Ideas & Inspiration Garden Tips
Whether you are a beginner or veteran gardener, our experts have some how-to tips to keep your garden looking great.
Eco Tips
Clover vs. Shamrock: What’s the Difference?
If you’re an urban gardening enthusiast looking to bring some festive greenery into your home or garden, here’s what you need to know!
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Pet-Friendly Plants for Safe Green Spaces
March is National Pet Poison Prevention Month, a great reminder to ensure your garden, flower beds, and houseplants are safe for your furry friends. At…
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Eco Tips
Supporting Local Pollinators: Why Bees and Butterflies Matter
Just like we’re coming out of hibernation, so are our native pollinators—bees and butterflies! These small yet mighty creatures play a crucial role in maintaining…
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Air Plant Care: How to Keep Tillandsia Thriving
Air plants (Tillandsia) are unique, low-maintenance plants that don’t require soil to grow—making them a perfect addition to any indoor garden. As epiphytes, they can…
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DIY Landscaping
Winter Pruning: The Secret to a Stronger, Healthier Garden
Winter is the perfect time for pruning! Learn expert gardening and landscaping tips on how to prune correctly, which plants benefit from winter trimming, and…
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Roses & Romance: The Perfect Valentine’s Day Flower
Valentine’s Day and roses go hand in hand—have you ever wondered why? Whether it’s a single red rose or a lavish bouquet, this beloved flower…
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Benjamin Ficus Care-Dropping Leaves
Ficus trees are cherished for their beauty and their foliage, which closely resembles that of outdoor deciduous trees. This similarity brings a touch of natural elegance to indoor spaces, making ficus a popular choice among houseplants. Ficus plants can be a bit finicky, especially during the low-light months of a Minnesota winter. If your plant is dropping leaves, don’t panic! Here are some suggestions to help it bounce back.
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Kokedama Care-Moss Wrapped Roots
Kokedama is a Japanese horticultural art form that involves encasing a plant’s root system in a soil-filled moss ball, secured with string. These unique arrangements can be displayed on flat surfaces or suspended for a striking visual effect. Proper care is essential to maintain their health and beauty. Learn more about how to care for your Kokedama!
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Herb Care 101: Flavorama!
Indoor Herb Gardening Indoor herb gardening brings fresh flavors to your kitchen, fills your home with delightful fragrances, and adds a touch of greenery to…
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O’ Christmas tree…how lovely are your branches.
Christmas Trees Holiday decorating at its best! The Christmas tree is a unique expression of you and your family, with sentimental ornaments hung from every…
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Fraser, Balsam and Canaan Fir Christmas Trees-What’s the difference?
While debates about real versus artificial Christmas trees continue, true holiday enthusiasts know that a real, fresh tree brings unmatched charm to any home. Real…
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Holiday Decorating
Let us introduce one of our favorite little accents: the kissing ball! Made from boxwood and arranged in a sturdy floral foam core, these outdoor…
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DIY Landscaping
Evergreen Tree Top Pots: Caring For And Building Your Own
The Sunnyside team shares tips for caring for your tree top pots (ready-to-go or DIY), as well as the basic steps to building your own evergreen pots for the holiday season.
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Specialty Pumpkins and Gourds-How to “Carve”
With their thick, tough outer shells, specialty pumpkins and gourds can be so much tougher to carve than a traditional jack o’lantern pumpkin. But they would look so cool glowing from within! Power tools to the rescue!
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Chinese Money Plant–Pilea Peperomiodes
The sometimes hard to find, Chinese money plant, or Pilea has become a hit in the gardening and home decor world.
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Passport to the 44th and France Shopping District
Pick up a passport at any participating 44th and France business and stop in to say hello all around the neighborhood. We want to encourage…
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Mosquito-Repellent Plants
No one likes having to share their patio with mosquitoes. Keeping them away is as simple as growing mosquito-repellent plants! You can plant mosquito repelling…
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What to do with all that Basil?
I love basil, the smell reminds me of my great-grandmother’s kitchen and always makes me hungry. Yet, aside from a couple caprese salads, I never seem to use much and always end up cutting down a giant plant in the fall.
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July in the Garden: Tips to Beat the Heat
July is for patriotic porch time, hot lazy days spent listening to the cicadas, and shaded evenings staying up late on the deck or patio.…
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Top 9 Perennials You Can Use to Start a Perennial Garden
Looking to grow a garden but not sure where to start? You’ve come to the right place! Read about the top nine perennials you can…
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Eco Tips
Pollinator Week: Creating an Eco-Friendly Garden
At Sunnyside Gardens, we’ve always loved planting flowers that attract beautiful butterflies and hummingbirds—but now, we’re turning our focus to one of the most important…
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DIY Landscaping
How to Create a Stunning Container Garden
Custom containers are an easy way to add color and personality to your garden, patio, or landscape. Whether you prefer bold and creative designs or…
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What is a Spring Clean up?
Clean up your garden and get ready to start growing! The purpose of a spring clean-up is to prepare the garden for the upcoming growing season.
