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 …
Archive by category Outdoors
News and articles pertaining to our parks, events, gardening, and cooking!
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 …
Start planning your garden now
2022! A new year and another chance to start afresh. There are many ways to do that, but for a gardener the months of January, February and March …
Mistletoe has an interesting history
As I am writing this we are seeing the first “snowfall” of the season, not unexpectedly blanketing my unprepared garden. I was hoping to have a few more …
Tiny creatures seek a warm place
As we switch out our tee shirts for sweaters and our iced tea for pumpkin lattes, we are not the only creatures preparing for the coming of cooler …
What do you notice?
This article was written by Emily Bowers, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Naturalist at North Mississippi Regional Park The local animals in our …