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 …
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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 …
Wintertime fun on snowshoes
This article was written by Jeannette Lutter-Gardella The Kroening Nature Center would like to invite you to come explore North Mississippi Regional Park on …
New name, new face, new year
This article was written b y Jeannette Lutter-Gardella, Nature Center Outdoor Educator, North Mississippi Regional Park Happy New Year from the newly renamed …