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Spring Sweet Spring
The challenging Spring weather can make it hard to get out and enjoy your garden. But here at Sunnyside we kick off the early season…
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Eco Tips
Start Your Spring Garden Now: Indoor Seed Starting Guide
Spring is just around the corner, and now is the perfect time to start seeds indoors so your plants are strong and ready for the…
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Blooming Basket Care
Care Instructions for Your Indoor Blooming Table Arrangement Thank you for bringing home one of our beautifully designed blooming table arrangements! Each piece is carefully…
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DIY Landscaping
Late Summer In the Garden: Everything You Need to Know
Late summer is a busy time for most, between some of the hottest weeks of summer and busy schedules, it can be easy to overlook…
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Eco Tips
Support Your Garden’s Ecosystem with Pollinator-Friendly Plants
This week, take a moment to recognize the pollinators that help keep our gardens thriving! By planting nectar-rich plants, you can create a welcoming habitat…
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Early Spring Container Refresh: Stylish Ideas for a Seasonal Transition
While we wait for the final snowfall of spring—because in Minnesota, it’s inevitable!—it’s time to refresh our outdoor containers. If you’re itching to swap out…
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Seed Starting
Growing plants from seed can be a fun and exciting project to jump-start the gardening season for the whole family.  Growing seeds is a lot…
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Eco Tips
Bee & Butterfly Boulevard Garden Beds
We’re creating Bee-friendly and Butterfly-attracting boulevard gardening options! A Garden with a Greater Purpose An effective way to garden with a greater goal is to…
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Perennial of the moment… The Peony
Peonies are about to burst! These colossal blooming perennials always catch my eye and my nose. Hurry up and stake yours if you haven’t yet, they are about to bloom in the landscape.
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Gardening With Mom-(80s & Original Mom Jeans)
Mom wasn’t a farmer, but she could grow a mean head of cauliflower. One of my fondest childhood memories is spending countless hours out in the garden with my mom.
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You can grow grapes in MN. Get started today!
Tomatoes, apples, blueberries, raspberries and other tasty fruits are fun to plant and watch grow into treats for your dinner plate, but did you know…
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How to grow veggies like a rockstar!
What do you need to grow vegetables– and actually have something to show for it? Think prep early, and reap the reward later.
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It’s About That Thyme: Herb Care & Food Pairings
As Minnesotans, we know how short summers can seem. We tolerate grocery store greens most of the year, and look forward to the season where…
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Spring Grass Care
Turf 101 To get started right away on a great looking lawn, lightly rake to loosen up dead grass and thatch from the previous…
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Cut Flower Gardening – Planting and Decorating
Design simple, stunning bouquets with plants from your own garden. A landscape can be more than just curb appeal and trees for shade. Consider how you like to enjoy your beautiful home on the inside.
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Create a Car Stopping Window Box Display
Create a car stopping window box display This 4 foot window box is loaded to the MAX with some great color and essential greens. You…
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DIY Landscaping
Container Design for Fall
SIMPLE DESIGN FOR FALL *Container design for fall can be fun and rewarding. When you hit the garden center in September there are way…
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African Violet-Pet Friendly Houseplant
African violets are pet friendly. Fido and Mr Kitty can rest easy knowing these traditional blooming plants are not going to give them a belly…
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Fall Grass Seed
Fall grass seeding may be on your mind and we have a few expert tips to help you along. The MN lawn that survives through…
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DIY Landscaping
To the Cabin! & the plants to bring along.
Gardening at the Lake Low maintenance, winter hardy and deer resistant plants for cabin. Why not incorporate some easy maintenance beds to your favorite family…
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10 Plants You Didn’t Know Repel Mosquitoes
âMinnesota has two seasons, winter and road construction.â
âWe’ve got 20,000 lakes when it rains.â
âThe state bird? Mosquito.â
DIY Landscaping
Residential Rain Garden-DIY
Residential Rain Garden-Lesson & Design Become a water hunter! Run off from homes and patios often runs straight into city drain systems, this could be…
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Strawberry Fields Forever
Gardening for life! Growing plants that produce fruit is delightful for your spirit and your dish of ice cream. Strawberries are probably one of the…
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Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree
The Ficus lyrata, commonly called the fiddle-leaf fig, is a perfect indoor specimen plant. The plant features very large, heavily veined, and violin-shaped leaves that…
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Tips on caring for houseplants
This is the time of year when we get a lot of questions about houseplants at Sunnyside. We Minnesotans are coming out of a dark, cold, dry winter season and your plants may be showing signs of distress.
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9 Houseplants That Clean the Air
Decorate your home and benefit from clean air with houseplants! The NASA Clean Air Study found that many common indoor plants provide a natural way…
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Protecting tender plants
Some plants aren’t as tough as others.This can be a grim fact to face for northern gardeners. We invest our sweat, lower backs and money into certain plants only to see them crumple and die by the cold hands of our Minnesota winter.
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