Garden Fair

Cowsmo Inc. makes and sells organic compost and potting soils throughout the midwest. It is owned and operated by fifth-generation dairy farmers near Cochrane, Wisconsin. Cowsmo Compost is the finest compost available in the Midwest. Check their website for local businesses in the Twin Cities and suburbs where the compost is sold.

Add an artful touch to garden, patio, or home. Create your unique garden stack. Build colorful ceramic pieces stacked on copper pipe. Mix and match from many sophisticated to playful botanical-inspired shapes and sizes. Winter-hardy durable stoneware made by hand in Minnesota.

A brother duo from Wisconsin make fabric plant liners as an alternative to coco liners for your hanging planters. We also make unique fabric transplantable pots that truly make transplanting easy. Also on Facebook at ezswappots.

Friends for a Noniolent World works to create a world free from violence. Programs include the Everyday NonViolence Podcast that highlights leaders working to create an equitable world; Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) that provides adults and youth with experiential workshops in nonviolence and conflict transformation in prison and ­community settings; and People Camp, a social-change summer camp. 

Mark herb, vegetable, and flower gardens with these 7.75” plant marker stakes, available in 56 plant names from Asparagus to Zucchini and Alyssum to Zinnia. The perfect gift for your favorite gardener.

The Little Black Rake (Stone Cottage Gardens), created and manufactured in MidMichigan, is a lightweight, double-tined rake that has many uses for the landscape, garden, and animal clean-up. Find us on Facebook, our website, or phone us at 989-965-0259.  

Frustrated by the mountain of inaccurate or irrelevant growing info for northern ­gardeners? We get it—we live and garden in a short season, too. For 155+ years, the Minnesota State Horticultural Society (MSHS) has been ­supporting northern gardeners of all ages and skill levels with Northern Gardener magazine, classes, an online Resource Hub, blog and bimonthly enews. Find growing tips and inspiration for this area, so you can spend less time digging for info and more time enjoying your garden. MSHS members save $5 on a purchase of $50 or more at the Friends School Plant Sale, among many ­other discounts. Not a member? Join our growing northern gardener community today!

MWGS was founded to increase the­ ­enjoyment and enthusiasm for water gardening through promotion, ­education and shared ­experiences. It offers a news­letter, meetings (currently video-­conferencing), pond parties, and a Garden Tour open to the public. Membership is $35 per year. Check out its activities and great water garden resources at its website, or follow them on Facebook. Their plant listings in the Garden Fair are on pages 5 and 6 of the catalog.

Products for progressives since 1979, ranging from social justice, environmental, and humorous ­messages printed on gardening and environmentally themed  T-shirts, magnets, canvas bags, ­stickers, buttons, and more. Located at 2916 East Lake Street.

An organic lawn care company that provides an ­alternative to chemical lawn care. Only 100% OMRI-certified organic ­fertilizers, natural weed management strategies, and soil amendment ­applications.  

A mobile houseplant shop offering a variety of live houseplants and accessories to make the hobby of houseplant gardening successful and fun. For the new hobbyist and the experienced plant parent. Come visit to see what’s inside!

Hand-stamped garden stakes and plant-themed keychains and bookmarks. Every letter and design is individually and ­carefully ­hand-stamped in ­aluminum. 

In its 14th year providing exquisite and ­decorative garden stones to customers. Hand-cast individually, these garden stones are rated for 4,000 psi and are made to withstand all weather conditions, both in summer and in ­winter.

Green Fin Plant Care is a 100% natural fertilizer sourced responsibly from invasive carp species that are damaging Minnesota waterways. Made locally in the Twin Cities area, Green Fin Plant Care is great for home, garden or field use and contains the rich nutrients your plants and crops crave.