Have you ever wished you could increase the flowers in your garden at a minimal cost? Do you have a favorite plant you would like to propagate? Well, the Kandiyohi County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer Program is sponsoring the perfect opportunity for you to learn.
Mark Tuesday, April 28, 2026, from 6 to 8 p.m. on your calendar. The program will be held at the Kandiyohi County Health & Human Services Building in the multipurpose room, located on the west side of building in the lower level.
Speaker will be Laura Irish-Hanson, statewide University of Minnesota Extension educator for resilient managed horticultural landscapes, who will give information on plant propagation basics.
She is a leader for promoting managed horticultural landscape systems through multiple perspectives in collaboration with property owners, community organizations, urban stakeholders and others at the University of Minnesota.
Irish-Hanson has more than nine years of experience in traditional, horticulture-focused classroom and laboratory teaching. You might have heard her as she regularly appears on WCCO (AM 830) radio’s “Smart Gardens” show from 8-9 a.m. on Saturday.
As an added bonus, also presenting will be Matt and Laura Moraczewski. They will share their journey in creating and managing the Remer, Minnesota, Community Garden. They are U of M Minnesota Extension Master Gardener Volunteers, living near Remer, (home of Bigfoot!). Remer is in northern Cass County, within the Chippewa National Forest.
Matt Moraczewski has been a volunteer since 2020 and is the program coordinator for Cass County. Laura Moraczewski has been a volunteer since 2019 and manager of the 3-acre Community Garden for five years.
This garden consists of a 72-foot-by-30-foot high tunnel greenhouse, a large giving garden, an apple and berry orchard, a seed trial garden and nine 50-foot-by-25-foot family plots for local residents. The total amount of produce donated to local food shelves by this garden in the last five years has been 7.9 tons.
The cost is $20 if you register by April 13 or $25 at the door. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. April 28. Mail or in-person registration at Kandiyohi County Extension, 2200 23rd St. N.E., Suite 2025, Willmar, MN 56201. Cash or check. Make checks payable to University of Minnesota.
Registration may also be done on on-line with credit card. Go to
extension.umn.edu/event/garden-gathering.
Hope to see you there!
Master Gardener Sue Morris has been writing a column since 1991 for Kandiyohi County newspapers. Morris has been certified through the University of Minnesota as a gardening and horticulture expert since 1983. She lives in Kandiyohi County.
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