Garden Archives - White Bear Lake Magazine

Cactus Boxes Reflects the Beauty of Nature

TJ Moran crafts cactus boxes that mirror the natural world. There’s nothing prickly about TJ Moran. From his White Bear Lake home and garden, Moran...

New Interactive Map Highlights Pollinator Pathways

Community, Garden

City of White Bear Lake creates an interactive map tracks area gardens. Take a walk around White Bear Lake, and it won’t take long to realize the...

Small Scale Homesteading

Book Club, Garden, Noteworthy

Michelle Bruhn is no stranger to this community and these pages. From her half-acre backyard in White Bear Lake, Bruhn has worked to build...

Best of Summer Gardens

Garden, Recipes

It’s mid-summer in Minnesota, and that means two things: 1. Produce farms and home gardens are ready to drop an abundance of fresh produce; and 2....

How to Care for Your Garden When You’re Away

Garden, Noteworthy

When that final patch of snow melts on the north side of the house and brightly patterned pansy planters arrive at the supermarket, you know spring...

Oneka Elementary Teaches Children About Gardening

Education, Garden

Elementary students cultivate lessons of community. There are few things more heartwarming than watching a child engage with nature. And, at schools...

Home Grown

Garden, Landscape, Local Makers

“… we all need to get outside and dig in the dirt a little more.” “If you had told me 10 years ago that I would become a chicken lady with a...

Green Acres

Garden, Landscape

A quick guide to cabin-friendly plants and shrubs. Cabin owners know the drill. Head up (or over) to the lake in springtime for opening, plant the...

A Taste of Spring

Garden, Noteworthy

Herbaceous perennials offer early-season bounty. Spring is finally here! There’s nothing quite like seeing those first furls of green making their...

Digging In

Garden, Local Makers

White Bear Lake local Michelle Bruhn shares her gardening expertise and local food journey on her Forks in the Dirt blog. Growing up, Michelle Bruhn...