Garden

Pink coneflowers in a garden

Perennials provide color year after year and are easily maintained once established. Each perennial offers unique features in your garden—from vibrant color to interest for wildlife, perennials are utilized by homeowners to create an attractive landscape.

Blue flowers on a white background

If you want to create the best Fourth of July show in your garden, consider these design tips.

A thriller in a Thriller, Filler, Spiller container garden.

Let’s look at options for Thrillers, which are plants that provide height and a bit of thrilling interest.

A bundle of pink flowers.

This stunning guide features informative summaries, history, growing instructions and more.

Colleen Hazen, Maple Grove city gardener

Colleen Hazen manages and maintains three perennial gardens throughout the city in Central Park, near the Community Center and in the Town Green.

Indoor plants that are pet-friendly.

Discover pet-friendly plants for your home.

The leaves of an indoor plant

The long winter season is hard to endure when there is little to no green for us to look at outside. Why not bring the green inside?

Rudbeckia, a pollinating plant native to Minnesota.

Rudbeckia are a great addition to any pollinator garden and bloom well into autumn.

A hosta in Larry the Hosta Guy's garden.

Larry Welliver and his wife Kathy are growing an oasis of hostas at their Maple Grove home.

Amber Olson looks at her homegrown fruits and vegetables in her Maple Grove garden.

What if getting the freshest and cleanest produce was as easy as walking out of your front door?

Yellow flowers, an example of how to trim flowers.

How to keep plants healthy in the summer heat.

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