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Kenton Seth is a high profile expert in the rock gardening world, so you won’t want to miss this meeting (also open to the public if you want to check out what MN-NARGS is all about)! He lives and gardens in western Colorado and works as a freelance gardener/landscaper. He promotes landscapes that don’t need watering, crevice gardens, and wildflower appreciation, which he documents online at kentonjseth.blogspot.com.

Kenton currently owns Paintbrush Gardens, a dual specialty landscaping company which builds unirrigated native landscapes and crevice gardens for private and public spaces.

Kenton is also the author of the widely popular (and sold out) book about crevice gardening, “The Crevice Garden: How to make the perfect home for plant from rocky places”.

Roseville Central Park-Jaycees Pavilion, 2540 N. Lexington Ave., Roseville, MN (read instructions about the process in March newsletter; feel free to bring refreshments)

Plant sale area open to the public from 10 AM to noon.

Modern European Rock Gardening

In collaboration with North American Rock Garden Society’s Traveling Speakers Bureau

PUBLIC IS WELCOME – See Calendar for Details

Fridley Library (see directions below).  Social time with refreshments is 1-1:30 p.m., followed by Betty Ann’s presentation.  The public is welcome.

Directions to the Fridley library from Hwy. 694:  Take Hwy. 694 to University Avenue.  Go north on University Avenue to Mississippi St. NE.  Turn right and go a couple blocks to 410 Mississippi St. on your right.

MN-NARGS is thrilled to be able to begin hosting events again. Our very popular public plant sale will happen again this year after a hiatus in 2020 – the year of COVID! Please come and find unusual, reasonably priced plants and connect with fellow rock gardeners. The sale will open at 10AM at the usual spot: Roseville Central Park at the Jaycees Shelter.

The plant sale and auction scheduled for June 6, 2020 is unfortunately canceled. Roseville has made the decision to keep all of the Park Shelters closed until the middle of June and they have cancelled our reservation. As a result, for the present, we need to cancel our public plant sale, which is also our biggest fund raiser, for this year. If you enjoy this event we encourage you to become a member as there are efforts underway to set dates for both our postponed evening Gala and also the Fall ‘Members Only’ plant sale.

SUCCULENTS!!

with Guest Speaker Kelly Kyllenon

   

Kelly is from Park Rapids, MN and has been owner of Kelly’s Cottage Garden for over 10 years. Kelly’s business specializes in custom work for homeowners and businesses, including succulent creations, wedding bouquets and many different types of hands-on classes.

We will meet at the Hilton DoubleTree (Radisson Hotel) in Roseville at 5:30 P.M. for socializing and dinner will begin at 6:00 P.M.

Please plan to bring a very nice donation for the silent auction.

RSVP by the first week of March to Barbara Tapper at barbt@westlunddistributing.com

The members plant sale is Saturday, September 14th from 10:00 to 11:30 AM at the Autumn Grove Park Building in Roseville, MN. Interested new members can come by and join up to participate.

After the sale ends there will be a potluck lunch and a brief members meeting to elect new leaders for the 2019-2020 year that begins October 1st and begin the process of revising our by-laws. We have the room and kitchen at Autumn Grove reserved until 2:00 PM so there will be time for socializing, eating and meeting new members!

Please plan to attend with great plants to sell and a dish to share.

The weather for this Saturday (March 9th) looks ominous and would certainly decrease the attendance at our planned meeting. As a result, the Board of Directors has decided to postponed the meeting by one week to March 16th. Fortunately, we can use the same room and our speaker is available on that date. So we will have our meeting (including the Board meeting) on March 16th at Hennepin Technical College in Room in B-120 (regular room). The Board meeting will be from Noon to 1:00 PM with the speaker to follow. Stay warm, stay safe, and plan to attend our MN-NARGS meeting on March 16th.

Please note that the January meeting has been moved from January 12th at Autumn Grove to January 19th at Hennepin Technical College!

Our speaker will be MN-NARGS member, Rick Rodich. Rick holds a B.S. degree in Horticulture/Botany from the University of Minnesota, and possesses a wealth of knowledge and experience growing all types of plants. Soil and water may not sound glamorous, but if you want to be a successful gardener growing alpine and other rock garden species, then you cannot have enough information about these two topics. The interplay between soil and water is critical to plant growth and reproduction, but also for plants susceptibility to extreme temperatures, insects and diseases. We cannot control the weather, but in a climate like Minnesota, providing the proper below ground dynamics can make all the difference between success and failure in growing something new. If you dream of expanding the variety of plants you can grow (honestly we are all in dreaming mode this time of year), then come learn from Rick how you can give your new plants the best chance of thriving for many years to come.