Announcements

Don't miss our annual Garden Tour of six local gardens featuring local artists at each garden. This year's tour will take place on July 8 and 9 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. both days. Tickets are for sale before the event from Eco Gardens on Division Street and Knecht's Nurseries on Hwy. 19. Cost: $10 per person. All proceeds benefit beautification of Northfield. Our June event is a potluck picnic and swap meet at Odd Fellows Park on June 13, beginning at noon.  May 13: Our annual PLANT and BAKE SALE on Bridge Square on Saturday, May 13  was a big success. Thank you to everyone who donated plants and baked goods and to those who came to shop.  Here's our booth at the Northfield Home and Garden Show on Saturday, April 8. Sixty people attended our first meeting of 2017 on Tuesday, February 14 at St. Olaf College to hear our speaker, Larry Pfarr, a home and garden expert from Bachman's Nursery who is often featured on KSTP TV! What a great way to start the year.   The Northfield Garden Club 2017 Officers were Elected at the October meeting. President: Lorraine Rovig (seated right) Vice President: Judy Code (standing left) Secretary/PR: Barbara Brown (seated left) Treasurer: Elizabeth Olson (standing right) Past President: Erika Tallman (standing middle) Time to Renew Membership for 2017. Membership levels: $15 = Basic $50 = Friend $100 = Supporter If you want a discount joint membership with the Minnesota State Horticultural Society (MSHS) add $37. Deadline for joint membership is October 11 meeting. The MSHS members receive bi-monthly Northern Gardener Magazines and a 10% discount card that is good at dozens of nurseries throughout MN. Mail your check to P.O. Box 745, Northfield, MN 55057. For more information call President Lorraine Rovig at 443-813-2941 or Past President Erika Tallman at 605-228-7745. Photo: Tallman Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)