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Due to a late spring, we have moved our plant sale to a slightly later date so that you will have a larger plant selection to choose from. Mark your calendar to shop our spring plant sale on Saturday, June 1st from 9 am to 12 pm at the Master Gardener Education and Research Display Garden at UMore Park in Rosemount.
Gather your gardening friends and bring a cart or wagon to take home perennials, including peonies from the peony garden, annuals, fruit, vegetables, including heirloom tomatoes and shrubs. Arrive early for the best selection and bring an umbrella in case of inclement weather. The sale will be held regardless of rain. Parking is free and there is no admission charge.
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Master Gardeners hold Plant Health Diagnostic Clinics to help identify plants and insects and to diagnose common plant diseases. Bring in a weed or ornamental plant, fruit, vegetable, tree sample, shrub sample turf sample or an insect for identification and recommendations for cultural control. Clinics are from 6-8 pm unless otherwise specified and will be held in various locations throughout the community. 2013 Plant Health Diagnostic Clinic schedule may change to include additional dates. Check back frequently for schedule changes. Clinics are free of charge.
Saturday, May 11, 10 am to 1 pm at Valley Natural Foods in Burnsville
Saturday, May 25, 10 am to 1 pm at Valley Natural Foods in Burnsville
Saturday, June 8, 10 am to 1 pm at Valley Natural Foods in Burnsville
Saturday, June 22, 10 am to 1 pm at Valley Natural Foods in Burnsville
Saturday, July 13, 10 am to 1 pm at Valley Natural Foods in Burnsville
Saturday, July 27, 10 am to 1 pm at Valley Natural Foods in Burnsville
Tuesday, June 11 at the University of Minnesota Extension Office in Farmington
Tuesday, June 25 at the Burnhaven Library in Burnsville
Tuesday, July 9 at the University of Minnesota Extension Office in Farmington
Tuesday, July 23 at the Burnhaven Library in Burnsville
Tuesday, August 6 at the University of Minnesota Extension Office in Farmington
Tuesday, August 13 at the Burnhaven Library in Burnsville
Tuesday, August 20 at the University of Minnesota Extension Office in Farmington
Plant Health Diagnostic Clinic Location Addresses:
Valley Natural Foods
13750 County Road 11
Burnsville, MN 55337
University of Minnesota Extension office in Farmington
4100 220th Street West
Suite 101
Farmington, MN 55024
Burnhaven Library in Burnsville
1101 West County Road 42
Burnsville, MN 55306
Master Gardeners of Dakota County have partnered with Valley Natural Foods to teach a variety of home gardening classes from spring through early fall. Mark your calendar with your topic and date of choice, register, join us and bring a friend. More dates will be added soon so check back here or at our new website, www.dakotamastergardeners.org
Register online at www.eventbee.com/v/valleynaturalfoods/boxoffice or by calling (952) 891-1212, ext. 221. Class size is limited to 15 so register soon.
Valley Natural Foods
13750 County Road 11
Burnsville, MN 55337
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Each year beginning in February, a group of Master Gardeners gathers at a greenhouse on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus to plant seeds for our educational and research display gardens at UMore Park in Rosemount, including the "M" garden. This year is different, however, in that the seeding will begin at the University and then move to the new high tunnels that were built near the educational and research display gardens.
New seed trials this year from Ball Seed Company and PanAmerican Seed total 39 new varieties, some to release in 2014, including three new celosia, three new coleus, several herbs and four varieties of pepper, to name a few.
Although gravel mining at UMore will begin this spring, some Master Gardener Educational and Research Display Gardens will remain, including the seed trials and All-America Selection gardens, and of course the gazebo and its accompanying parameter garden.
Recently, Master Gardeners of Dakota County created a blog hosted by Area Voices that will feature garden articles written on a variety of relevant topics designed to educate. Articles will be posted once a month from April through September. Look for our postings at Garden Talk. To view the entire April article, click on the link.
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Connie Kotke found her passion for gardening ten years ago, when she purchased a home with a "wooded" backyard filled with buckthorn. Her labor of love has been clearing and re-establishing a natural habitat in the shade of many hundred-year-old Bur oaks. Her specialty is creating peaceful environments with the right mix of planned and unplanned scenes. She's an avid reader, writer and professional communicator. As an independent consultant, she's free to devote time to what she loves the most--getting her hands dirty...