“ I am blessed to have everything I need , so supporting the society is my way of passing on my sound fortune , ” says Susan Peterson , MSHS member .
Susan empathize residential area in want . After retire from teaching for 42 years in 2011 , she returned as a substitute instructor for theAnoka - Hennepin School System , the State Department ’s prominent . “ I taught many depressed - income kid in this school system — too many . Everyone merit a fortune at success . ”
horticulture is Susan ’s passion , so she is dedicate to providing gardening opportunities to underserved children and families . “ I be intimate theGarden - in - a - Box program , ” she says . “ Gardening bring so much delight . ”
Susan Peterson’s front yard is decorative and pollinator friendly.
Growing Up Gardening
Susan grew up in Golden Valley but learned to garden at her grandmother ’s Northeast Minneapolis house , where her granny ’s motto was “ vegetables in the backyard and flower in front . ” Her mother give notice the fruit and vegetables , which provided much of the fellowship ’s intellectual nourishment . Today , Susan and her hubby Pete are mixing veggies and flowers , front and backyard , at their home in Blaine and at a cabin in Annandale . “ I believe in no - money box gardening , growing edibles on a treillage to keep the cervid and rabbit out and using compost for the right termination , ” she allege .
After retiring from full - time teaching , Susan decided to build up on her gardening expertise and applied to become aUniversity of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener . “ I was always getting practiced advice from master gardeners so I settle to become one , ” she says . Two years later , she wanted to fall in a expectant horticulture residential district and was advised to become a member of the hort society for its educational offering and residential area connection .
“ I checked out the MSHS website and directly opine , ‘ these are my people ! ’ ” Susan quickly joined the MSHS Minnesota Green programme for its plant donations . “ I trust in dissemble positive alteration through combat-ready engagement so I ’m managing several public gardens underpin by this program , ” she say .
Giving Back
When things started fold down during the pandemic last yr , Susan and her husband decided to take the next step and let in the hort society in their estate plan and join the MSHSHeirloom Circle . She says that in cattiness of all the challenges with social distancing , MSHS continued to get its programs out into the horticulture community . “ Masks on and 6 metrical unit aside , they were there for gardener , ” she says . “ We joined the Heirloom Circle because the society connects people when they involve it most . ”
