In one “flower-powered” August weekend – Aug. 16 & 17, to be exact – the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum will present two popular summer events – the 26th Annual Arboretum Flower and Garden Show, co-sponsored by the Federated Garden Clubs of Minnesota, and the Minneapolis Men’s Garden Club’s Food, Flower and Foto Show.
The shows will take place in the Oswald Visitor Center’s MacMillan Auditorium from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. both days and are free with gate admission. In addition, local plant societies will host displays and bulb sales in the visitor center’s McQuinn Great Hall. These include the Minnesota Herb Society, the Daffodil Society of Minnesota and the Iris Society of Minnesota. Continue reading ‘FlowerFest Weekend showcases two garden shows’
Monthly Archive for July, 2008
Dassel Public Works director Dave Scepaniak and the staff of the city’s wastewater treatment facility were commended last Monday by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for the eighth time since 1993. The certificate given to Scepaniak states he and the staff are outstanding facilitators.
Central MN Jobs and Training Services (CMJTS) awarded the Village Ranch Alternative Program of Cokato a $9,000 grant for youth stipends and $3000 for job coaches for the summer work program serving 30 youth in June and July. CMJTS is a private, non-profit employment and training agency.
Community service projects will take place on the Village Ranch grounds, for the city of Dassel and throughout other local communities. Some of the projects at Village Ranch include working on landscaping around new and existing buildings, repairing fencing, lawn maintenance, painting and replacing the gym flooring.
In Dassel they will be working at the fire station cleaning and polishing fire trucks, along with general maintenance of the building and grounds, painting bleachers and dugouts at the Saints Baseball Field and completing general clean-up in the buildings, and general lawn maintenance at the baseball fields.
The work crew will also be doing landscaping, painting and repairs at Spring Lake Park as well as helping the City of Dassel prepare for Red Rooster Days by completing building maintenance, painting and repairing and upgrading the grilling structure.
Other area jobs the youth have assisted with are picking rocks and helping clean out groves for local farmers, helping with landscaping and yard work/clean up at an area farm, assisting with clean up and clearing out items in the grove at DWP Outreach Program in Litchfield, working in horse barns at a horse ranch near Albertville, and moving the MAWSECO 18-21 transition program (STEP) from Buffalo to Howard Lake.
The Dassel High School class of 1943 met in Edina at the home of Paul and Elaine (Dille) Nygren recently to celebrate their 65th class reunion. They are Harriet Anderson MacManus, Peggy Haglund Monson, Elaine Dille Nygren, Marilyn Swanson, Dorothy Reed Olson, Allen Westerberg, Ethelyn Johnson Carlson; back – Wilton Anderson, Kenneth Berquist. Those unable to attend were Delphin Strom, Robert Asplund, Grace Holmquist Adamson, Dorothy Johnson Bloomquist, and Shirley Gustafson Johnson.
Back again after a four year hiatus, the Cokato Museum, as a part of the 59th Annual Cokato Corn Carnival festivities, will sponsor a Classic Vehicle Revue Wednesday, Aug. 13.
Collectors are invited to “show off” their vehicles on a blocked-off section of Fourth Street West, between Broadway and Millard Avenues. The official time for the show is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., but collectors are welcome before and after those times. The definition of “vehicle” is open to each collector; cars, trucks, and even motorcycles are more than welcome at this show.
Because of other carnival-related activities, no vehicles can be displayed on Monday or Tuesday.
Due to limited space, early sign-up is strongly encouraged. Those who reserve a spot will receive a certificate identifying their entry. There will be no prizes, dash plaques, etc. given at this show.
For more information or to reserve a spot, please call the Cokato Museum at (320) 286-2427 or e-mail cokatomuseum@cmgate.com.
The Cokato Museum is a cooperative effort of the City of Cokato and the Cokato Historical Society.
HOWARD LAKE, Minn. –The Third Annual Minnesota Garlic Festival will be Saturday, August 16, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., at the Wright County Fairgrounds in Howard Lake, MN. Complete Minnesota Garlic Festival information is available at www.sfa-mn.org. The Crow River Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota sponsors this event.
Some of the finest gourmet garlic in the country is grown in Minnesota, and the first bulbs of the 2008 crop will be available at the festival. Sustainable Farming Association uses this as a springboard to launch this event that’s all about small family farms, local food, vital rural communities and a healthy environment in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Garlic Festival is a family-friendly event that features all-day entertainment, including celebrity chefs from the metro area – including Lucia Watson, Mike Phillips and Tracy Singleton – preparing the menu at the festival restaurant and conducting cooking demonstrations under the big tent.
Other attractions include old fashioned kids games, kite flying, a youth art competition, a wide range of stage performers, a cornucopia of fresh local foods, and a festival favorite: garlic ice cream from Cedar Summit Creamery.
Catherine Friend, author of the critically acclaimed books “Hit by a Farm” and “The Compassionate Carnivore” will headline the “Ask the Expert” stage along with presentations about growing and using garlic, healthy foods and gardening.
The “throwing out the first bulb” ceremony heralds the 10:00 a.m. opening of a fun filled and fragrant day. Admission is $5 for adults and kids under 12 is $3. Parking sponsored by the Winsted Boy Scouts is $1.
Recent Comments
Mike Worcester
Sandy Matyi (Manthei)
Cokato Resident
Nathan, Greener Pastures than DC, Dassel Rocks [...]
Lee Meester
Gary Terning
Christine Spielman Salmen, Joanie Swanson, Merlin Beebe [...]
Cokato Resident