Hello Gardeners
Hope you are experiencing lots of vegetables, herbs and flowers! During this last cold spell my houseplants, that were enjoying their summer vacation, outside had to be brought into the garage at night, but now we should be back to some warmer days and nights.
As it is now September this means we are transitioning from the growing season to the harvesting season. There is still plenty of time to harvest tomatoes, squash and many other vegetables, but soon you will be able to harvest the seeds from these plants as well as seed from herbs and native plants.
I have many native plant seeds already that need to be packaged for the seed library and need volunteers to help package them.
Seed Packaging Event!
Monday, September 8, 2025, from 6-8 pm
White Bear Lake Library, Lion’s Den Conference Room
Free, no experience required, no registration required
Fun and easy to do
Enjoy conversing with your fellow gardeners!
Hope to see you there!
Pam
Events
There are several free events sponsored by the Rice Creek Watershed District held at the White Bear Center for the Arts:
Turning the Tide: Art and Action: Sept 19, 9am-4pm
No Dig + Hugelkutur Gardening: September 23, 6:30-8pm
Matrix Garden Design: Dec 12, 3-5pm
Registration and more information at: Register
Local Greenhouses and Nurseries
As a request from our volunteers, I am adding a list of various local greenhouses or garden centers that sell plants. Many of these establishments do not use neonicotinoids on their plants that they grow. But the buyer should beware: they may sell plants that were grown previously at a different wholesaler which did use systemic pesticides. You should ask the growers at these establishments whether neonics were used on the plants you wish to purchase.
Neonicotinoids or ‘neonics’ are a systemic pesticides used on plants to kill insects. Unfortunately, these insecticides also harm pollinators as the insecticide gets into all parts of the plant including the pollen and nectar.
The only way to be sure a plant has not been treated with neonics is to buy certified organic seed and grow it yourself, or buy a certified organically grown plant.
More information here.
Goldman’s Greenhouse – East Bethel, MN
Website: Goldman's
Outback Nursery – Hastings, MN
Seller of Minnesota native trees, shrubs and perennials.
Website: Outback
Prairie Moon Nursery – Winona, MN and order online
They have hundreds of varieties of native plant seeds, plants and bare root stock.
Website: Prairiemoon
Prairie Restorations – Scandia, MN
Seller of Minnesota native plants.
Website: Prairieresto
Contact info for the White Bear Lake Seed Library:
Email: wblseedlibrary@gmail.com
Website: https://wblseedlibrary.blogspot.com/
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