Events & Seminars

• Why Choose Linder's Landscaping?

  

  Linder's Greenhouses, Inc. has served the Twin Cities for more than 100 years!  Linder's has a proven track record in quality and customer service and will be around in the future to further provide for their customers.
  
  Linder's full service Landscape Department can transform your yard into a true work of art.  Whether you are seeking:

  • Complete Design and Installation Services

  • Distinctive Landscape Designs

  • Professional Advice

  
  
  We will tailor our services to fit your needs.  Interested in reading more...
  
  Check out Linders Landscaping's website for more information or contact us by phone at 651-255-0443 or e-mail us at landscape@linders.com
  

  Posted on March 24, 2013

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• New Store Hours for Spring

  Our current store hours are:
  
  Monday-Friday         10:00 am - 6:00 pm
  Saturday                   9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  Sunday                    11:00 am - 5:00 pm

  
  Starting Tuesday, April 16^th, our will extend to:
  
  Monday-Friday       8:00 am - 8:00 pm
  Saturday                 8:00 am - 7:00 pm
  Sunday                   9:00 am - 6:00 pm

  
  

  Starting Saturday, April 27^th, our new spring hours will be:
  
  Monday-Friday       7:00 am - 8:00 pm
  Saturday                 7:00 am - 7:00 pm
  Sunday                   9:00 am - 6:00 pm

  Posted on March 20, 2013

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• The History of Valentine's Day

  So where did Valentine's Day originate?

  Is it a date promoted by the greeting card companies and florists to promote their products?

  The history of Valentines Day and its patron saints has long been a mystery. It seems to contain vestiges of both Christian and roman traditions.The Catholic Church recognizes three different Saint Valentine or 'Valentinus' all of whom were martyred. One of these legends supposes that Valentine was a priest serving in the third century in Rome. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers that married ones, with wives and children. He outlawed all marriages for young men that could one day become his potential soldiers. Valentine realized the injustice and continued to perform the marriages in secret. When Claudius discovered what Valentine was doing he ordered that he be imprisoned and, eventually, put to death.
  
  Another legend states that Valentine sent the first 'Valentine' greeting himself. It is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl while imprisoned. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he then signed 'From your Valentine', which is still in use today.
  
  Some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of the month of February to commemorate the death of Saint Valentine, around 270 A.D. Others claim that the Christian Church decided to celebrate 'Valentine's Feast Day' in the middle of February in order to conceal and 'Christianize' the celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival.
  
  It is believed that in ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was a time of purification. Houses were faithfully cleansed by sweeping and then sprinkled with salt and a type of wheat called 'spelt' throughout the interior. Lupercalia began February 15th as a fertility festival dedicated to 'Faunas', the roman god of agriculture, as well as the Roman founders Romulus and Remus. To begin the festival, the Lupercalia, an order of Roman priests, would gather in a cave, thought to be the sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus were brought up by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would then sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification. The priests would then cut the hides into strips, dipping them into the sacrificial blood and taking to the streets, gently slapping both women and the crops with the goat hides. This was a welcomed practice because the women believed it would make them more fertile during the year and a better prospect for marriage. Later in the evening, the women would put their names into an urn. The young bachelors would draw a name from the urn and become paired with the chosen name. These matches often ended in marriage. Years later, this lottery system was deemed un-Christian and was outlawed.
  
  The oldest known Valentine is dated around 1415. It was a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while imprisoned in the Tower of London. Years later, King Henry V hired a writer to compose a valentine note to Catherine of Valois. The practice of celebrating the season began around the seventeenth century. By the eighteen century it was common for friends and sweethearts to exchange small gifts of affection or written notes. By the end of the century, printed cards began to replace the handwritten ones.
  
  According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent out each year, making this holiday the second-largest card-sending holiday of the year (Christmas still remains #1).

  Posted on January 24, 2013

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