Fall Into Winter

Updated 1/2024

Learn about how to put your garden to bed in this class, which provides information about what to do for your garden and landscape between September and February. This class topic is part of the Horticultural Skills 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

• Create a Habitat for Stem-Nesting Native Bees (Heather Holm)

• Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors (Rutgers: State University of New Jersey)

• Planting and Harvesting Times for Garden Vegetables (Iowa State University Extension & Outreach)

• Cover Crops (University of Georgia Extension)

• Seed Saving Guide (Seed Savers Exchange)

• Houseplant Care (Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension)

• How to Plant a Containerized Tree (MN DNR)

• How to Plant a Bareroot Tree (MN DNR)

• How to Plant a Balled-and-Burlapped Tree (MN DNR)

• Dividing Perennials (University of Minnesota Extension)

Online Resources

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

General Resources

• Yard & Garden (University of Minnesota Extension) 

• Ask An Expert (University of Minnesota Extension) 

• Soil Testing Laboratory (University of Minnesota Extension) 

• Ramsey County Yard Waste Sites

• WCCO Smart Gardens show/podcast

Topic Specific

• Food Preservation Methods (University of Minnesota Extension)

• Fall lawn care (University of Minnesota Extension)

• New Bee Lawns (University of Minnesota Extension)

• Cover crops and green manures in home gardens (University of Minnesota Extension)

• Seed Saving Basics (Oregon State University Extension) 

• Clean and disinfect gardening tools and containers (University of Minnesota Extension)

• Growing Indoor Plants with Success (University of Georgia Extension)

• Dividing Perennial Plants (University of Minnesota Extension)

• Fall Cleanup for Pollinators (University of Minnesota Extension)