Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Minnesota offers several home and garden shows throughout the state at different times of the year . Home and garden shows focus on home building, remodeling, landscaping and gardening for both homeowners and professionals. Each show is different in terms of vendors, seminars and geographical location.
Minneapolis offers two home and garden shows. The first, the Minnesota Home and Landscape Expo, occurs over two weekends in January at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. This expo showcases home building and remodeling products, plus landscaping, flooring, home security, roofing and decking projects. The second show is the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show, which stretches over five days in early to mid-March at the Minneapolis Convention Center. With more than 1,000 vendors and experts on home building, gardening, remodeling, home décor and landscaping, plus celebrity guests and contests, it is the largest home and garden show in Minnesota.
The Home and Patio Show takes place at River Centre in St. Paul, Minnesota’s capitol. This show, which is held over four days in mid-February, gives Minnesotans a chance to get inspired during the cold of winter. The show features how-to seminars for homeowners who want to do projects themselves, plus home improvement, energy conservation, gardening and other types of vendors.
Rochester, in the southern portion of the state, is home to the Rochester Area Builders Home Show. The show occurs in mid-February at the Mayo Civic Center and features several hundred exhibitors in the home building, remodeling, cabinetry, roofing and landscaping categories.
The St. Cloud Home Show is targeted at homeowners in the central part of the state. Held over a three-day weekend in March, the show includes all types of home and garden vendors, plus home seminars for both adults and kids.
South-central Minnesotans flock to the Verizon Wireless Center over three days in mid-March for the Southern Minnesota Home and Builders Show. Unlike other shows, which charge a nominal entry fee, this expo is free to the public.