This past week we started construction on a fountain down at Millstream Commons here in Northfield. Millstream Commons – an assisted living complex recently built by Northfield Construction is an asset to Northfield. Built along the Cannon River – close to downtown – it offers a wonderful living facility for seniors! Jim Westlund, our landscape [...]
Here’s Leif’s Yard & Garden Notes for July 1st. Check out Leif’s articles every weekend in the Saturday Northfield News in the Home and Garden Section (Sec. C) of the paper. Among the best experiences in life, the joy and wonder of discovery rank near the top of the list. In the fast paced modern [...]
Here’s Leif’s Yard & Garden Notes for June 24th. Check out Leif’s articles every weekend in the Saturday Northfield News in the Home and Garden Section (Sec. C) of the paper. The last two weeks we have had quite a few questions asking what kind of trees were showing off beautiful large white blossoms. Japanese [...]
We have people purchase trees from little tiny trees just knee high to large in ground trees moved with a tree spade truck. Some folks want larger trees but are afraid to plant them themselves and do not want a large truck driving on their lawns. To solve this problem – two years ago we [...]
Here’s Leif’s Yard & Garden Notes for June 17. Check out Leif’s articles every weekend in the Saturday Northfield News in the Home and Garden Section (Sec. C) of the paper. Following the second heat wave this past Memorial Day weekend we received calls from several people who had a recently planted tree or shrub [...]
We receive many calls this time of year asking “What is that beautiful tree with the white flowers?” The Japanese Tree Lilac is a wonderful ornamental tree that blossoms with big white bouquets of flowers that are exceptionally fragrant. It produces no fruit and is very hardy to our Minnesota winters. It reaches a mature [...]
One Wednesday, June 21st, our nursery will be on the Garden Center Tour for members of the Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association. Fellow industry folks will tour our facility and take back a few ideas of how we do things that might work for them and they’ll share some of their ideas as well. We [...]
The Northfield Garden Club will hold their monthly meeting here at the nursery tomorrow evening – June 13th. They will check out the plants here at the nursery, and Leif will give a talk on the new trees and shrubs offered this year. On Saturday, June 24th, we will welcome the Mower County Horiticultural Society [...]
Leif is an alumni of St. Olaf College, having graduated in 1973. In May, the current issue of the St. Olaf Magazine featured an article on Leif. On the cover is a photo of David R. Anderson, the new President-Elect who will assume his duties in July of this year. Following the article on the [...]
Here’s Leif’s Yard & Garden Notes for June 3rd. Check out Leif’s articles every weekend in the Saturday Northfield News in the Home and Garden Section (Sec. C) of the paper. This spring at the nursery we have received quite a few calls about leaf blemishes and falling leaves on ash, oak and maple trees. [...]
Or grab our RSS feed
