Photo ofThe Harris family at John S. Harris Memorial Park in La Crescent, Minnesota. John Harris was an early apple grower and the first president of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society.
Proclamation of Horticulture Awareness Week inJune of 1983. Seated is Gov Rudy Perpich . Standing L-R, Fred Glasoe, Charlie King, Lee Shannon, Glenn Ray (Exec Secretary), Lee Hallgren (President), Bob Churilla, Ray Swanson.
Proclamation of Horticulture Awareness Week in May of 1982. Seated is Gov Al Quie and unknown man. Standing L-R, Lee Hallgren (President), Elsie Wieser, Thor Aamodt, Fred Glasoe, Glenn Ray (Executive Secretary).
Mennonite homestead with lean-to, shed and barn attached to house. Originally the home of Gerhard Dicks, immigrants from Pordenau, South Russia. Built in 1884 the house was restored and moved to the Heritage Villiage in Mountain Lake.
Photo of Minnesota horticulturist, gardening expert and radio host Fred Glasoe. He was president of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society 1984-1985.
Fred Glasoe, prominent Minnesota horticulturist, teacher, and host of the Home and Garden radio show on KSTP, stading among dahlias. He was president of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society in 1984-1985. .
Frank and Mary Connelly Vegetable and Fruit stand, Highway 13 and 12th Avenue, Burnsville Minnesota. The family farm was homesteaded by his great grandparents James and Mary Connelly in the 1850s.
Lloyd Bachman, right, vice president of Bachman's, was honored by the University of Minnesota's Advisory Council to the Institute of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics for his service to the council from 1958 through 1977. He is presented here with a merit award for his service by Leslie Peterson, chairman of the advisory group. Bachman ser4ved as chair of the group in 1970 and 1971 and as a representative to the Minnesota State Horticultural Society during his 19 years on the council.
Photograph of the governor signing the Dutch Elm Disease bill in 1977 with the Shade Tree Advisory Committee. Gov Rudy Perpich in the center, Glenn Roy at right, 4th from right is Ken Simons, seated left, Don Willekie.
Displays at the Minnesota State Horticultural Society annual meeting at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota. Left to right are Jerry Shannon, Don Miller, Elsie Miller, JoAnne Ray, Chris Ray, Andrew Ray
Bicentennial quilt made by Garden Club members of the First District. There are 29 squares representing the garden clubs with the First District represented by the square with the ""76"". TA drawing for the quilt was held at the First District Horticultural Society Panorama Flower Show at the Mayo Auditorium in September, 1976.
A farm building at the Walter and Rose Kennelly farm. This farm later belonged to Joe Kennelly. Located on Highway 13 in Burnsville, it stood 1905 - 1994.
Science Specialist Judy Klatt with students in courtyard of Maxfield Elementary School, St Paul. Studentts are examining a Spirea japonica Little Princess shrub.
Harold Nelson, Member of the Minnesota Dahlia Society and superintendent of the flower division at the Minnesota State Fair admiring his dahlia display. He has been cultivating dahlias since 1931 and maintains that growing them is habit forming.
Built in 1880 the Savage Minnesota Railroad Depot closed in 1970. During 1973 the Depot, without the outhouse, was purchased and moved to Murphy's Landing in Shakopee Minnesota. In 2005 the City of Savage, Minnesota repurchased the building and returned it to Savage's Town Square, across the road from its original location. Del Stelling worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer, covering Savage, Burnsville, Eagan and other areas of Dakota County, Minnesota from 1959 - 1984.
Dr. Leon Snyder receiving the Gold Medal for Outstanding Horticultural Achievement from William Hull, president of the Men's Garden Clubs of America and past president of the Men's Garden Club of Minneapolis.