Plan to make the most of patio season. Summer in Minnesota is synonymous with outdoor living. After enduring months of winter and the lingering...
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Woodbury Community Garden Continues To Flourish
The Woodbury Community Garden held its kick-off event, and grants from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and AARP Minnesota allowed for an...
Ed Myatt: Master Craftsman
In its fourth year, the popular Community Garden, created by Woodbury Thrives (part of the Woodbury Community Foundation [WCF]) in...
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...
Royal Oaks Garden Serves as the Perfect Backdrop
A couple share a sense of accomplishment with the garden and home they’ve owned for nearly six decades. There’s something about dirt under their...
Ways To Personalize Your Garden
Just like writers can suffer from writer’s block, gardeners can suffer from gardener’s block. Feelings of being unsure what to do with a space, what...
Flowers Are a Gift That Keeps Giving
A few years ago, my partner and I were embarking on a trip to Wisconsin to visit his family. In classic road trip fashion, the car was full. It was...
Plant Hardiness Zone Map Update
The update to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map was the talk of the garden community earlier this year. In case you haven’t heard about it, here’s a...
Enjoy a Cut Flower Garden
I love flower arrangements in my space, and in summertime I love to cut flowers and foliage straight from the garden to create my own or add to the...
Are You Watering Your Garden Correctly?
Watering is one of those easy garden to-dos that helps your plants thrive. But are you watering correctly? Follow these tips to keep your plants...
Woodbury Community Garden Keeps Growing
Woodbury Community Garden expands to meet the increasing desire to grow alongside others. If there’s one thing that can bring people together, it’s...
How Dark-Leaf Plants Enhance Outdoor Spaces
This year, I’m all in on dark-leaf plants. The dark purple, red and black hues bring a dramatic, moody vibe to the landscape that I can’t get enough...
Successfully Shop for Spring Plants
It’s finally March, which means spring weather could almost be here, or we’re in store for another snowstorm. While we wait and see what this month...
How to Tackle Fall Planting
Fall is here, which means it’s time to get to planting! That’s right: Fall is a great time to get out in the yard, see what’s missing and fill in...
Explore the Field Guide to Outside Style
Bailey Nurseries’ Ryan McEnaney releases a garden design book. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” This poignant...
This Local Farmer and Floral Designer Team Up to Make Beautiful Bouquets
Floral designer Ashley Fox and flower farm owner Susan Rockwood are local and organic. The commercial flower business is about art and science. The...
This Woodbury Woman is a Gardener, Antiquer, Figure Skater and More
Longtime Woodbury residents Genny and Tom Burdette make old things new. Genny and Tom Burdette have an impressive history in Woodbury. The couple...
Inside Woodbury’s Gardening Wiz Kid’s Thriving Tropical Garden
Woodbury gardener Nick Plank is changing the game. Gardening is a talent most people believe they either have or don’t. But even the most seasoned...
How to Grow a Tropical Garden … in Your Yard in Woodbury
Nick Plank shares some gardening tips for Woodbury residents. This article originally appeared as part of the story Bringing the Tropics to...
Neighbors Bond Over Bountiful Bonsai Gardens
Woodbury neighbors bring Japanese-style gardening to their Minnesota backyards. Woodbury residents Takuzo Ishida and Steve Shor have what many...
