Northern Gardener

10/12/2026

🌻 Sunny, yellow sunflower petals often steal the show, but have you seen the seeds? Striped, speckled, pale to black—these radiant summer bloomers save some of their best looks for the tail end of the season. Collect seeds from dried heads for next year’s garden, and leave plenty for the birds. 🐦

Discover the wide variety of sunflowers you can choose from and the importance of saving seeds we love in the fall issue of Northern Gardener magazine, out now!

📸: Seed Savers Exchange

10/11/2026

Seeds carry more than genetics—they carry history. 🌱✨

​They hold family recipes, cultural heritage and the wisdom of generations past. In our fall cover story, meet the passionate gardeners preserving these living legacies and cultivating a resilient future.

​📖 Read the full story in our fall issue! Subscribe today to Northern Gardener magazine: https://northerngardener.org/what-we-do/northern-gardener-magazine/

10/10/2026

Old seeds, bold gardens and plenty of good reasons to pick up the fall issue of Northern Gardener magazine. 🍁 Meet the North’s seed stewards, explore the Gothic garden trend, see why we recommend ditching your rake this fall and discover our fave seeds to save in this new issue. Grab a copy at your local newsstand. 🫘

10/09/2026

10/08/2026

What a beautiful evening in Jeff and Katherine Tane’s St. Paul garden! 🌿 Heartfelt thanks to our hosts, guest speakers chef Beth Dooley and University of Minnesota apple breeder David Bedford and especially our generous donors. You make our work growing northern gardeners possible—and our Garden Gathering was a wonderful chance to celebrate you. 🍎🫶

10/06/2026

During the state fair, we asked our fans to write down what topics they want to see more of in our magazine and website content. Finally, we are revealing the results (and the LOLs) left behind during the Great Minnesota Get-Together. 🎡

All of the following post-its are REAL notes left at our State Fair booth by actual people. We love the creativity and sense of humor of our fans! 😂

Vote if you want one of these silly ideas to be turned into an ACTUAL article 😉. If you have a funny garden article idea, comment below 👇👇

09/30/2026

Did you know: some wildflowers shine brightest when the weather turns chilly! 🍂🌻

Check out our brand-new web article "Perennial wildflower superstars for the autumnal garden" for our top picks to bring color and life to your garden until the hard frost ❄️
Link to article:
https://northerngardener.org/perennial-wildflower-superstars-for-the-autumnal-garden/

09/29/2026

Our Garden-in-a-Box participants are starting to wrap up and reflect on this year's season! What a success it has been! Cheers to fall and the exciting things to come for this program!

09/24/2026

It's Vintage Veggies: September edition!🍂
This month, we're highlighting all things allium! 🧅

With over 850 species, we simply couldn't possibly pick one allium to represent the diverse (and delicious!) genus of pungent plants. 🧄

Learn about the lesser-known allium species you'd be unlikely to find in the grocery aisle in our Sept 1993 article: 'Beyond the Common Onion: A look at some lesser-known edible alliums' 📖

Read the full article (free!) through the link below:
https://northerngardener.org/from-the-archive-beyond-the-common-onion/

09/24/2026

Thanks Vego Garden! This bed was a breeze to build and will soon be filled with food and flowers in a community garden in Austin, MN! 🥕🌷💛🍒