Each month, the Crow Wing County Master Gardener Volunteer Program hosts an hour-long educational presentation on a timely horticultural topic. The presentations are held on the second Tuesday of each month at noon, in the large group meeting room of the Brainerd...
Since 2023, Central Lakes College (CLC) and the Crow Wing Master Gardener Volunteer Program have collaborated to broaden the fresh food options available at the college’s food pantry. Central Lakes installed onsite raised bed gardens, and Master Gardener volunteers...
Using the expansive Community Giving Garden at the Northland Arboretum as the home base, Community Giving is a multi-faceted project that is making a real impact in Crow Wing County. With food security and education as its main objective, over half of the Crow Wing...
The city of Crosby had a new roundabout installed at the junction of Highway 210 and County Road 6. With guidance from Crow Wing County, a committee developed a plan for hardy, attractive plants in the roundabout. The Crow Wing Master Gardener Volunteers funded the...
Master Gardeners are helping to protect and restore many bodies of water by assisting with the planting of shoreland buffers and rain gardens. A shoreland buffer is a simple and direct method of protecting a lake by preserving or restoring a buffer of native...
Since 2014 Crow Wing County Master Gardeners have guided new gardeners in basic vegetable, fruit, and native wildflower growing at the Northland Arboretum’s ‘Gardening 101’ Gardens. Participants attend weekly classes from early June through August, with classroom...
