Minnesota Landscape Arboretum http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/ 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chaska, MN 55318 952-443-1400 Hours: Grounds open daily 8am–8pm (or until sunset) 363 days a year; closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum features 1,047 acres of magnificent display gardens, extensive northern-hardy plant collections and natural areas open year-round. You can take a seasonal guided tram tour around Three-Mile Drive or join a free, guided walking tour through the many display gardens May through October. The Oswald Visitor Center houses a restaurant, gift store and gallery; you’ll also find a horticultural library and conservatory in the Snyder building.

Passes are limited to general exhibit admission only. Passes may not be applied towards educational and group tours. Special exhibitions and other attractions may not be covered, and other restrictions may apply.

Please visit http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/ for specific exhibition information.

Learn more about it at your metro public library

All Ages

Botany for Gardeners

Brian Capon, Timber Press, 2005

Landscaping for Wildlife

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 1987

Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-deficit Disorder

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005

Garden Style: Ideas and Projects for Your World

Jerri Farris and Tim Himsel, Creative Publishing International, 2001

Flora: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower

Brent Elliott, Firefly, 2001

Wildflowers of Minnesota: Field Guide

Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, 1999

Landscaping with Native Plants of Minnesota

Lynn M. Steiner, Voyageur Press, 2005

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

Michael Pollan, Random, 2001

Valued Places: Landscape Architecture in Minnesota: A Field Guide to Minnesota's Favorite Places and the People Who Shaped Them

Minnesota Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, 2001

Northern Gardener

serial, MN State Horticultural Society, 2000 -

New Complete Home Landscaping

Catriona Erler, Creative Homeowner, 2005

Minnesota Weather Almanac

Mark W. Seeley, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2006

The Spare-time Gardener

Barbara Hill Freeman, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006

Best Garden Plants for Minnesota and Wisconsin

Don Engebretson and Don Williamson, Lone Pine Publishing, 2006

Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener

Dominique Browning, Scribner, 2005

Kids

Prairies

Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, Holiday House, 1996

Wildflowers Around the Year

Hope Ryden, Clarion, 2001

Jack's Garden

Henry Cole, Greenwillow Books, 1995

Nature's Art Box: From t-shirts to twig baskets, 65 cool projects for crafty kids to make with natural materials you can find anywhere

Laura C. Martin , Storey Kids, 2003

A Gardener's Alphabet

Mary Azarian, Houghton, Mifflin, 2000

Watch Me Plant a Garden

Jack Otten, Children's Press, 2002 yes

Garden Fun!: Indoors Out, In Pots Small Spots

Vicky Congdon, Williamson Pub., 2002

Freaky Flowers

Dorothy M. Souza, F. Watts, 2002

Sky Tree

Thomas Locker, Harper Collins, 1995

Ack! Icky, Sticky, Gross Stuff Underground

Pam Rosenberg, Child's World, 2007 yes

Deciduous Forests

Jennifer Hurtig, Weigl Publishers, 2007

Every Season

Shelley Rotner and Anne Love Woodhull, Roaring Brook Press, 2007

In the Garden: Who's Been Here?

Lindsay Barrett George, Greenwillow, 2006

The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands

Sneed B. Conrad III, Houghton Mifflin, 2005

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