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Big Timin’ it with National Geographic

“National Geographic just called,” read the email subject line from Rice Creek Watershed District educator Dawn Pape, “and I’m so excited I could Scream!” It’s not every day that we Minnesotans brush with fame and when Pape first picked up the phone, she was understandably skeptical. “I almost hung up on him, thinking he was a telemarketer!” she exclaimed, “Then when he said why he was calling, I was like ‘Wait! Tell me more.’” As she soon learned, National Geographic’s Blue Legacy team was planning their Expedition Blue Planet 2010 and they had selected Minnesota as the first step on their itinerary.
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Cool and Creative Container Gardens

Local Renegade Gardener™ Don Engebretson calls containers “the throw pillows of exterior design.” Don gave class attendees a thorough and illuminating hands-on demonstration when he taught “Crafting Cool & Creative Containers Seminar” at the Hedberg Nursery near Stillwater on Saturday, May 15. Continue reading

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Trees Are Good For Your Bank Account…and the Environment

Today I attended a seminar about trees. Evergreens, shade trees and ornamental trees. In 2010 Hedberg will be reselling top quality Minnesota-grown trees to landscape installers and to the public at our nursery in Stillwater. We all know trees absorb … Continue reading

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