You know you've put another long, cold Minnesota winter behind you when spring flowers start to pop up. These bright blooms never fail to put a smile on our real estate agents' faces, and they love watching them spring up around the areas where they work. Visit these five locations around Crookston to see some of these beautiful blossoms for yourself.  

• Main Street Courtyard - N Main Street, Crookston, MN 56716 
  Crookston's Main Street Courtyard offers residents a place to gather and enjoy the city's downtown amenities. Its tiered garden is overflowing with lush green plants and colorful flowers, including a few early bloomers. Take a minute to appreciate the lovely lilies during your next trip downtown, or take a seat in the tidy sitting area and appreciate the cozy atmosphere of the city alongside the blooms. Check back over the next few months to see more and more of the garden come to life.  
  
  
• Maplewood Park - 300 Gorgas Avenue, Crookston, MN 56716 
  Maplewood Park may not have many landscaped flowerbeds, but its sprawling acreage and close proximity to the rushing Red Lake River make it a great place for wildflowers to flourish. There's plenty of space to walk, play sports, or sit down for a picnic while you're hunting for spring flowers. Kayakers can use the park's kayak launch to get onto the water and search the riverbanks from a whole new vantage point. There's even a playground near the entrance where your kids can entertain themselves during your visit.  
  
  
• June Shaver Butterfly Garden - 2900 University Avenue, Crookston, MN 56716 
  The June Shaver Butterfly Garden sits in a quiet spot on the grounds of the University of Minnesota's Crookston campus. Maintained by the school's groundskeepers but open to the public, this space is devoted to growing plants and flowers that attract Minnesota's migrant butterfly population. Many of these plants bloom in the spring, including milkweed, coneflowers, and blazing stars. Stop by to see them in their full glory, and you might just catch a glimpse of some of the season's first butterflies, too.  
  
  
• Riverside Community Garden - 411 Riverside Street, Crookston, MN 56716 
  The Riverside Community Garden is a small but thriving green space tended by volunteers living near our Crookston homes for sale. Although most of the plots here are used to grow fruits and vegetables to feed people in the local area, one large space has been converted into a butterfly garden that contains many of the same plants as the larger Shaver Garden. If you've got a little extra time on your hands, there's also a small picnic table you can use to read, work, or enjoy a meal out in the spring sunshine.  
  
  
• Wildflower Garden – S Main Street, Crookston, MN 56716 
  Crookston's Wildflower Garden showcases the many beautiful blossoms that are native to this part of Minnesota, including spring bloomers like violets, buttercups, and marsh marigolds. The plot is allowed to grow with little interference from the volunteer gardeners who tend it, so the species on display vary from year to year. Check the location out to see what's growing this spring, and consider doing a little weeding while you're there to help the blossoms thrive.  

Crookston is full of picturesque natural spaces like these, and they're just as impressive when it's not springtime. Want to see what this area looks like during the rest of the year? Contact us today, and let our team help you find a cozy new home right here in the heart of Polk County.