Gardening Tales Blog

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.

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.

“Growing Connections” for people with early dementia

This free gardening program was created exclusively for people living with early dementia, and for their care partners.

Clearweed

Also known as Canadian clearweed, coolwort, and richweed, clearweed (Pilea pumila) is found in the eastern and midwestern United States as well as Canada.

Plant ID Applications

Ever been out for a walk and wondered: What is that gnarled tree, or bright flower, or spiky weed? Plant identification apps to the rescue!

Cup Plant-What’s in a name?

I had never heard of this plant and was really curious about its’ name. It is a native, resembles a common sunflower and can reach 8-10 ft.

Get Connected

Connect with Hennepin County Master Gardeners and the University of Minnesota Yard and Garden on social media.