Thank you to all who helped with our annual Dahl-Roeder Memorial Garden cleanup! Many hands made for quick work as we accomplished our cleanup in only one hour. The timing on receiving John’s Northern Star newsletter couldn’t have been better as it reminded many members who came of the date….
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Twenty-eight NWHS members were treated to a fabulous luncheon on February 15th at Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse before our 2025 Planning Meeting. The menu included House Salad, Tenderloin Beef Tips, Marinated Grilled Chicken with Linguine Basilica, Garlic Whipped Potatoes, Mixed Fresh Vegetables, Focaccia Bread, Red Velvet, Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes, and…
About 30 members boarded the bus for a fun and exciting day of hosta viewing and shopping at Hillsboro Hosta and Uniquely Hostas. Once again, members filled the lower luggage level of the bus with hostas, companion plants, and other assorted garden ornament purchases. Thank goodness Larry drove himself as…
Another fun and exciting morning with a huge selection of plants for sale. Thank you NWHS members for bringing/donating such great looking plants and helping spread the word about the sale! No commercial advertising this year so, at the Saturday Farmers Market, Mari Krenz and Peggy Freitag even went so…
A huge thank you to everyone who braved the bleak, rainy forecast and helped with our annual Dahl/Roeder Memorial Garden cleanup. Many hands make for quick work as we completed the cleanup and mulching in an hour and a half, just before a light drizzle started. For future reference, it…
The 2023 MRHS Convention, Hosta dreamin’, was held July 13-15 in Rochester, MN. Hosted by the Shades of Green Hosta Society of Southeast Minnesota, this three-day extravaganza featured a kickoff picnic at Camp Creek Farm, garden tours, an AHS accredited Hosta Show, a Rod Kuenster Hosta Seed Growers Seedling Show,…
A new, unwelcome addition to our garden this year is the Lily Leaf Beetle (Lilioceris lilii), AKA scarlet lily beetle or red lily beetle because of their bright red color. These beetles do major damage to your lilies as seen in the photos above. According to dengarden.com, “They feast on…
