Sound Gardening Practices for Minnehaha County, SD
Save the Date for the Gardening with the Masters 2024 Spring Event!
Start the growing season by attending the MCMG Gardening with the Masters Spring Event
Event Date: March 23
Location: Augustana Froiland Science Complex
This year’s event is information packed including horticulture expert presentations and Master Gardener led demonstrations.
In addition, there will be and lunch will be provided.
With a new partnership with the Mary Jo Wegner Aboretum and the Minnehaha County Master Gardeners, classes are now available to the public at the Arboretum taught my our expert SDSU Extension Master Gardeners. Check out these classes offered in August. This is a great opportunity to gain gardening knowledge at the beautiful Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum.
August 8 – Jerry’s Teaching Garden with Jerry Mills – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/08/jerry-s-teaching-garden/442358
August 9 – Growing Garlic with Sarah Linneman – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/09/growing-garlic/441544
August 15 – Growing Roses in Northern Climates with Anne Erickson – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/15/growing-roses-in-northern-climates/441546
August 16 – Tomato Types and Management Tips with Jerry Mills – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/16/tomato-types-and-management-tips/440133
August 21 – Weed Identification Talk & Walk with Jerry Mills – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/21/weed-identification-talk-walk/441905
August 22 – Boulevard Gardening with Cami Jacobsen – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/22/boulevard-gardening/441547
August 25 – Bug Out! with Jerry Mills – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/25/bug-out-/440295
August 28 – Seed Saving with Debi Ullrey-Crosby – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/28/seed-saving/442364
August 29 – Composting with Jerry Mills – https://www.maryjowegnerarboretum.com/activities/event/2023/08/29/composting/441548
You are invited to tour eight beautiful and unique garden sites in Sioux Falls. Garden sites include several private gardens, community gardens and public gardens maintained by the Minnehaha Master Gardeners. This is a self-guided tour, and you can start at any location. Participants are encouraged to bring their water bottles; no refreshments will be served.
Mark your calendars for this year’s plant sale! We’ll have annuals, perennials, veggies, pollinators, shrubs and vines.
W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds
100 N Lyon Blvd
Sioux Falls, SD
Saturday, May 13, 2021
9 AM CDT – 12 PM CDT
Free admission and open to the public.
Payment by cash or check only.
2023 Sioux Falls Community Garden Registration is now open!
Do you want to learn the basics of gardening? Refine your gardening skills? Have an opportunity to share your extra garden bounty with others? Register for a garden plot at the Sioux Falls Community Gardens and see what you can grow!
The Sioux Falls Community Garden program allows Sioux Falls residents to rent garden plots approximately 200 square feet in size. Each plot has a rental fee of $20. Water and tilling are provided. SDSU Extension Master Gardener Team Leaders supervise the gardens and enforce good gardening practices such as planting something by May 31, keeping the gardens/paths free of weeds, cleaning off the gardens, etc.
This effort is led by the SDSU Extension Master Gardeners with support from the City of Sioux Falls, private businesses, churches and more than 250 individual gardeners in seven different gardens across Sioux Falls including:
Falls Park (Downtown, 1200 N. Phillips Ave.)
First International Bank and Trust (700 block of South Spring Ave., west of the bank).
Leaders Park (North Leadale Ave. at East 6th St.).
Lincoln Elementary (9th and Grange).
Memorial Park (W. 26th St. & Discovery Ave.).
Southern Hills United Methodist Church (3400 East 49th St.)
University of South Dakota Sioux Falls (formerly University Center, 4801 N. Career Ave.).
All gardeners need to review and agree to follow the Community Garden Guidelines.
Applications are open during January through February 28.
New gardeners should complete the online application at www.livewellsiouxfalls.org.
Returning gardeners should contact their team leader about participating in the 2023 season.
If questions, email siouxfalls.center@sdstate.edu or call 605-782-3290.
