Welcome to the May/June 2026 Issue

Growing up, when my brother and I spent the weekend at my grandparents’ house, at least one morning started at dawn. My grandpa would take us out to...

Bisque Boutique Explores How To Plan a Summer Soirée

It’s the perfect time to deck out your patio (and wardrobe). When Mary Brueske plans a backyard fête, her gatherings follow one important rule:...

Retro style swimbaits from Throwback Baits

Landing the Big One With Throwback Baits

Throwback Baits carves out a unique niche in Maple Grove. For eight years, wedding photography paid the bills and kept a roof over Kyle Buchholz’s...

An Expert Weighs in on How To Cook Lobster

A Lunds & Byerlys chef details how to make heads or tails of cooking lobster. Lobster is a decadent ingredient that poses a quandary for some...

Aerial photo of Heritage Christian Academy

A Decade of Accreditation for Heritage Christian Academy

The Maple Grove school earns a distinctive merit award from Cognia. Adding to its longstanding legacy, Heritage Christian Academy (HCA) has exceeded...

Discover Your Best of Maple Grove 2026 Finalists

Maple Grove Magazine March/April 2026 Issue

Welcome to the March/April 2026 Issue

Beading was all the rage when I was in middle school, and I was by no means immune to the glittering trays of Czech glass, Swarovski crystals and...

Dan McAvey painted this en plein air landscape at the St. Paul-Changsha Friendship Garden in Phalen Regional Park.

Dan McAvey’s Brush With Nature

A landscape artist incorporates rest and healing into his paintings. Last summer, painter Dan McAvey spent a week deep in the Sax-Zim Bog, an...

After a series of popular performances, singer-songwriter Rebecca Aadland will return to Crooners Supper Club for a concert on April 9.

Rebecca Aadland Discusses Her Upcoming Third Album

Singer-songwriter Rebecca Aadland returns to the recording booth. Rebecca Aadland doesn’t just sing the songs she writes; she shares the life she’s...

Travel Through Taste With crème Cheesecakes

Try a slice of something new. When looking at a Basque-style cheesecake for the first time, you’d be forgiven for thinking the cake was a bit, well,...

Mariah and Tom Arko saw stormy skies melt into a golden sunset on their wedding day.

To Have and To Hold

A bridal couple gets their wedding wish. “It was a dark and stormy morning.” It isn’t a great start to a story, much less a wedding day, but it was...

Maple Grove Magazine January/February 2026 Issue

Welcome to the January/February 2026 Issue

Hello, neighbor! For the past four years as the editor of Plymouth Magazine, I’ve had the privilege of sharing stories about the social fabric that...

Brooke Vogt’s “something borrowed” was her floor-length veil, studded with pearls, which her friend had worn for her own wedding.

A Love Story Starts Its Next Chapter Back Where It All Began

When Brooke (née Rogers) and Nick Vogt traveled across the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on March 9, 2024, their path echoed that of their first...

Alongside the charcuterie cart, Aperitivo offers customizable cups for on-the-go snacking.

Aperitivo Designs Crowd-Pleasing Platters

Mobile charcuterie cart offers customized delectables. For Ashley Daniel, it’s been a long love affair with charcuterie. “My family lives in Europe,...

Welcome to the May/June 2026 Issue

Growing up, when my brother and I spent the weekend at my grandparents’ house, at least one morning started at dawn. My grandpa would take us out to...

Bisque Boutique Explores How To Plan a Summer Soirée

It’s the perfect time to deck out your patio (and wardrobe). When Mary Brueske plans a backyard fête, her gatherings follow one important rule:...

Landing the Big One With Throwback Baits

Throwback Baits carves out a unique niche in Maple Grove. For eight years, wedding photography paid the bills and kept a roof over Kyle Buchholz’s...

An Expert Weighs in on How To Cook Lobster

A Lunds & Byerlys chef details how to make heads or tails of cooking lobster. Lobster is a decadent ingredient that poses a quandary for some...

A Decade of Accreditation for Heritage Christian Academy

The Maple Grove school earns a distinctive merit award from Cognia. Adding to its longstanding legacy, Heritage Christian Academy (HCA) has exceeded...

Discover Your Best of Maple Grove 2026 Finalists

Welcome to the March/April 2026 Issue

Beading was all the rage when I was in middle school, and I was by no means immune to the glittering trays of Czech glass, Swarovski crystals and...

Dan McAvey’s Brush With Nature

A landscape artist incorporates rest and healing into his paintings. Last summer, painter Dan McAvey spent a week deep in the Sax-Zim Bog, an...

Rebecca Aadland Discusses Her Upcoming Third Album

Singer-songwriter Rebecca Aadland returns to the recording booth. Rebecca Aadland doesn’t just sing the songs she writes; she shares the life she’s...

Travel Through Taste With crème Cheesecakes

Try a slice of something new. When looking at a Basque-style cheesecake for the first time, you’d be forgiven for thinking the cake was a bit, well,...

To Have and To Hold

A bridal couple gets their wedding wish. “It was a dark and stormy morning.” It isn’t a great start to a story, much less a wedding day, but it was...

Welcome to the January/February 2026 Issue

Hello, neighbor! For the past four years as the editor of Plymouth Magazine, I’ve had the privilege of sharing stories about the social fabric that...

A Love Story Starts Its Next Chapter Back Where It All Began

When Brooke (née Rogers) and Nick Vogt traveled across the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on March 9, 2024, their path echoed that of their first...

Aperitivo Designs Crowd-Pleasing Platters

Mobile charcuterie cart offers customized delectables. For Ashley Daniel, it’s been a long love affair with charcuterie. “My family lives in Europe,...

Sniffspot Offers Local Dog Owners Extended Outing Options

Outdoors, Pets, Travel

Keeping dogs entertained can expand beyond running zoomies around the kitchen table or taking leashed loops around the neighborhood. Sniffspot is to...

Celebrate National Lobster Day With This Mac & Cheese Recipe

Ingredients, Recipes

Anthony Leonhardi, Lunds & Byerlys executive chef of product research and development, shared his advice for how to pick, store and cook...

Your Wedding, Our Pages

Noteworthy, Weddings

This beautiful time of year brings coral bells and wedding bells! And, as you know, every wedding celebration starts with a special announcement. We...

Spring Woodland Garden

Photo Contest

Photographer Tracy Walsh says she loves the colors and shapes of the Jack-in-the-pulpits and bleeding heart flowers in her award-winning photograph...

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Discover a “Garden Wonderland”

Book Club, Garden, Noteworthy

Learn how to create a garden that nurtures community and self by incorporating personal and edible elements into your landscape. Garden Wonderland...

The History of Three Maple Grove Lakes

History, Noteworthy, Outdoors

If lakes could talk, what stories would Maple Grove’s lakes tell? Eagle Lake, with a maximum depth of 37 feet and a span of 285 acres, once had...

Your Wedding, Our Pages

Noteworthy, Weddings

This beautiful time of year brings coral bells and wedding bells! And, as you know, every wedding celebration starts with a special announcement. We...

“So We Meet Again”

Book Club, Noteworthy

Jessie Kim has reached a low point in her life. Laid off from a high-powered Wall Street bank, despite her skills and hard work, she returns home to...