Landscape Revival – Summary

Landscape Revival Recap

June 6, 2026

Colleen Swedberg, LR Coordinator

The June 6, 2026, Landscape Revival event saw approximately 1,175 attendees and positive engagement, featuring new exhibitors and strong vendor participation from across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Survey results indicated high venue satisfaction, with milkweed, grasses, and leadplant among the top purchases, and a need for a larger native plant inventory to meet demand.

• Attendance continues to be very good.  There were approximately 1,175 in attendance, and of those, approximately 285 went inside to visit the Exhibitors.  These numbers were slightly down from last year but still very good. (Weather was good – a little warm in the sun, but had a nice breeze).  Economic uncertainty could be affecting people’s actions.
• Although this year we didn’t ask where the customers lived in our survey we found out just by talking to them.  I found out one couple came from Grand Marais and another from Brainard. Other people came from Minnetonka and New Richmond, WI.  People came from all over MN & WI.  That shows how important this event is to the community.
• We had a couple of new Exhibitors – Bird City of Stillwater and Scrap Recycle of Ramsey & Washington County.
• This year St Paul Bird Alliance was able to rejoin us.  They had not been able to join us for the previous couple of years.  Neil Carlson did a great job hosting that table.  He brought a powerful ultraviolet light and different-colored rocks to show which colors some birds see.  It was GREAT!

In summary, a special thanks to the St Paul Bird Alliance for the grant given to Landscape Revival.  Between the grant money and the grower/vendor fees, the money was spent on paying for the postcards, Facebook blasts, weights for the canopies (instead of using buckets of water), and an additional 6’ folding table.

This does not include the money that Jeff and I continue to donate for the volunteer food truck lunches and the waters & protein/granola bars in the coolers for the Exhibitors, Growers & Volunteers.

Overall, it was another successful year.  Many thanks to all the growers/vendors, the LR Committee Members,  Exhibitors, and Volunteers that participated!

Photo Evan-Barrientos