Mow your lawn the correct way
We are nearing the end of “No Mow May.” The Department of Natural Resources and many Minnesota communities promote not mowing your lawn in the month …
Archive by category Outdoors
News and articles pertaining to our parks, events, gardening, and cooking!
You can help keep our waterways clean and safe
This article was written by Jeannette Lutter-Gardella, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Kroening nature Center Outdoor Educator The month of June …
Spring is a feast for our senses
This article was written by Jeannette Lutter-Gardella, Nature Center Outdoor Educator, North Mississippi Regional Park Spring in Minnesota is a feast for our …
Picking a tree
As I said in my last column I have been thinking a lot about trees lately. Since losing our 85-year-old elm tree to Dutch Elm disease last summer we have been …
Signs of spring
This article was written by Jeanette Lutter-Gardella It is officially spring! The vernal equinox (the astronomical first day of spring) occurred on March 20. …
Trees, an essential part of life
“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree” Trees by Joyce Kilmer “Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy …
Park rec centers resume hours
As of mid-February all Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) recreation centers and the Mary Merrill MPRB Headquarters building resumed public hours. As …
Spring is on its way
This article was written by Naturalist Kristina Nininger, and Jeannette Lutter-Gardella, Nature Center Outdoor Educator March in Minnesota is a time of …
Spring will soon be blooming
The weather is still vacillating between cold and sunny and warmer and snowing and I am still thinking about my new sun garden in the front of my house. …
Add some asters to your garden
I am still musing over the renovation of my front garden. As I consider the myriad of plants that are hardy in our climate I have decided that I need to …