This article by Diane Duvall in the first place appeared in the November / December 2020 issuance ofNorthern Gardener .
“ I grew up in a greenhouse , ” tell new MSHS phallus , Max Twum . “ My mum used to wheel me around in a utility cart when she was working as a horticulturist at the University of Minnesota ’s Bio Sciences readiness . ”
Max ’s mom is Margaret Yeakel - Twum , who devote Max and his wife , Dana , anMSHS membershipin June 2020 after they bought a newfangled star sign . Their unexampled yard was a blank slate , filled with red mulch , so intake fromNorthern Gardenermagazine and Margaret ’s horticulture expertise were put to work on the property right away . “ We owned our theater for three day and she was quick to smarten up up the garden — I knew I had the ultimate expert , ” says Max .
Max Twum grew up in a greenhouse. Here he is with his mother Margaret Yaekel-Twum as an infant.
Max and Dana grew up gardening within a international nautical mile of each other — Max in Falcon Heights and Dana in Shoreview . Max would bait his bike to Dana ’s house where her parents always had a garden . “ We grew together as a family , ” enjoin Dana . “ I have warm memories of foot peppers , tomato plant and beans in the summer with my parents . ” Max and Margaret lived in an flat at the clock time , so they had a community garden plot of land atGibbs Farm . Max retrieve peck lettuce - snap peas in the evenings and helping his momma water system the garden . “ I was really more concerned in jumping in the clay piles that I would create with the hose , ” say Max .
Max and Dana worked together in the garden center atFrattallone ’s Ace Hardwarein high school . “ That ’s when we started dating , ” says Max . They were married in 2016 at theComo Conservatoryin St. Paul where Margaret worked for many years as the horticulturist for the topical exhibit . Max remembers Margaret farm the corpse flower at Como that garnered outside attention . “ That really got me excited about gardening . I intend , if my mummy can grow that flora , she can grow anything . ”
When Margaret Yeakel - Twum died short in September of this twelvemonth , Max and Dana decided to transfer Margaret ’s entire garden to their new house in Minneapolis .
Max and Dana (center) with his sister and mother at their wedding at the Como conservatory.
“ We have peonies , sedum , astilbe , clematis — a bounty of perennials , ” says Dana . They are also transport the two Tree that Margaret had planted in memory of Max ’s sister , Vanessa , who died earlier in 2020 . “ My mamma created this beautiful space for folk to gather . Transplanting her garden is really avail us aright now and a great way to honor her legacy , ” says Max .
Do you have it off a young gardener who would gain from a rank in MSHS ? The hort beau monde is offering$10 off giving membership through the end of the year .
