Events
The listing below is a calendar of selected local events that may be of interest to Dowling Gardeners and the public at large. If you know of an upcoming event related to gardening and would like to see it listed here please contact
Current Arboretum Events
- Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
- 3675 Aboretum Drive
- Chaska, MN 55318
- Register on Learn pages or by calling 952-443-1422.
- For More Information please visit Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Powerhouse Plants' Summer Exhibition
- Saturday, June 5-Sunday, Oct. 10
Visit this unique exhibition exploring the energizing links between plants and people. Includes several interactive displays and juried outdoor art installations. Bio-energized! will explore efforts to develop new sources of energy from plants -- all via fun vignettes and demo plantings. Incredible Edibles will inspire new ways to "eat yourself healthy" with summer's bounty of Minnesota-grown vegetables, fruits, herbs and grains. Amazing Art will present five juried art installations inspired by the "Powerhouse Plants" theme. Powerhouse Plants is sponsored by Xcel Energy.
Weekend Family Fun: Harness Plant Energy!
- Saturdays and Sundays, July 3-31, noon to 4 p.m. (drop-in basis)
- Marion Andrus Learning Center
Watch a science experiment transform plants into fuel. Plant your own biofuel plant to grow at home. Play outside in the new outdoor create-space, Stickworks for All, where you can add your creative energy to the works in progress. When you are ready to refuel, visit the Harvest Kitchen and make a plant-powered snack fresh from the garden to fuel yourself with plant power.
Longfellow Garden Club July Meeting
- Wednesday, July 14th, 7pm
- Plantique
- 5152 Hiawatha Ave
- Minneapolis, MN
Join the Longfellow Garden Club Wednesday July 14, 7 pm for a presentation at Plantique by Bruce Bale, proprietor. Now that the major garden work is done for this season and you are looking around for ways to add something unique, something a bit different, Plantique is known for its offerings of unusual garden "accessories" and interesting perennials. Bruce will demonstrate ways to add to your individual yard or garden touch. We will meet at 7 pm at Plantique, 5152 Hiawatha Ave. Take the 50th Street exit. Or come to Epworth Church (3207 37th Ave So, Mpls) at 6:45 to carpool. Club meetings are free and open to the public.