Master Gardener Led Classes

Perennial plants – those that come back every year – are the backbone of most flower gardens.

Over the centuries, and especially during Victorian times, people have used flowers to symbolically communicate certain emotions, attributes, and sentiments. For example, sweet basil signaled good wishes; a pink carnation said “I’ll never forget you”; a blue hyacinth stood for constancy. Come learn how to “speak flower” with the Master Gardeners.

Spring is the time to be on the lookout for our feathered friends: birds returning, birds nesting, and birds singing up a storm! Get to know our Minnesota birds, and learn how they help our gardens grow. 

Spring is the time to be on the lookout for our feathered friends: birds returning, birds nesting, and birds singing up a storm! Get to know our Minnesota birds, and learn how they help our gardens grow. 

Learn creative responses and practices to implement that require low maintenance, yet create beautiful and functional gardens.

A "How To" guide to Growing Vegetables in Containers.

Discover the benefits of integrating edibles with ornamental plants and learn how to care for and incorporate these beautiful and tasty plants into just about anywhere in your landscape.

This container and raised bed gardening presentation will focus on creating the best soils, watering techniques, using trellises, and successive planting.

Learn the lifespan and bloom time of these plants, how to group them according to their needs and how to choose plants for a long season of color and interest.

Make the most of your existing perennial garden by reviewing plant care basics, pest control and dividing techniques.