Explore Your Best of Maple Grove 2025 Winners
Meet the créme de la créme in our annual Readers’ Choice Poll. As the days stretch longer and the sun shines brighter, it’s the perfect time to...
Dip Into Tasty Summer Spread Recipes
Brighten up gatherings with fresh takes on appetizing spreads. If there’s one thing Minnesotans do best, it’s summer get-togethers. Whether your...
Focus on Maple Grove 2025 Is Now Open for Submissions
Our annual photo contest is a few clicks away. Each July, we invite readers to share fresh perspectives of Maple Grove through our annual Focus on...
Your Wedding, Our Pages
Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life—filled with romance, the love of family and friends and, of course, all those wonderful,...
Shop Local
Lynde Greenhouse & Nursery
Lynde Greenhouse & Nursery has been owned and operated by five generations of the Lynde family. We first started producing plants and vegetables in Golden Valley around 1900 and found a niche in growing and selling flowers after WWI. In 1971 we moved to our current location in Maple Grove. In 1982, Ed Lynde opened the original retail Garden Center, which is now a growing space we call old retail. The retail portion did so well a bigger and better retail Garden Center was built in 1989, which is the one our customers shop in today. As the business continued to grow the labor also...
Noteworthy
The Best of Maple Grove, Historically Speaking
Every season brings out the Best of Maple Grove. We take pride in being a place for families to thrive ... and we always have! Here are some places...
The Hottest Style Trends of 2025
This year, Maple Grove’s fashion scene is buzzing with the best of the best! Here are my top five Pineapple Picks for your wardrobe. Espresso: This...
Enjoy Our Most Beloved Stories
In this edition highlighting the Best of Maple Grove, here are the some of the most memorable and the top-clicked headlines. Maple Grove High School...
“Pack Light: A Journey to Find Myself”
In Pack Light: A Journey to Find Myself, author Shilletha Curtis traces her Appalachian Trail thru-hike from Georgia to Maine while facing her...
Events
Chalk Paint Workshop 101
Whether you're thinking of painting a piece of furniture, or just looking to learn, this paint workshop dives into the basics of using Annie Sloan...
Roller Skating at Central Park
Bring your own skates (inline or roller) or borrow ours. Over 200 pairs of roller skates are available in different sizes—completely free.
Maple Grove Ambassador Coronation
You are invited to attend the crowning of the next generation of Maple Grove Ambassadors. Come celebrate the accomplishments of the 2024...
Jim Deane Rice Lake Run
Register now for the 28th annual Jim Deane Rice Lake Run. Held each year during Maple Grove Days, this annual 3.7 mile race loops around Rice Lake...
Big Truck Show
At the Big Truck Show, kids of all ages can climb, explore, and experience all the sights and sounds on a wide variety of vehicles. The outdoor...
In This Issue
Welcome to the July/August 2025 Issue
Summertime brings out the best of the best, don’t you think? Readers, it’s a sweet treat to bring you the créme de la créme in our Best of Maple Grove 2025—and we have it all, including your picks...
The Best of Maple Grove, Historically Speaking
Every season brings out the Best of Maple Grove. We take pride in being a place for families to thrive ... and we always have! Here are some places where you can learn more about the history of our...
Author Zia McNeal’s Book Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
Books transport readers to different lifestyles, time periods or, for local author Zia McNeal, across continents. Her novel, Number Eleven, tells a riveting story—inspired by her mother and father,...
Explore Your Best of Maple Grove 2025 Winners
Meet the créme de la créme in our annual Readers’ Choice Poll. As the days stretch longer and the sun shines brighter, it’s the perfect time to celebrate what makes this season unforgettable. Just...
Save the Date To Skate at the Central Park Loop
Central Park opens its skating loop for another summer of fun. Are you looking for a fun way to get some exercise this summer? The Central Park roller skating loop is here to deliver. Sitting at...
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