That age old saying, "One is closest to God in the garden" does not refer to a vegetable garden or flower bed.....or a home orchard. It refers to a landscape garden. What is a landscape garden, then?.......to be basic, it is a piece of land that is landscaped. It is a piece of land to be entered as one enters a cathedral or a cemetery park, classically to inspire the visitor by the most revered...
Read More >>THURSDAY MAY 24 at 11am to 5pm FRIDAY MAY 25 at 11am to 5pm at Sonny Schneiderhan's garden 1219 8th St SE Minneapolis, MN (just 4 blks north of Dinkytown U of M Campus SATURDAY MAY 26 at 11am to 5pm at Glenn Ray's garden 14624 Woodhill Terrace Minnetonka, MN (just west of intersection of 494 and Hwy 7) NEIGHBORLY PRICES!!! Some of the plants available have been listed in a previous blog article.
Read More >>We at Masterpiece invite individual gardeners or your garden group to visit our landscape garden here in Minnetonka. Call us at Masterpiece, 952-933-5777 to make your appointment for a guided tour.
Read More >>NEW! GARDEN TOUR AND PERENNIAL SALE Garden tour and perennials for sale from two classic landscape gardens featured in the St Paul Pioneer Press, Mpls Star/Trib and Upper Midwest Garden magazines. You will see the plants available for sale in their idealized settings. Perennials include: SUN & SHADE GROUND COVERS (Canadian and European ginger, Iris cristata, Lysimachia'aurea', Sedum 'communis', sweet woodruff, Sedum Kamchaticum. Lamium, Vinca Minor (periwinkle), violets, assorted hen & chicks) WOODLAND PLANTS (Brunnera,...
Read More >>The following observations are made for the general not the specific regarding pruning conifers. It is far better for the growth and health of conebearing plants if pruning is accomplished in our Northland community before the first of June of each year. Some conifers are fussier than others about pruning. GENERALLY, then, you might find it easier to remember the pruning requirements of both groups by calling the candle producers the 'fussy' and those which do not produce candles, the not fussy....
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