Olive Branch Oil & Spice Company Opens in Woodbury
Olive Branch Oil & Spice Company features the perfect touch for a tasty, healthy meal. Life is busy, and making meals with flavorful food can be...
Bring Fall Inside the Home
When it’s time to say goodbye to your outdoor garden for the year, it can be bittersweet. The good news is Ryan McEnaney of Bailey Nurseries has...
How Custom One Brings the Outdoors In
Whether it’s the outdoor water features, the more than 100 windows offering optimal natural light or a double island in the kitchen, an...
Autumn Glass
“When I first saw the trees, I was absolutely stunned at how beautiful and still nature can be,” Baylie DeLong says. “As a stay-at-home mom to four...
Shop Local
Dodge Nature Center
Come nourish your need for nature! Enjoy the beauty and restorative power of the big woods, farm fields, and prairie grasses at Shepard Farm, Dodge Nature Center’s property nearby in Cottage Grove. Only 11 miles from the heart of Woodbury, Shepard Farm offers 140 acres of greenspace for people of all ages to experience the outdoors and learn something new in nature. There’s lots for you to do: Hike the trail through the 100-year-old woods. You’re welcome every day from sunrise to sunset—and it’s always free! See farm animals like cows, goats, and sheep in the wide pastures Garden and grow...
Noteworthy
Designing for the Daily Hustle
As the school year kicks off, families everywhere are shifting gears—from lazy summer mornings to packed lunches, permission slips and evening...
Readers’ Choice Voting Opens September 8
We want to hear what you think, Readers! Make your voice heard by helping us choose the Readers’ Choice winning photograph in the 27th annual Focus...
Vintage Finds at the Heritage House
Does this vintage popcorn popper look familiar to anyone? I am old enough to remember my family using this to make popcorn at home before the...
“The Rose Code”
In 1940 England, three women find themselves at the center of Bletchley Park, where the best of the British work to decode German messages. Osla, a...
Events
Casa de Corazón Woodbury Ribbon Cutting
Join us from 3–4 p.m. on September 4 for the official ribbon cutting of our new center in Woodbury, in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce....
Move to Your Own Groove All Abilities Race
Family Achievement Center is excited to be hosting its 7th annual Move to Your Own Groove All Abilities Race on September 7 at Colby Lake Park. Move...
Mixed Precipitation’s Pickup Truck Opera: “The Return of King Idomeneo”
It’s Mozart’s musical myth of humanity in peril. It’s 1950s doo-wop and an epic Greek adventure! It’s Mixed Precipitation's 17th annual summer opera...
Together It Gets Better
Help raise suicide awareness with the 14th annual Together it Gets Better 5K walk/run, hosted by the Suicide Prevention Collaborative. A free...
Free Family Morning at Casa de Corazón
Enjoy a free community event designed for families to celebrate, connect and explore together. What to expect: Engaging water play for children...
In This Issue
Welcome to the September 2025 Issue
By the time this issue is published, it will have been just about one month since my husband and I moved back home to the East Metro. However, as I sit at my desk writing this Editor’s Letter, I...
Connect With Nature at the Fall Equinox Walk
Recharge with a mindfulness walk in the woods. As the leaves begin to change colors and the nights stretch longer, Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park’s Equinox Walk offers a peaceful chance to...
Olive Branch Oil & Spice Company Opens in Woodbury
Olive Branch Oil & Spice Company features the perfect touch for a tasty, healthy meal. Life is busy, and making meals with flavorful food can be a challenge. But with the help of olive oils and...
Get Adventurous in the Garden With Hardier Plants
Embrace the vibrance of fall with plant suggestions. The green thumbs of Woodbury can explore new opportunities in the garden with a zone shift that allows for trying some hardier plants. Spurred by...
Connor Dainty Shares How His Love of Collage Aims To Inspire
Woodbury alumnus makes a name for himself in the world of collage art. Art always had a way of pulling Connor Dainty in. Even while attending college to study economics and minoring in music...
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