Posts Tagged ‘Mary Hockenberry Meyer’
Grasses and Butterflies: A New E-Book Explains Connections
While many gardeners plant coneflowers, milkweed, black-eyed Susans and other blooming plants to help butterflies, ornamental grasses are also vital to the eco-system of these important creatures. A new, free e-book by Prof. Mary H. Meyer and Diane Narem describes the best ornamental grasses for cold climates AND which ones are most used by butterflies.…
Read MoreHot Off the Press: 10 Plants That Changed Minnesota
As gardeners, we think about plants a lot. But often, we are thinking about a specific plant or plot or problem that is right in front of us. Most of the time, it’s just personal. In Ten Plants that Changed Minnesota, Mary Hockenberry Meyer and Susan Davis Price help us think about how plants and…
Read MoreGarden Inspiration: Gertrude Jekyll's Bulb Garden
What inspires your garden designs? The garden you grew up with? A garden you’ve visited in stories or real life? Mary Hockenberry Meyer, grass guru at the University of Minnesota, feels inspiration when she visited the gardens of famed designer Gertrude Jekyll (pronounced Jee-kull) in England. That inspiration led to an article in the current…
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