221 Past Events at Minnetrista Museum & Gardens

Join your family and friends for Farmers Market at Minnetrista! It’s here you can connect with vendors to discover fresh produce and plants. Don’t forget to stop in The Orchard Shop during your next visit.

Join the Minnetrista Horticulture team for a special volunteer day to help maintain and further our lively gardens! Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn and grow in their knowledge of the garden cultivation alongside helpful professionals. Whether cleaning and preparing soil for future seeds or digging and planting, there’s always plenty of work to be done!

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mary Zwickl at mzwickl@minnetrista.net.

Celebrate America’s independence with lively music, bright fireworks, and an evening of fun at Minnetrista!

Join your family and friends for Farmers Market at Minnetrista! It’s here you can connect with vendors to discover fresh produce and plants. Don’t forget to stop in The Orchard Shop during your next visit.

Join your family and friends for Farmers Market at Minnetrista! It’s here you can connect with vendors to discover fresh produce and plants. Don’t forget to stop in The Orchard Shop during your next visit.

July 15–19 & 22

Application Deadline: July 7

Inviting our older faerie friends to join us for a week of enchanted excitement! During Faerie Ambassador, you’ll make new friends, partake in exciting activities, and receive a behind the scenes look at how Minnetrista welcomes the faeries every year. In addition to the daily activities and fun, each Faerie Ambassador will learn about the development and be a part of the production of Minnetrista’s Faeries, Sprites and Lights! Faerie Ambassadors will also operate as a full-fledged volunteer at one evening of the Faeries, Sprites, and Lights event. Faerie Ambassadors is for children ages 11–15.

Faerie Ambassadors is accepting applications through July 7, apply today to be considered!

Join your family and friends for Farmers Market at Minnetrista! It’s here you can connect with vendors to discover fresh produce and plants. Don’t forget to stop in The Orchard Shop during your next visit.

Registration deadline: July 18

Arts and crafts have never been so fun! Create a magical home for your faerie friends in an imaginative, family workshop. Using an array of bright colors, patterns, and textures, you can create a one-of-a-kind, wonderland masterpiece that will be displayed for all to see at Faeries, Sprites, & Lights. Don’t forget to meet a faerie character while you’re here.

Imagine and play in a magical faerie wonderland! Enter Minnetrista’s enchanted Oakhurst Gardens and experience crafts, music, dancing, and much more. Enjoy an event for the whole family.

Treat your faerie princess to an afternoon of pampering and glittery fun with a professional stylist! Your child will sparkle as she is transformed in true faerie fashion—with custom hair, shimmering makeup, bright nail art, and all the magic needed for an evening of wonder and enchantment. In partnership with: Amber’s Beauty School

Imagine and play in a magical faerie wonderland! Enter Minnetrista’s enchanted Oakhurst Gardens and experience crafts, music, dancing, and much more. Enjoy an event for the whole family.

Join your family and friends for Farmers Market at Minnetrista! It’s here you can connect with vendors to discover fresh produce and plants. Don’t forget to stop in The Orchard Shop during your next visit.

Registration deadline: July 25

Enjoy a tea party — faerie style! Here you can imagine the faeries in the same setting as the Ball children did. Enjoy teatime, hors d’oeuvres, and fun activities with fellow faeries at Minnetrista. Children must register with an adult.            

Imagine and play in a magical faerie wonderland! Enter Minnetrista’s enchanted Oakhurst Gardens and experience crafts, music, dancing, and much more. Enjoy an event for the whole family.

Join your family and friends for Farmers Market at Minnetrista! It’s here you can connect with vendors to discover fresh produce and plants. Don’t forget to stop in The Orchard Shop during your next visit.

Join the Minnetrista Horticulture team for a special volunteer day to help maintain and further our lively gardens! Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn and grow in their knowledge of the garden cultivation alongside helpful professionals. Whether cleaning and preparing soil for future seeds or digging and planting, there’s always plenty of work to be done!

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Mary Zwickl at mzwickl@minnetrista.net.

Registration Deadline: August 1

Brighten up your summer windows with a one-of-a-kind, stained glass sun-catcher! In this workshop you will choose from a variety of patterns and glass to create a fun and attractive beach themed sun catches. We’ll teach you how to cut, solder, and grind your very own, beautiful piece of art to display with pride. All tools, supplies, and safety gear will be provided.

Join your family and friends for Farmers Market at Minnetrista! It’s here you can connect with vendors to discover fresh produce and plants. Don’t forget to stop in The Orchard Shop during your next visit.

Come learn about bee keeping, pollination, and the complicated lives of bees from guest presenters visiting from the Bastin Honey Bee Farm! Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and tea while observing a demonstration hive in action.