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One of the most popular garden trends in recent years has been growing vegetables in raised beds. Raised vegetable beds can be easier to care for and it’s easier to harvest vegetables from elevated beds. One of the drawbacks to large, raised beds is that they require a lot of soil to fill, that’s where Hugelkultur comes in.

Container gardening is popular for many reasons – it’s easy, you don’t need a yard, it creates a focal point, and you can grow a wide variety of plants in containers. There are just a few basic things to remember when planting a flower container.

It’s early spring in Minnesota and gardeners are getting anxious to start planting. During these first few weeks of spring, we need to pay close attention to the weather to determine when we can safely plant outdoors. This year, with the cold spring we’re experiencing, it will be especially important to pay attention to the…

The world of plants is endlessly fascinating, and we love learning about interesting plants, even if they are varieties we don’t grow ourselves. Here are some of our favorite interesting plant stories. Do carrots help us see at night? You may have heard this common line from your parents or used it with your own…

One of our favorite parts of every garden season is seeing the new plants we will have the opportunity to grow that year, but where do these plants come from?

“So, what do you do in the winter?” While some greenhouses close for part of the winter, Malmborg’s stays busy year-round. We use our greenhouses in Rogers, MN to produce plants for our garden centers but we also produce young plants, called rooted cutting, for garden centers around the country and we want to give you a peek behind the curtain of our winter activities.