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.

Trees with yellow leaves against a clear sky.

Grove Nursery knows a thing or two about plants.

A Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea, our columnist's pick for best flowering shrub.

If you’re looking for the Best Flowering Shrub to accent your backyard this season, try the Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea.

An example of Kokedama gardening, or string gardening, where moss and string hold the soil around a plant in place.

Are you looking for a new garden technique to try this summer? Why not try a Kokedama String Garden, a Japanese method of gardening?

Nature photograph, flowers, tulips, raindrops, photography, Focus on Maple Grove

Sarah DeRosier’s After Rain Bud placed third in our Nature and Wildlife category for the annual Focus on Maple Grove photo contest.

planting trees, apple trees, fruit trees, growing fruit, how to grow fruit trees

With advice from Fair’s Floral and Nursery and the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, even the most novice gardeners can take a shot at growing their own fruit-bearing trees/bushes.

Ranunculus, Minnesota flowers, spring gardening, spring flowers, annuals

When you think about spring, most people think of the pansy, but have you ever considered the ranunculus?

A houseplant from Lynde Greenhouse & Nursery

Wash away the winter blues with pops of green.

Tree removal

Breaking up is hard to do, especially during February—aka Valentine’s Day's host month. Days leading up to 2.14 are festooned with hearts, flowers, sweets and romance (genuine and otherwise). But some good things must come to an end, including, on occasion, your relationship with—a tree.

Recycle, reuse, repurpose

Decorating for Thanksgiving can be just as fun as Halloween, and the best part is you already have some materials to use.

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