Dakota County Master Gardeners
If you missed our Seed Saving 101 class offered earlier this season now is the perfect time to learn more about saving garden seeds for next year. Plants are reaching maturity so come out and learn more about preserving these seeds for future planting. Class is being held Thursday, September 14 starting at 6PM at Mount Calvary Luthern Church in Eagan. Get all the class details at our Event Calendar.
July brings you two fantastic Tuesday Evening in the Garden sessions for you to expand your gardening knowledge. On Tuesday, July 11th the topic is Confessions of a Hostaholic presented by Deborah Snow. She will show how to create the perfect hosta garden through an understanding color, shape, size and companion plantings. Learn how to divide a hosta and create a border from a single plant.
On Tuesday, July 18th we have A Prairie Walk hosted by Carolyn Harstad. Tour the extensive prairie garden at the Fairgrounds with author and native plant expert Carolyn Harstadt. Learn how you can incorporate these hardy natives into your own landscape.
Register for Tuesday Evenings or view our Event Calendar for all upcoming events and classes.
The Dakota County Master Gardener Spring Plant Sale is this Saturday at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. Stop out rain or shine from 9 AM until Noon for a huge selection of plants for sun or shade including annuals, vegetables, shrubs, perennials and more. Our Master Gardeners have been busy dividing and potting up hardy plants from their gardens to share with you. We will also accept any one gallon plastic pots you may wish to recycle.
For more details and list of plants available at the sale, visit our Spring Plant Sale page. Bring your wagons and see you Saturday!
Throughout the growing season strange things can happen in the garden. We’re here to help you diagnose the problem! Bring in a weed, ornamental plant, fruit, vegetable, tree, shrub or turf sample, insect or even a photo to one of our scheduled diagnostic clinics for identification, and a recommendation for cultural control.
Visit out Event Calendar for dates and locations throughout the summer or view our Plant Diagnostic Clinic flyer for details.
