Please join us for a hands-on workshop to learn about the process of winter seed sowing and how it supports native garden planting.
Winter Sowing Workshop
Saturday, January 17, 2026 at 1:00-3:00 pm
Kenny Park Rec Center
1328 W 58th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55419
(Free, but registration required)
Workshop leaders: Ellen Mueller and Laura Baxley, both MN Master Naturalists and members of the Kenny Neighborhood Environmental Committee
❄️Please register so we can be prepared with an appropriate amount of supplies❄️
At the workshop you will:
- Learn the basics of winter seed sowing, a cost-effective method for starting seeds during the winter months.
- Use recycled materials to create mini greenhouses.
- Discover the benefits of native plants and their role in supporting healthy landscapes.
- Take home your seeded containers for the winter + a free zine with instructions
The Kenny Neighborhood Association Grass Lake Restoration Team, has been hosting buckthorn removal events to regain space overtaken by the invasive species. The goal is to replace the buckthorn thickets with a native plant garden on the southeast shore of Grass Lake during the 2026 growing season and learn how to improve, maintain, and expand natural habitat.
To help meet this goal, we’re asking for assistance from the larger community to help grow native plants for the garden. Participants should plan to plant at least 10 small containers (think half-gallon of milk or equivalent) for the Grass Lake Native Garden. Thanks to the generosity of the MN Seed Project there will be ample seed available and participants are welcome to plant more containers for their home gardens too. (Many thanks to Stephanie Hankerson!)
Things to bring if possible:
- Clean milk jugs, salad boxes with lids, or other small plastic containers
- A small bag of potting soil
- A box to carry your containers home
