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

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.

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.

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