In mid-December, five Conservatory Horticulturists began participating in an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Course. Our role is to take the on-line course to give a professional evaluation of it’s use as a secondary educational tool. It is proving to be a fascinating refresher for those of us that studied IPM years ago. Integrated Pest Management,…
Pruning
The Winter pruning is underway once again at MMC. On Monday, January 4, Conservatory staff spent all morning pollarding the Giant Fig, Ficus carica, in the North Garden.The Conservatory is 95 years old, and we believe the fig to be close in age, if not 100 years or more!Pollarding is a pruning technique that removes…
Paul chatting it up with Belinda
A video of Paul and Belinda chatting.
February Thaw-Winter Flower Show
The Marjorie McNeely Horticulture Staff has just finished installing our latest Winter themed Sunken Garden Show. The plants you can expect to see in the 2010 show include azaleas, cyclamen, cineraria, freesia, oriental lilies, and pansies. We are also featuring some very fragrant shrub camellias. One plant that we get asked quite a few questions…
Orchids
This year the Horticulture Department displayed their Winter Carnival Orchid Show exhibit in the Parlor.We used 81 plants in our exhibit. Of the 81 plants we entered 47 plants in 27 different classes. A maximum of three plants are allowed to be entered per class. There are 108 possible classes that are judged; including art,…
Flowers spring early – TwinCities.com
Flowers spring early – TwinCities.com
