Please join us at 9 am as we tour Allocations recipient Urban Roots' new offices at 1110 Payne Avenue and enjoy some bagels and coffee provided by our Urban Roots hosts. Caravan to their largest growing site at Rivoli Bluffs overlooking the St. Paul skyline. Their Mobile Market plans to stop at 10 am at Rivoli […]
Program: Horticulture and Conservation Committees Speaker: Professor Don Wyse, PhD, Co-Director of U of MN's Forever Green Program and Forever Green Staff "New Crop and Farming Practices for Minnesota's Farmers: Perennial Wheat, Third Season and Winter Hardy Annual and Perennial Crops Look to Help Minnesota's Farm Economy and Watersheds." Location: U of M Farm […]
Meet at the home of Karen Neset for coffee, light refreshments and orientation to the Saint Paul Garden Club and the Garden Club of America. Please bring your SPGC Directory with you. Several committee chairs will attend to discuss club functions and answer questions. Karen’s gardens will be available to tour. *First-year members are […]
Overnight field trip to northern Minnesota to visit the Lost 40 Scientific and Natural Area, Big Bog Recreation Area near Waskish and Headwaters of the Mississippi River. *If you are interested in this travel opportunity please let Catherine or Theresa know. Hosts: Theresa Lydon, Catherine Nicholson
Bring a guest and join fellow members for conversation, drinks and apps at the lovely home of Marla and John Ordway on White Bear Lake. September 7th from 5:30-7:30 PM. Cost: $60 per person. This is not a fundraiser. It is a fantastic opportunity to reconnect with members you haven't seen in awhile, meet new […]
Visit with artists Frank Meuschke and Betsy Alwin at Shelterwood Gardens -their home, studio and native plant nursery in Minnetrista. Frank, the photography program manager at the MN Landscape Arboretum, will give you his tips for iPhone camera close-ups of pollinators and plants. Afterward, Betsy will open her sculpture studio and Frank will open his […]
Visit two of the SPGC Allocations grant recipients and meet with their directors to learn about their projects and how the grant money is used. *The Orientation Committee Chair (Karen Neset) and co-chairs (Mary Parenteau and Kim Ozello) will be available to meet with first-year members after every regular SPGC membership meeting and to answer […]
Program: Horticulture and Conservation Committees "Bees from A to Z: Bee Health Futures, Pollinator Environments for Native and Honeybees in Minnesota" Speaker: Professor Marla Spivak, PhD., MacArthur Genius Awardee, Honorary GCA Member and Director of the University of Minnesota Bee Lab Hostesses. Mary Gilbertson, Angela Goddard, Blanche Hawkins
Let's travel "Up North" to see the stand of virgin pine forest known as "The Lost 40", the Washkish Bog and the Headwaters of the Mississippi. Sunday, September 25th & Monday, September 26th SignUpGenius:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e084dabaf23a6f85-spgc15 Sign up by end of day, Sunday, September 18th. Horticulture Committee. Hosts: Theresa Lydon, Catherine Nicholson