CCN Article - Outdoors - Outdoors

View the Camden Parks guide online at minneapolisparks.org for info about programs and activities available for youth and adults this spring at Creekview (5001 Humboldt, 612-370-4965, creekview@minneapolis parks.org), Folwell (1615 Dowling, 612-370-4917, folwell@minneapolisparks.org) and  Webber (4400 Dupont, 612-370-4916, webber@minneapolisparks.org).

Camden Parks spring program guide now available

By: Carol McElroy Interpretive Naturalist Kroening Interpretive Center 05/01/2013

A few weeks ago, I ventured out into the dismal morning. Clouds covered the sky like a faded gray blanket, and wind lashed at my face, spraying freshly fallen snow. Sometimes, spring in Minnesota is nasty business. 

Return of the robins

By: Debbie Nelson Master Gardener University of Minnesota Extension Service Hennepin County 05/01/2013

If April showers bring May flowers what do April snows bring? Frustration, cabin fever, another peruse of the seed catalogues and maybe another revision of the garden plan for this year? Keep the faith. Although we may just skip spring this year and go right into summer, warmer weather will come and when it does expect a burst of green and other colors. One of the first things to pop in my landscape, besides the early bulbs and ephemerals is my rhododendron. The buds have been set since last fall and all we need is a little bit of sun and warmth for them to burst open into a bouquet of lavender pink flowers.

showy rhododendrons and azaleas