Flowers return to Minnesota Street
NEW ULM – Downtown New Ulm is getting more colorful as the flowers start going up on Minnesota Street.
Wednesday morning, Spencer Hammer, Roberto Gonzalez and Brian Guttum hung 120 flower baskets from light posts on Minnesota Street. The flower baskets are the first wave of flowers. Thursday afternoon volunteers will finish planting flowers in 101 flower beds throughout downtown. All of the flowers used in the basket and planters come from Hacker’s Tree Farm & Greenhouse.
The cost of the flowers is covered by Minnesota Valley Funeral Home and New Ulm Monument. Minnesota Valley Funeral Home General Manager Eric Warmka said each of the flower basket and flower beds serves as a living memorial for those who died in 2024. Each basket and flower pot includes a stake with a name and were served by the funeral home.
The downtown flower tradition, meant to add color and beauty to downtown, has continued since the mid 1990s. The flowers will remain outside through September or as long as they last.
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- Roberto Gonzalez with Hacker’s Tree Farm & Greenhouse hangs a flower basket from a Minnesota Street lamp post.
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- Roberto Gonzalez (right), Brian Guttum (center) and Spencer Hammer (left) of Hacker’s Tree Farm & Greenhouse hang flower baskets from Minnesota Street lampposts Wednesday morning. The trio hung a total of 120 baskets. Thursday, more volunteers will help filled the downtown flower pots. The downtown flowers have been a summer tradition in New Ulm since the mid 90s.
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- Around 120 flower baskets were hung from Minnesota Street light posts Wednesday morning. Thursday, the 101 downtown flower pots and flower beds will also filled with flowers.
