2025 Hennepin County Master Gardener Learning Garden Tour

Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Southwest suburbs of Hennepin County

Description

Explore 10 inspiring gardens at the Hennepin County Master Gardener Learning Garden Tour!

This year’s self-guided tour highlights ten gardens across southwest Hennepin County, including the cities of Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, and Wayzata. Each stop is a home garden of a Hennepin County Master Gardener volunteer and demonstrates landscapes that can be adapted to a wide variety of situations.

The gardens offer unique opportunities to learn about the latest trends and techniques, all backed by university-based research and emphasize gardening practices that are achievable in almost every setting and by the beginner or experienced gardener.

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Tour features include:

• Ten one-of-a-kind gardens showcasing a wide variety of designs, locations, and styles.
• An education station at every stop featuring topics such as hydroponics, ground cover, and living with jumping worms.
• Gifts and goodies for sale at the “Garden Shed,” offering many fun and useful gardening-related accessories, and the “Book Nook” which is stocked with a wide variety of books for kids and adults.
• Featured plant lists and garden stories that can inspire your next gardening project.
• A chance to get trusted, reliable information when you chat with Hennepin County Master Gardener volunteers about your specific questions or concerns.
• A great opportunity to explore urban and suburban garden settings.

Attendees will leave the garden tour inspired to start or continue work in their own backyards or small spaces. Cost: $15 in advance; $20 on the day of the tour. Discounts available for groups of 10 or more. Children under 12 free with a paying adult. The tour is held rain or shine. All ticket sales are final.

Advance discount tickets will be available starting April 1st.

The Learning Garden Tour brochure (which includes a map with addresses and descriptions of all gardens) will be posted the week before the tour. In the interim, please see map posted here with approximate garden locations.

Purchasing Day of Tour

You can purchase tickets the day of the event ($20) with cash at any garden. Tickets may also be purchased with credit card at either the Book Nook or the Garden Shed. Please bring your receipt to check-in at your first garden stop.

All proceeds help support the University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener Volunteer – Hennepin County programs.

Problems using our on-line ticketing system? Please contact the UMN helpdesk at HELP@umn.edu, 612-301-4357 (We suggest calling as they will be able to assist you directly as your login).

ORDERING GROUP TICKETS? Follow these instructions:

• Under “I have an account already” or “New user” click on “I am registering one or more people”
• Once your account is in the system, a display page reads: Who is enrolling in Learning Garden Tour registration: Hennepin County Master Gardener Volunteer Learning Garden Tour?
• Underneath “Add one or more group members to this package” click on “Add another participant.”
• Add another guest’s name, and email address if you have it
• If you do not have an email address, you can use a fake email address such as Rochelle@fake.fake
• Then click on Continue, and the system will guide you to a payment page.

Accessibility

Gardens have uneven terrain and narrow garden paths that limit wheelchair accessibility but some aspects of the gardens are viewable via sidewalk to driveway.

Thank you Sponsors!

We want to extend a special thank you to all of the businesses that have supported the 2024 Master Gardener Learning Garden Tour by advertising in our tour booklet. Thank you for your support!