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The most recent issue of Northern Gardener includes a column about some of the great, recently developed coleus that you will find in garden centers….
One of the best things about the home and garden shows held each year is for the price of admission you can get some great…
If you like to have a big, colorful floral display in your garden and change it up each year, there is nothing better than annual…
As winter drags on, this chilly weekend would be a great time to think about garden design. A cottage garden is charming, productive and can…
A pea is a pea is a pea, and lettuce would taste as crunchy by any other name. Apologies to both Gertrude Stein and William…
Each year, Pantone, a company that categorizes colors for designers, selects a Color of the Year. The selection usually gets a lot of media attention…
Once while poking around my vegetable garden, I noticed the parsley was looking sparse. I hadn’t harvested that much, had I? Closer examination showed it…
It’s fun to see all the garden trends that marketers and other soothsayers are predicting. Another way to find out about what’s new in gardening…
This article originally appeared in the January/February issue of Northern Gardener. At the University of Minnesota Bee Lab, pollinator bees are studied to better understand…
In her new book, Pollinator Friendly Gardening, author and Northern Gardener columnist Rhonda Fleming Hayes reinforces a benefit of gardening with pollinators in mind that…
It’s winter-or it will be before we know it. When it comes, peace and quiet fill our once-vibrant gardens. Dormant bulbs slumber under a comforter…
Project for Pride in Living (PPL) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering low-income people to become self-reliant—from housing rehab to education and job training…
Lasagna gardening is a no-till method of creating a garden bed over an area of grass or weeds. While many people start lasagna gardens in…
Indoor Kitchen Gardening (Cool Springs Press, 2014) by Minnesotan Elizabeth Millard has the right attitude. In the book’s introduction, Millard co-owner of Bossy Acres, a…
Staghorn sumac is a large treelike shrub native to the eastern edge of Minnesota, Wisconsin and much of southeastern Canada. Tall with an umbrella habit…
We’ve passed the point where gardeners can plant bulbs outside for spring bloom, but it’s not too late to pot up bulbs for forcing into…
We’ve had such a warm and glorious fall, it’s been hard to let go of summer. But, really, when you are four days away from…
Each year, MSHS honors individuals and groups that represent the exemplary achievements gardeners make in Minnesota, though community gardening and public greening efforts. This year’s…
Are you a “bird gardener?” Many gardeners love the natural world and also enjoy it by hiking, biking, fishing or watching birds. As a home…
Dahlias are native to Mexico, but these stunning tropical plants shine in the northern garden, too. A member of the aster family, dahlias look a…
To cut back perennials or not to cut back perennials, that is the question many gardeners ask themselves in fall. We have been fortunate this…
Let’s talk soil, which is the basis of how well your garden grows. The ideal garden soil is loamy—loose textured for air circulation and drainage…
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