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Wright County Horticultural Society
Join our garden club, where gardening enthusiasts gather for expert speakers, advice, plant sales, tours, and more.
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About Our Garden Club
Who We Are
The Wright County Horticultural Society is a garden club based in Buffalo, Minnesota, established in 1978. We unite gardening enthusiasts of all ages who are passionate about nurturing plants and enhancing horticulture within our community. For instance, we received valuable horticulture advice on how to grow vegetables in straw bales from the expert gardener who developed this method (Joel Karsten). In this picture, one of our members celebrated a fantastic harvest as her squash flourished all over the yard!
Meetings
We meet monthly from March to December, typically at Buffalo Covenant Church (though we are not a religious organization). Our garden club is dedicated to sharing knowledge of horticulture and new gardening techniques among gardening enthusiasts. We organize the club projects, such as our popular plant sales, and decide on upcoming expert speakers for our meetings. In December, we come together for a festive holiday potluck for our members. Meetings, including those with expert speakers, the plant sale, and the holiday party, are generally held at the church, while our garden tours take place at locations throughout Wright County and Minnesota.
Yearly Schedule (see our Events Page for updates & details):
- - March Meeting on the second Monday of the month.
- - April Meeting on the second Monday.
- - May Plant Sale on a Saturday morning TBD.
- - June Garden Tour date TBD.
- - July Garden Tour date TBD.
- - August Speaker on the second Monday.
- - September Speaker on the second Monday.
- - October Speaker (usually Stan Tekiela) on the second Monday.
- - November Speaker on the second Monday.
- - December Holiday Party & Potluck on the second Monday.
Speakers
At our garden club, we host expert speakers to share the latest techniques in gardening and provide valuable horticulture advice. Our sessions have covered a variety of topics for gardening enthusiasts, including effective techniques to preserve your fall harvest by drying and canning vegetables. straw bale gardens with Joel Karsten, bee keeping with Gregg Hermerding and John Jarvela, maple syrup production by St. Johns University, organic beef farming from Thousand Hills, and animal biology presented by naturalist Stan Tekiela. In this picture, Kristina Kjellberg from the University of Minnesota. taught us how to put the garden to bed for the winter. If you would like to suggest an expert speaker or offer a presentation to our club, please reach out.
Garden Tours
In the summer, our garden club travels around Wright County and Minnesota to explore beautiful gardens. Our members, who are true gardening enthusiasts, may host visitors at their homes, or we may organize trips to public gardens (you must be a member and contact us to get the date and address). In this picture, we visited Bettie Ann at Rice Creek Gardens in Fridley, MN. She is a commercial grower specializing in cold-hardy plants, like rhododendrons, and offers valuable horticulture advice. If you would like to attend a garden tour or know of a garden you'd like to visit, please reach out.
Plant Sale on May 16, 2026
Start your garden in Buffalo! To raise money for our garden club, we host a plant sale in May, typically on a Saturday morning. This event is open to the public, making it a great opportunity for gardening enthusiasts to buy plants and meet fellow garden friends. Pay by cash or check. Download the flyer below. Members contribute to the sale by donating plants, extra tools, pots, and other garden supplies. Our members set up tables and manage the cash register. For more info and to get involved, please reach out.
Trade supplies
Supplies
Do you have any extra garden supplies you'd like to part with? Whether it's tools, bulbs, seeds, plants, or pots that you're not using, please bring them to a garden club meeting. This is a great opportunity for gardening enthusiasts to share resources and pass along items to fellow members.
Bring a Friend
Bring a friend to a garden club meeting and save on membership while enjoying expert speakers and valuable horticulture advice. It's a great opportunity for gardening enthusiasts to connect and participate in plant sales.
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