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MSHS Closed During the MN State Fair
The MSHS offices will be closed Tuesday, August 24, 2010 through Tuesday, September 7, 2010 during the Minnesota State Fair. Staff will be picking up messages. Be sure to stop by our retail and educational booths in the Ag./Hort. Building.
MSHS at the Minnesota State Fair
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR PLANT SHOW
It’s the time of year to start thinking about entering your Cacti, Succulents or Potted Plants in the Minnesota State Fair Plant Show.
Click HERE for more information and the show rules. It’s a fun and easy way to exhibit what you have grown and cared for during the year.
If you have questions contact co-chairs:
MaryDon Beeson 651-696-1996 or marydon01@aol.com
Malcolm Burleigh 651-227-7119 or mburleig@isd.net
VOLUNTEER FOR MSHS AT THE FAIR
MSHS couldn’t exhibit at the State Fair if it wasn’t for our amazing volunteers. We’re looking for people to fill 4 hour shifts. To view the available time slots, click here.
For more information on what we do at the Great Minnesota Get Together, visit the MN State Fair page.
SEE YOU AT THE FAIR!
The Cole Burrell Pura Vida Tour
 Gardens, Birds, and Adventure
Main Trip: January 10 – 20, 2011
All-inclusive Air, Hotel & Tour Package: $3,665.00 per person, double occupancy
Extension to Tiskita: January 20-24, 2011
All-inclusive Air, Hotel & Tour Package: $1,110.00 per person, double occupancy
This loaded, all-inclusive tour combines gardens, birding and soft adventure into a memorable travel journey. Costa Rica is a botanically-rich environment with more than twenty-five percent of its land protected as national parks and preserves. In the gardens and forests of this eco-paradise are an unbelievable array of orchids, flowers, animals and birds. On this tour, you will visit:
- San Jose
- Cloud Forests of the Tilaran Mountains: Monteverde and Santa Elena
- Caribbean Lowlands
- Central Highlands
For more information, visit our Travel Tours page.
MSHS Seeks High Resolution Pictures
Have you taken great pictures of people and plants that you’d be willing to share with MSHS? We’re always looking for high resolution pictures (1 MB or more) to use in organizational promotional materials, literature, and mailings. We have a particular need for images of people gardening, especially children. If you have images you would like to share, please email them to Brenda Harvieux, brendah@northerngardener.org with a photo release form, or you can snail mail hard copies or a CD (these items would not be returned) to MSHS, Attn: Brenda Harvieux, 2705 Lincoln Drive, Roseville, MN 55113.
The MSHS Now Carries Linder’s Gift Cards
 Your purchase of a Linder’s gift card gives back 15% to MSHS.
Cards come in $25 and $50
(MSHS discounts do not apply)
No Expiration Date
MSHS members receive a 10% discount when shopping at Linder’s Garden Center and 50+ Flower Marts year round.
Contributions of MSHS Supporters Continue to Grow
Our 2010 fiscal year ended on June 30th—thank you to everyone who contributed. We're happy to report that we ended our fundraising year on a positive note.
- We had over 320 more donors over last fiscal year
- We had an increase of individual gifts
- We raised $99,774.89—our contribution goal was $150,000
- Of our over 10,000 members, subscribers and supporters, 1,262 contributed.
Our fundraising goal will remain at $150,000 in FY2011 because we know that all our supporters will rise to the challenge. A gift in any amount will help us reach our goal. Click here to donate today.
Your gift will, like the first seedlings sprouting from the soil, inspire others to follow your example.
Due to an overwhelming response, we are now out of Garden in a Box for this year.
If you would like to contribute to the success of this program for 2011, please click here to contribute. We have a waiting list of over 50 households for next year. You can help them grow their own fresh produce.
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