Ten Master Gardener volunteers were part of the team that built The Foodscape surrounding the new Burton and Virginia Myers Education Center.
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A food co-op board member reflects on collaborating with U of M Extension Master Gardener volunteers.
Jennifer Knutson shares thoughts on edible landscapes, pollinators and volunteering as a Master Gardener.
University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener volunteers help elders and people with memory disorders — and their caregivers.
“We want the focus to be on the 235,000 people buried here and their families,” says Trevor Blake, assistant gardener at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Blake took the Master Gardener core course taught by U of M Extension in order to better understand challenges facing the 436-acre resting place for U.S. military veterans.
You can buy your 2019 pumpkins or winter squash from a local farmer at a roadside pumpkin stand, or find a local pumpkin patch and enjoy hot cider and other fall attractions while you pick out your perfect jack-o-lantern canvas. If you grew pumpkins or winter squash yourself, read on for tips on choosing, harvesting, and storing pumpkins until Thanksgiving or longer.
Tracey Srock, an Extension Master Gardener volunteer in Crow Wing County, writes about a youth gardening class in which each student plans, plants and maintain their own garden. A similar experience is offered to veterans and other adults.
University of Minnesota Extension is bringing awareness to black swallow-wort, Cynanchum louiseae, an invasive plant originally brought to the U.S. from Europe as an ornamental vine. The plant presents a problem for monarch butterflies, which already face challenges to their survival, and it threatens natural areas.
Four times a year a dedicated group of University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener volunteers from across the state gather with Extension Master Gardener program leaders at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to make sure they are all serving the needs of volunteers and Minnesota communities.
Now that spring is here, homeowners may want to walk their property to look for winter damage to woody plants.