Ideas & Inspiration Spring
Is it time to tend to your spring garden and landscape? Check out our spring gardening ideas to add more color and texture to your yard and get garden beds ready.
Eco-Friendly Easter Decor: Ditch Plastic Grass for a Greener Easter
When it comes to Easter decor, one of the most common staples found in baskets across the country is Easter grass—the colorful shredded material used to cushion eggs, chocolates, and small gifts. But did you know that traditional plastic Easter grass is a major contributor to holiday waste? This year, make the eco-conscious switch to all-natural Easter grass for a more sustainable celebration.
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Early Spring Lawn Care: Tips for a Healthy, Lush Lawn
As winter fades and spring approaches, it’s time to start thinking about lawn care. A well-maintained lawn in early spring sets the stage for healthy growth throughout the season. Here are essential steps to kickstart a vibrant, green lawn this year.
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Spring Gardening To-Do List: Get Your Garden Ready for a Season of Growth
As the days grow longer and temperatures start to rise, it’s time to shake off the winter blues and get your garden ready for spring! Preparing your garden now…
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A Little Springspiration: Plants that are Ready for Spring
If you need proof that spring is here, just look at the high schoolers waiting at the bus stop in shorts. These fearless trendsetters seem…
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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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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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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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Gardening Maintenance Schedule
Do you strive to have the perfect garden year round? Our garden maintenance schedule can help you do just that! Use our calendar and gardening…
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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.
Learn More 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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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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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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Spring Fever: Seeds to Start Outdoors
Late April & Early May in Minnesota There’s nothing quite like getting your hands in the soil on a crisp spring morning. As the ground…
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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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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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Fertilizing Your Lawn and Garden
To have the best looking lawn and garden, it is important to give them what they need. Just like humans, plants and grass are living…
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Seed Collecting & Vegetable Gardening
Harvesting Vegetable Seeds Start next year’s plants from this year’s crop! Tomatoes, peppers, beans, and peas are all good candidates for harvesting seed. Cucumbers, melons,…
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Dracaena Canes
Houseplant 101- A Cane Dracaena is a common, tall houseplant that is easy to grow and striking to behold. A Dracaena can tolerate sun to…
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Why You Should Mulch Your Garden
Let’s face it, many of us mulch specifically for curb appeal. It really is amazing to drive up to your home and see your freshly…
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May Gardening Calendar
There is MUCH on the garden to do list for May. May is for Mulch as well as planting flowers. May is a busy time…
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Pruning Schedule
Pruning not only helps your garden look good, but it is also essential for the healthy growth and flowering of your plants. Other reasons for…
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How to Plant Bulbs
At Sunnyside Gardens, the vast majority of the bulb plantings we do are completed in the fall in order to have spring flowers. We most…
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Seed Starting
Starting plants from seed is a great way to save money on flowers, herbs, and vegetable plants. When buying seeds, don’t buy more than you…
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Family Gardening
You may enjoy some solitary, peaceful down time in the yard, but those moments when you can get everyone involved feels really great too. The…
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The Garden That Keeps On Giving – Perennials
You know what’s awesome? Gardening (you had to see that coming). You know what’s awesome-r? When your garden gardens FOR you. Every gardener has a…
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Which one are you going to take home?
Here’s just a quick list of “car stoppers” that I saw this morning on the way to work. The blooms are loud and proud on…
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How do I give my lawn a fighting chance? Great lawns need food, water and the occasional reseeding and weed prevention. Early Spring lawns need…
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Weekend Garden Warrior Plan
The time you get to spend with family and friends on the weekend, or whatever your days off end up being, go quickly. We don’t…
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Season long color- year after year!
A common question we’ve been getting is how perennials make the “Sunnyside best” list. The short answer is that these select perennials are tried and…
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Cool (Temperature) Advice
Spring came early this year and had most of us fooled that the 80 degree temperatures were here to stay. With the threat of frost…
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Sawfly Sighting!
They’re BAACK! Early Spring, early pests. If you are the proud parent of a Mugo Pine, Swiss Stone Pine, Scotch Pine or Austrian Pine, Look…
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Hydrangea Care 101
A common question circulating around the garden center these days is âwhen, and how, do I prune my hydrangeas?â Luckily hydrangea care is pretty easy,…
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3 Simple Steps for Peak Preformance in the Garden
Spring is almost here (I promise), and while the weather forecaster stubbornly predicts more snow and grizzly nighttime temps, our garden beds are slowly awakening. …
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Start Your Seeds!
You don’t have to wait for warmer weather to start gardening. In fact, if you want to grow your own vegetables from seed, you can’t…
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Prevent Winter Burn NOW!
Halloween has come and gone. So now it is time to start thinking aboutâ¦Spring? Yes, that’s right: Spring.  Forget about Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s…
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