Michigan Gardening Resources Gardening Tips Beneficial Insects and Pollinators Native Plants Regional and National Gardening Organizations Kalamazoo Natural Areas Gardens and Arboretums Specialized Plant Organizations Read More Want the Cottage-Feel for Your Garden? Biennials!Jackie SmithAugust 14, 2026Continue Reading Want the Cottage-Feel for Your Garden? Biennials! From One to Many: Dividing Perennials Rejuvenates Your Garden Jackie SmithJuly 20, 2026Continue Reading From One to Many: Dividing Perennials Rejuvenates Your Garden Still Time to Create a Beautiful Container GardenJackie SmithJuly 1, 2026Continue Reading Still Time to Create a Beautiful Container Garden Earth’s underground fungal network could stretch across 10% of the Milky WayKathy KienleJune 19, 2026Continue Reading Earth’s underground fungal network could stretch across 10% of the Milky Way Books of the Month-February 2026Kathy KienleMarch 11, 2026Continue Reading Books of the Month-February 2026 Books of the Month-January 2026Kathy KienleJanuary 20, 2026Continue Reading Books of the Month-January 2026 Rare rusty-patched bumblebee found in Kalamazoo CountyKathy KienleSeptember 11, 2025Continue Reading Rare rusty-patched bumblebee found in Kalamazoo County 2024 Spotted Lanternfly TrackingFebruary 17, 2025Continue Reading 2024 Spotted Lanternfly Tracking Why Plant Native?July 8, 2024Continue Reading Why Plant Native? Dr Barkman’s DIY Deer RepellentJuly 2, 2024Continue Reading Dr Barkman’s DIY Deer Repellent What are Keystone Native Plants and Why are They so Important?April 6, 2022Continue Reading What are Keystone Native Plants and Why are They so Important? Michigan Native Plants – MilkweedMarch 29, 2021Continue Reading Michigan Native Plants – Milkweed Asian Jumping WormsAugust 21, 2020Continue Reading Asian Jumping Worms Spring Blooming ShrubsMarch 18, 2020Continue Reading Spring Blooming Shrubs Invasive Garlic MustardJune 17, 2019Continue Reading Invasive Garlic Mustard Top Five Environmental Concerns for 2019May 23, 2019Continue Reading Top Five Environmental Concerns for 2019 Having a Healthy Lawn While Being Environmentally SoundApril 14, 2019Continue Reading Having a Healthy Lawn While Being Environmentally Sound Consequences of Seemingly Harmless ActivityMarch 11, 2019Continue Reading Consequences of Seemingly Harmless Activity We’re Losing Monarch Butterflies Fast- Here’s WhyJanuary 18, 2019Continue Reading We’re Losing Monarch Butterflies Fast- Here’s Why The Nature Conservancy’s Ross Coastal Plain MarshNovember 1, 2018Continue Reading The Nature Conservancy’s Ross Coastal Plain Marsh Spiderwort Friend or Foe?September 26, 2018Continue Reading Spiderwort Friend or Foe? Enbridge Settlement Funding Research on Control of Aquatic Invasive SpeciesSeptember 10, 2018Continue Reading Enbridge Settlement Funding Research on Control of Aquatic Invasive Species Those Pesky DeerApril 14, 2018Continue Reading Those Pesky Deer Invasive Plants – Japanese KnotweedAugust 8, 2017Continue Reading Invasive Plants – Japanese Knotweed Invasive Plant – Swallow-wortMay 4, 2017Continue Reading Invasive Plant – Swallow-wort Pollinators – Mason BeeOctober 24, 2016Continue Reading Pollinators – Mason Bee Beneficial Insects – Braconid WaspSeptember 16, 2016Continue Reading Beneficial Insects – Braconid Wasp
Want the Cottage-Feel for Your Garden? Biennials!Jackie SmithAugust 14, 2026Continue Reading Want the Cottage-Feel for Your Garden? Biennials!
From One to Many: Dividing Perennials Rejuvenates Your Garden Jackie SmithJuly 20, 2026Continue Reading From One to Many: Dividing Perennials Rejuvenates Your Garden
Still Time to Create a Beautiful Container GardenJackie SmithJuly 1, 2026Continue Reading Still Time to Create a Beautiful Container Garden
Earth’s underground fungal network could stretch across 10% of the Milky WayKathy KienleJune 19, 2026Continue Reading Earth’s underground fungal network could stretch across 10% of the Milky Way
Books of the Month-February 2026Kathy KienleMarch 11, 2026Continue Reading Books of the Month-February 2026
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Rare rusty-patched bumblebee found in Kalamazoo CountyKathy KienleSeptember 11, 2025Continue Reading Rare rusty-patched bumblebee found in Kalamazoo County
What are Keystone Native Plants and Why are They so Important?April 6, 2022Continue Reading What are Keystone Native Plants and Why are They so Important?
Top Five Environmental Concerns for 2019May 23, 2019Continue Reading Top Five Environmental Concerns for 2019
Having a Healthy Lawn While Being Environmentally SoundApril 14, 2019Continue Reading Having a Healthy Lawn While Being Environmentally Sound
Consequences of Seemingly Harmless ActivityMarch 11, 2019Continue Reading Consequences of Seemingly Harmless Activity
We’re Losing Monarch Butterflies Fast- Here’s WhyJanuary 18, 2019Continue Reading We’re Losing Monarch Butterflies Fast- Here’s Why
The Nature Conservancy’s Ross Coastal Plain MarshNovember 1, 2018Continue Reading The Nature Conservancy’s Ross Coastal Plain Marsh
Enbridge Settlement Funding Research on Control of Aquatic Invasive SpeciesSeptember 10, 2018Continue Reading Enbridge Settlement Funding Research on Control of Aquatic Invasive Species
Invasive Plants – Japanese KnotweedAugust 8, 2017Continue Reading Invasive Plants – Japanese Knotweed
Beneficial Insects – Braconid WaspSeptember 16, 2016Continue Reading Beneficial Insects – Braconid Wasp