Excerpt from GardenGate.com by Garden Gate Staff Shrubs add color and structure to any bed or border — especially in spring. And they’re a great choice if you don’t have a lot of room in your yard but still want the height and architectural interest a tree provides. Even though many spring-blooming shrubs put on …
Annual Meeting: Rescheduled!
Due to COVID-19, the KGC Annual Meeting has been changed to August 11th.
Flower Show Postponed!
Due to COVID-19, the Flower Show has bee n postponed to 2021. More details when they are available.
Seeking volunteers for Selling Tools at Events
Contact Bunny LaDuke if you can volunteer at rhladuke@aol.com Kalamazoo Home & Garden Show, County Expo Center, March 13-15 (9 am-9 pm) Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale, County Expo Center, May 15 (9 am-6 pm), May 16 (9 am-3 pm). Carts to haul merchandise & carry-out provided. MGC State Conference at Crowne Plaza, Lansing, June …
Save the Dates!
Flower Show School, Course 1, Petosky April 14-15 (8 am-5 pm). CANCELLED Landscape Design School Course III, Grand Haven, April 20-21 (8 am-5 pm) CANCELLED District III, IV Leadership Meeting, April 23 (8 am-5 pm) CANCELLED Environmental School Course III, Midland, April 28-29 (8:30 am-4:30 pm) This is a stand alone course so participant doesn’t …
Giant Swallowtail
Scientific name: Papillo cresphontesHigher classification: SwallowtailPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaFamily: PapillonidaeOrder: Lepidoptera One afternoon last summer, this large butterfly visited us just outside our kitchen window at our farm in Gobles. I cannot describe the delight of my 95 year old mother who was the first to spot it from her chair next to the window! Neither …
Harding’s Winner
Three Surprising Solutions to Climate Change
August Environment Report by Denise Clegg In a June 2019 article in Forbes Magazine with the above name, author Jeff McMahon discusses three unusual ways to affect climate change. His source is Project Drawdown a world-class research and communication organization which serves as a non-partisan, noncommercial, highly trusted source of solutions to reverse global warming. …
Floral Design Tips Learned at the 2019 MGC Convention
by Jeanette Meyer Garden Council members I learned some fun and helpful hints from one of the speakers, William Santos, who is owner of Monarch Garden & Floral Design in Petoskey, while attending the MGC state meeting. I would like to share these with you. I know you are an experienced and knowledgeable group, but …
Invasive Garlic Mustard
Garlic mustard is an exotic invasive plant from Europe that invades woodland habitats in North America and impacts forest biodiversity. In some woodlands, dense stands of garlic mustard in the spring threaten showy spring blooming ephemerals like spring beauty, trilliums and trout lilies. Other research points toward potentially negative impacts on timber species and forest health. …
