Learning Garden Tour: July 13, 2024
July 13 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Learning Garden Tour: July 13, 2024
Our brochure is ready!
Download our 2024 Learning Garden Tour brochure to learn about this year’s garden locations. Printed versions will be available at the first garden you go to; be sure to bring your receipt along with you!
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).
🌞🌞🌞It’s Going to be HOT!🌞🌞🌞
The heat index is predicted to get close to 100-degrees the day of the tour. Please take your time viewing the gardens, and drink plenty of water. We recommend umbrellas, wide-brimmed hats and sun screen to protect you from the sun. Here are some tips from the CDC. Be safe out there!
Description
Explore 10 inspiring gardens at the Hennepin County Master Gardener Learning Garden Tour!
This year’s self-guided tour highlights ten gardens across Edina and Minneapolis, demonstrating landscapes that can be adapted to a wide variety of situations. Each stop is a home garden of a Hennepin County Master Gardener volunteer.
The gardens offer unique opportunities to learn about the latest trends and techniques, all backed by university-based research. This year, one garden tour stop has two neighboring front yard gardens that feature small-space gardening and raised beds. The location also includes a food truck and educational resources from University of Minnesota Extension and other community partners.
The 2024 Learning Garden Tour emphasizes gardening practices that are achievable in almost every setting and by the beginner or experienced gardener.
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 edible landscaping, rain gardens, and living with jumping worms.
- Gifts and goodies 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.
Purchasing Day of Tour
You can purchase tickets the day of the event ($20) with cash at any garden. Tickets may be purchased with credit card at either the Book Nook or the Garden Shed. You can also purchase tickets online. Please bring your receipt to check-in at your first garden stop.
Gardens B1/B2
Be sure to check out these two neighboring front yard gardens that feature small-space gardening and raised beds. The location also includes a food truck, two education stations, and other educational resources from University of Minnesota Extension and other community partners.
All proceeds help support the University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener Volunteer – Hennepin County community programs.
Accessibility
- Gardens B1, B2, D, E, and I are wheelchair accessible.
- Gardens A, C, F, G, H have uneven terrain and narrow garden paths that limit wheelchair accessibility but certainly some aspects of the gardens are viewable via sidewalk to driveway.
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.
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!