Home + Garden Show
If you can't make it to the Minneapolis Home + Garden Show this weekend, the show continues next weekend, featuring hundreds of exhibits, stage presentations by national and local experts, an "Innovation Avenue" showcasing new products, an eco-friendly Idea Home and a Tiny House Village. Hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 28, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 4, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 5 and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 6. Tickets are $14 at the door, $12 online (homeandgardenshow.com), $4 for ages 6-12; Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Av. S., Mpls.
Free garden seminars
Get ready for the growing season ahead. Gertens is offering eight free seminars, plus a greenhouse tour, as part of Super Seminar Saturday on March 5. The lineup includes: "Growing Gorgeous Hydrangeas" at 9 a.m., "Seed-Starting" at 10 a.m., "DIY Walls, Firepits and Pavers" at 11 a.m., "Jump Start Spring Bulbs" at noon, "Edible Landscape" at 12:30 p.m., "Attracting Songbirds" at 1:30 p.m., "Improve Your Garden Soil" at 2 p.m. and "Wildlife in the Landscape" at 2:30 p.m. Registration is requested at gertens.com/events. Gertens is located at 5500 Blaine Av., Inver Grove Heights.
Orchids at the Arb
More than 2,000 exotic orchids, including an 8-foot waterfall of flowers, are in bloom at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The Orchid Society display, "Timeless Beauty," continues through March 6, followed by a clearance sale of more than 1,000 orchids from the display, priced at $10 each. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 8. Admission is $12 (free for members), 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska.
KIM PALMER
Fast-paced flips
Houses in Minneapolis and St. Paul are the stars of HGTV's new series "Five Day Flip." You might just recognize a property in your neighborhood. Cherie Barber, the host and renovator, and her crew reinvent outdated dwellings with cosmetic upgrades and other high-impact improvements in just five days. To save time and cost, she refinishes and reuses hardwood floors, vintage wood trim and light fixtures. "Five Day Flip" also offers staging tips from the Eden Prairie business Showhomes as Barber prepares the properties to list for sale. In "Adding Room, Designer Details," Barber turns a cramped 1970s kitchen in St. Paul into a soapstone-clad cook's dream, 10 p.m. March 3. "Luxury Finishes a Family Home" shows how Barber creates a modern marble kitchen and restyles an outdated fireplace in a four-level Minneapolis home, 10 p.m. March 10. Go to hgtv.com for a schedule of repeated episodes.
LYNN UNDERWOOD
