Hennepin County Master Gardener Homepage

Have a Gardening Question?

In Hennepin County, call the Master Gardener Hotline with your gardening questions year round at (612) 596-2118, or send us your question on-line.

Invite a Master Gardener

Hennepin County Master Gardeners do workshops and demonstrations, teach classes, answer questions and more! For additional information, click here.

How's Your Soil?

Get your soil test form and instructions.

Hot Topics

Yard and Garden

Review the latest Yard and Garden Newsletter from the University of Minnesota Extension for monthly news and tips on your yard and garden.

Diagnostic Tools

Existing Master Gardeners

Visit the University of Minnesota's Gardening Information Site

Master Gardeners are out and about

Master Gardeners are out and about in the community teaching community ed. classes and staffing answer booths at community events. Throughout the summer, they'll be at local farmers market to answer all your questions about what to plant in the Minnesota landscape. Check our complete listing of farmers markets being staffed by Master Gardeners this summer.

Our Garden Tour

Thanks to everyone who made the first Hennepin County Master Gardener Learning Gardens Tour a fantastic success!

More than 200 community members attended the July 12th event! Visitors had great things to say about the eight gardens and their different themes.

Mark your calendars: our next garden tour is tentatively scheduled for July 11, 2009. New gardens will be on display.

To view photos from the tour, click here.

For media coverage, visit WCCO television or KARE11 television.

Be a Master Gardener!

Want to become a Master Gardener? Learn more about what we do and download the 2009 application!

Make Way for Ducklings... and Young Gardeners

What began as an effort to make two duck families feel more at home in a school courtyard has become a significant gardening project for students at Wilshire Park Elementary School in St. Anthony Park. Read more...