whether it was too late to plant now. Despite our gloomy, cold, snowy (ugh!) October,…
As fall plods on and more plants start to brown or whither, the urge to “clean up just a little” is strong, and for many…
It’s a rite of the season — every year, we northern gardeners plant bulbs in fall. It’s a sign of hope, a joyful ritual and…
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