Climate Resilient Gardening

Updated 1/2024

This class provides information about the ways that our local climate is changing and how that will affect Minnesota gardens. Participants will learn about what to expect and how to adapt to grow a more resilient landscape.

This class topic is part of the Climate Change priority of the Master Gardener program. 

If you enjoyed this class, please join us for another. Current and upcoming classes are posted on our website. 

Class Handouts

• Slide Presentation (Slide print-out)

• Participant Class Handout

Related Handouts

• What Climate Change Means for Minnesota (US EPA)

• Home Yard & Garden Microclimate Evaluation Form (University of California Extension, Marin)

• Mulch for Vegetable Gardens (University of Georgia Extension)

• Fruit Tree Temperature-Risks Chart (Michigan State University Extension)

• Benefits of Native Plants (DuPage County Stormwater Management) (image below)

• "Plants Do That" (National Institute for Consumer Horticulture) (image below)

• The Best Plants For 30 Tough Sites (University of Minnesota Extension)

• Best Yard Trees For Climate Change (MN DNR)

• Flood Information for Weather-Ready Landscapes (University of Nebraska Extension)

Online Resources

​PRO-TIP: Google “site:edu climate change” (or site:gov) for research-based advice 

• Understanding Earth's Climate (University of Minnesota Extension)

• University of Minnesota Soil Testing Laboratory 

• Minnesota Phenology Network

• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Climatology Office

• Minnesota State Climatology Office

• Minnesota Department of Agriculture Arrest the Pest

• Tree Selection, Planting & Care Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

• Climate-ready trees for MN (University of Minnesota Extension)

• Ask A Master Gardener

Benefits of Native Plants (DuPage County Stormwater Management)

"Plants Do That" (National Institute for Consumer Horticulture)