Spring Flower Show at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

The Spring Flower Show runs Feb. 3-26 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. This year's themes is Gardening With Nature, featuring an emphasis on gardens that benefit birds, bees, butterflies and other beneficial insects.

Minnesota home to one of eight Dahlia Trial Gardens in the world

Each year, the Dahlia Society of Minnesota plants a new selection of hybrid dahlias in the Dahlia Trial Garden at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, which is one of eight trial gardens in North America. The flowers in the trial garden aren't available to buy for home gardeners -- yet. The judges will evaluate each flower to determine if it's worthy.