The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s garden for small spaces offers inspiration for yards that offer smaller square footage. Photo: Mark MacLennan
Expanding the sense of home by adding a garden and landscaping can extend the size of living space and connect residents with nature. The University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum brims with inspiration.
The Francis de Vos Home Demonstration Gardens contain several gardens, which make it easy to compare and decide what type of garden is right for your home.
People with limited square footage can find inspiration for containers and hanging pots in the Patio and Container Garden. The Bachman Garden for Small Spaces represents a small urban space, such as a patio, with 41 different plants. The Edmundson Garden for Outdoor Living displays a patio set and a semiformal backyard garden in a smaller areas, and sculptures are dotted throughout the gardens.
Learn how to grow fruits and vegetables, ornamentally and productively, in the Foodscape at the Farm at the Arb.
The arboretum’s tree and ornamental grass collections feature grasses and similar types of trees for easier comparison. It’s a wonderful way to figure out which species and cultivars you like the most, and fall is a great time to plant trees.
Lynette Kalsnes is a public relations strategist at the arboretum and is studying to become a master gardener intern. Grow more at arb.umn.edu.
