Garden

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[Arts & Culture], [Garden], [Education]
Compost 101

When I first began composting, I grabbed an ordinary trash can and composting bags from my local grocer, placed the bin under the kitchen sink and began composting my food and plant scraps.

Houseplants For All
[Garden]
Plants for All
Winter greenery from Gertens
[Garden]
How to Use Greenery in Your Winter Home Decor
Houseplants from Hudson Flower Shop
[Garden]
Local Florist Shares Advice for Your Big Day and Every Day
A variety of plants from Gertens
[Garden]
A Plant Shopping Primer from Gertens

We asked Gertens to explain some of the most popular terms you may hear during plant shopping.

A garden-themed mug from Patina
[Garden]
A Gift Guide for Green Thumbs

Whether you’re a green thumb or resolved to become one, let the folks of these local gift shops and greenhouses be your guides to all things garden-themed this spring.

A child tends to a Garden Box at Woodbury YMCA.
[Garden]
Woodbury YMCA Gives Kids Hands-on Gardening Experience

Preschoolers grow their own fruits and vegetables at the YMCA.

Floral designer Ashley Fox stands in a field of flowers.
[Garden]
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.

Tara Carlson, owner of Sweet Pea's Floral, voted best florist in the Best of Woodbury 2019 readers' choice survey.
[Garden]
DIY Flower Arrangement with Sweet Pea's Floral

Want to try some floral DIY? Sweet Pea’s Floral owner Tara Carlson talks us through the best way to arrange flowers at home

A variety of plants at Whispering Gardens, voted best nursery/garden center in the Best of Woodbury 2019 readers' choice survey.
[Garden]
Woodbury's Best Nursery Feels like a 'Secret Garden'

Ready for some new blooms? Visit Whispering Gardens, Woodbury's best nursery/garden center two years running.

Woodbury residents Genny and Tom Burdette, well-known for their garden and interesting hobbies.
[Garden]
This Woodbury Woman is a Gardener, Antiquer, Figure Skater and More

Longtime Woodbury residents Genny and Tom Burdette make old things new.

A tropical plant from Nick Plank's Woodbury garden.
[Garden]
How to Grow a Tropical Garden...in Your Yard in Woodbury

Nick Plank shares some gardening tips for Woodbury residents.

Woodbury gardener Nick Plank tends to his tropical garden.
[Garden]
Inside Woodbury's Gardening Wiz Kid's Thriving Tropical Garden

Nick Plank has cultivated banana plants, citrus trees, ghost peppers, and even a cactus collection—all in his yard in Woodbury.

Garden, Minneapolis, Growing Great Friends, Steve Shor, Woodbury
[Garden]
Neighbors Bond Over Bountiful Bonsai Gardens

Woodbury neighbors bring Japanese-style gardening to their Minnesota backyards.

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