home & garden
Minneapolis couple double down on Uptown with condo renovation: 'We wanted to stay'
A couple maximized the floor plan and incorporated finishes that better express their style in their beloved condo on the Midtown Greenway.
Home listings: What $565,000 buys you in the Twin Cities area
What you get for the money in Edina, Minneapolis and Cottage Grove.
Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck lists 'resort-style' Edina home for $3.9 million
The award-winning house was built in a French European-meets-California modern style.
Plant sales: A perennial favorite for great bargains and great gardening advice
From local gardening groups to school fundraising clubs, organizers are gearing up to bring a stockpile of plants to a community near you.
Fewer loon chicks surviving due to climate change, researchers say
Increased rainfall is decreasing water clarity, making it harder to find food for chicks.
New book helps you know your flycatchers
Three of Minnesota's common flycatchers are in the field guide.
Event will celebrate 20 years of Home of the Month contest and offer peek at top residential projects
An upcoming event will offer a peek inside top residential designs and a chance to ask architects and homeowners questions.
Elegant condo in former Minnetonka office building could be yours for $379,900
Updated condo has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 6-foot-tall windows with views.
Over 27 years, couple have renovated Hopkins 'three-chimney house' built by Gluek family in 1939
Colonial that once belonged to famed Minnesota brewing family has been updated but retains its old New England aesthetic.
Home listings: What $455,000 buys you in the Twin Cities area
What you get for the money in Shakopee, Farmington and Oak Park Heights.
St. Cloud house vies for Ugliest House in America
The Minnesota house will be featured in Season 5 of the HGTV series, which debuts on Monday.
6 ways to attract birds to your backyard
It's easy to make your yard a bird oasis.
Six changes to make your backyard greener life while reducing your carbon footprint
Plant a tree. Or four. And ornamental grasses can absorb three times as much CO2 as a typical lawn.
How to solar power your home to lower your carbon footprint
There are more options for boosting solar power at home than you might think, including installing rooftop solar, subscribing to a community garden or simply paying extra to your utility.
Replacing water heaters with heat pumps can help the environment, and get you a tax credit
Tax credits and subsidies are available for this lesser known appliance.
Minnesota's only Alcoa aluminum home hits the market at $925,000
Built in 1958 by the Aluminum Company of America and designed by renowned architect Charles M. Goodman, the "modernist time capsule" in St. Louis Park is one of only 24 Alcoa Care-free Homes in the U.S.
See a modern ADU carriage house in St. Paul as part of the MSP Home Tour
ADU in St. Anthony Park accommodates guests, hobbies and even a few Zoom calls.
Home listings: What $330,000 buys in the Twin Cities area
What you get for the money in Champlin, Minneapolis and Inver Grove Heights.
Stuck on spring cleaning? Twin Cities organizing expert shares tips
Cori McDougald has decluttered hundreds of houses in the Twin Cities and has tips on how to make organizing your house less daunting.
That's no eagle: Turkey vultures are the other large birds soaring above
They tilt or rock their 6-foot wingspan as they fly with their wings in a V pattern.