A joyful sight of summer bliss!

Each summer we make sure to drive by this fabulous flower garden on a country road in SE MN!

It is L shaped, about 200 feet along the road and 200 feet along the driveway up to the home on this farm!

The tallest plants are a purple/pink cosmo mixture, the middle height row are bright yellow marigolds and the shortest height row is a dramatic mix of bright orange and yellow marigolds!  Butterflies are abundent!  It is simply an awesome sight year after year!  We never miss driving by it!

Birds love this elegant bath!

Lucky birdies!

Nancy's creative paint techniques turned this inexpensive concrete bird bath from a Box Store into this paradise for birds to bathe in!

  

The tropics in Minnesota!

Stepping into Nancy's  patio area is like stepping into the tropics!

A cold drink under her umbrella is a special visual treat! The big planter, with some of the focus plants, is wintered inside her home each year and adds a dramatic flair to her living and dining areas!  Actually she has two of these containers!  Wow!  

Princess Diana

Which one?  So many plants have varieties named after The Princess Diana!

Clematis 'Princess Diana' managed to climb right into my heart this summer during the garden tour "Tour with the Masters" put on  by our local Master Gardener group.

Finally, one has captured my heart and it is on my list of have to add next year!  I think I am going to have to find a section of iron fence just for her!  

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Become a Master Gardener

Ever wonder how to become a Master Gardener?

For information on the Minnesota Master Gardener Program click here now!

Their next classes to become a Master Gardener begins Oct. 1st!

While I am not a Master Gardener, many of my friends are!

If you are in a different state, do a search under Mastergardener to locate information for your area!

Look up to enjoy this lily!

Yes, look high! 

This amazing lily grows to a height close to 6 feet tall!

Yes, it is worth looking up at it!  Bowe's have this growing against the front of their home and it is a striking sight inspite of its soft color.

The variety name has been lost but she does recall knowing it would grow tall!

A Saturday Road Trip!

An hour early morning drive took 13 of us to Houston, MN to attend a day of gardening information and networking with fellow area gardeners!  

This year's MSHS 1st District Fall Gardening Workshop was put on by the Forget-Me-Not-Club!

Coffee and muffins welcomed us!

Then we enjoyed several speakers on garden subjects such as "Not Your Mother's Hen and Chicks" on  succulents, Extending your Gardening Season and Hydroponic Gardening, Elements of Basic Design in Floral Arranging (by our own local club member and experienced show judge) and ended with "Fairy Gardening for the Joy of It", which was a humorous visit with one of the local club's members!

Lots of good food, of course, a Flower Show, some raffles, and door prizes!  What more could one want when sharing time with gardening friends!

Patti, our local floral design expert from our own garden club!

My Woodland Scene fairy garden did well in the Flower Show!

Some of our garden club members!