The next two weeks are a great sentence to get activated about the garden season ahead with two major home and garden show . Today is the first day of theMinnesota Home & Patio ShowatRiverCentrein St. Paul .
MSHS is patronise a majuscule group of garden speakers ( see the list and time below ) . The garden microscope stage is near our booth at the show . Be indisputable to discontinue at the John Wilkes Booth to sign up for membership in MSHS and get a bank discount . Those who join or renew at the show get $ 5 off their rank and pick up a corking Northern Gardener gift pocketbook filled with fertilizer , a package of milkweed seeds ( expectant for Monarch butterflies ) and catalog and information .
Thursday , Feb. 19

Bobby Jensen
5:30 p.m.11 Tough site and What to do About Them , Bobby Jensen , KARE 11’sGrow with KARE
6:30 p.m. Crafting Cool & Creative Containers , Don Engebretson , Renegade Gardener
Friday Feb. 20

Renegade Gardener Don Engebretson will talk about container gardening several times during the show.
2:30 p.m. Mushrooms 101 – What You Need to love , John Lamprecht , Minnesota Mycological Society
4:30 post meridiem resuscitate the Hive for Healthy Bees , Healthy lifetime , Kristy Allen , The Beez Kneez
5:30 p.m.11 Tough Sites and What to do About Them , Bobby Jensen , KARE 11 ’s Grow with KARE

Pollinators and the plants they love will be the topic of several talks at the garden show.
6:30 post meridiem craft Cool & Creative Containers , Don Engebretson , Renegade Gardener
Saturday Feb. 21
11:30 a.m. Easy Going and Unusual Perennials , Ted Beverly , writer and gardener
12:30 p.m. Gardening for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects , Heather Holm
1:30 p.m.11 Tough site and What to do About Them , Bobby Jensen , Kare 11 ’s Grow with Kare
2:30 p.m. craft Cool & Creative Containers , Don Engebretson , Renegade Gardener
3:30 p.m. Prairie & Pollinators – a Call for Restoration , Chris Schad , The Bee Shed
4:30 p.m. Hydroponics – Year Round Gardening , Larry Cipolla , Hennepin County Master Gardener
5:30 p.m.11 hard Sites and What to do About Them , Bobby Jensen , Kare 11 ’s originate with Kare
6:30 p.m. Top 10 Gardening Blunders — and How to annul Them ! Don Engebretson , Renegade Gardener
Sunday Feb. 22
11:30 a.m. Tropical Treasures in Your Garden , Mark Armstead
12:30 p.m. plant for the Richness of Our Seasons , Martin Stern , Squire House Gardens
1:30 p.m. Crafting Cool & Creative Containers , Don Engebretson , Renegade Gardener
2:30 p.m.11 knotty Sites and What to do About Them , Bobby Jensen , KARE 11 ’s get with KARE
3:30 p.m. New Garden Annuals for 2015 , Heidi Doering , plantsman , willow agriculturalist and creative person