Gardening Tales Blog
Plant Sale 2022 — Hennepin County Master Gardeners Over 10,000 Plants at Great Prices
Over 10,000 plants with a large assortment of pollinator- friendly plants. Native plants, sun & shade perennials, annual flowers, vegetables & herbs.
Plant Sale 2022 — Hennepin County Master Native Plants…they’re great for pollinators!
Native plants are the foundation of our natural ecosystems and provide food and shelter for Minnesota’s wildlife, including beneficial insects.
Plant Sale 2022 — Hennepin County Master Gardener Seedling Initiative
Over 4000 seedlings of herbs, vegetable and annual flowers grown by our own experienced Master Gardeners.
Plant Sale 2022 — Theresa Rooney of WCCO Smart Garden available to answer questions
Our own Theresa Rooney, Hennepin County Master Gardener for 22 years, will be on deck to answer your gardening questions at the Annual Plant Sale.
Plant Sale 2022 — Exclusive MN Winners®
In the MN Winners® category, HCMG Plant Sale offers 8 different herbs, 22 different flower varieties, and 38 different vegetable varieties.
Getting a Much as We Give – A Gardener’s Perspective on Virtual Garden Tours for Elders
A program through which volunteers share gardening images and stories with elders remotely, one-on-one, for 30 minutes at a time.
Extending the Growing Season
If your growing season seems disappointingly brief, consider extending it by installing a protective structure to shelter your plants and gardens.
Starting Seeds Indoors
If you’re like me, you’ve studied seed catalogs, visited garden centers, decided what to grow, and made your purchases. But it’s still too cold outside to plant. Now what? Time to start your seeds indoors.
Selecting Fruit and Vegetable Varieties
Though we’re months away from being able to harvest a tomato from the garden, now is a perfect time to select the fruits and vegetables that we’ll enjoy this summer.