Become a Friend
Want to attend interesting talks on a variety of subjects? Be invited to special events? Get all this and help support the Andersen Horticultural Library too! Become a friend of the Andersen Horticultural Library, open to all interested members of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. See below for a listing of events.
Join the Friends online today! Annual dues for the Friends of the Andersen Horticultural Library are $15 for a household.
You may also join by completing and mailing the registration form.
Benefits include:
- Twice a year newsletter (Spring and Fall) with articles of interest, communications for the Friends, and a calendar of events.
- Early access to the annual fall Friends book sale that raises funds for acquisition of rare books, antique catalogs, and other items for the Library.
- A minimum of five programs annually with speakers on a variety of subjects related to natural history, horticulture, or libraries.
2018 Friends Events:
Only friends and their guests may attend these events unless otherwise stated.
April 23, 2018, 1:00pm
Quarterly Meeting, Snyder Auditorium
Dr. Malcolm & Rosemary MacFarlane, Hunting for Rare Plants of MN
June 11, 2018, 11:30-1:00pm
Annual Members Luncheon
Joyce Sidman, Maria Sibylla Merian: Changing Science with Art & Observations of Butterfly Life Cycles
July 23, 2018, 1:00pm
Quarterly Meeting, Snyder Auditorium
L. Peter MacDonagh, The New Plant Frontier of Extensive Green Roofs: What, Where, When, Why, and How
September 27, 2018, 3:30pm - 6:00pm
Annual Book Sale – Preview Sale - MacMillan Auditorium
For Friends of the Andersen Horticultural Library members and Arboretum staff only
Preview Sale is not open to the public
Preview Sale is not open to book re-sellers
September 28 - 30, 2018, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Annual Book Sale, MacMillan Auditorium
Open to the Public
October 22, 2018, 1:00pm
Quarterly Meeting, Snyder Auditorium
John & Jenny Thull, Growing Heirloom Pumpkins, Squashes, and Gourds
