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Backyard Wildlife Habitats
Nice site with information on conservation and attracting wildlife preservation. Includes information on Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Birds, etc.
Chippewa Nature Center
Chippewa Nature Center is a private nature center, open to the public year-round. Its mission is to help people enjoy and learn about the environment, as well as to inspire and teach them how to be responsible stewards of the land, water and air.
Dave's Garden
With over 400,000 members, Dave's Garden is an amazing resource for beginning and experienced gardeners alike. Inside, you'll find over 250 forums dedicated to every type of home and gardening topic you can think of. From annuals and bonsai trees to vegetable gardening and winter sowing; from tips on seeds and planting to advice on regional gardening, this is a gold mine of friendly advice and knowledge shared by experienced gardeners from around the world.
Dow Gardens - Midland
110 Acres of Natures Beauty
There are so many things happening in the Gardens here in Midland now that it would make a great destination for clubs to come for the day and enjoy all the events.
English Garden Tours
We create unique garden holidays and tours in the South of England. Our garden tours combine contemporary events whilst visiting some of the oldest historical attractions in Britain. You can visit beautiful, well known and not so well known gardens and houses where you can meander around at your leisure and marvel at the history that lies therein.
Frederik Meijer Gardens
Discover the beauty and splendor of our spectacular botanic garden and world–class sculpture park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We have a group rate (10 or more people) tram tour, indoor guided tour, café, of course our beautiful gardens.
Friendship Gardens
Nice gardens to visit, listed by state.
Grand Gardens Magazine
A good gardener's magazine. Many garden clubs send their events to be published by them.
Kalamazoo In Bloom
Kalamazoo In Bloom's mission is to enhance the beauty of our community and promote the bedding plant industry, history, and traditions.
We seek to achieve this through plantin gardens, sponsoring activities and events, and providing educational opportunities for the adults and children of Kalamazoo County.
K.I.B.'s Board of Directors consists of 25-30 volunteers. All administrative duties are handled by committees made up of these volunteers.
Local Harvest
The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Use this website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. Want to support this great web site? Shop in our catalog for things you can't find locally!
Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary
In 1937, the Federated Garden Clubs of Michigan and the local Newaygo Chapter suggested the need for a wildflower refuge. It was finally designated by the Secretary of agriculture as a Wildflower Sanctuary on December 15, 1949. A cooperative agreement was signed between the Forest and the Garden Clubs to maintain the Sanctuary. Efforts sponsored by the Garden Clubs include the initial development of trails and trail guides; hiring botanist Clayton Bazuin who identified 238 plant species, placement of picnic tables, grills, and benches; replanting dwindling species; and maintenance of a visitors log. Modern use of the area includes expansion of native plant restoration.
Additional information about trails at Loda Lake can be found at - http://www.michigantrails.us/newaygo-county-michigan/loda-lake-wildflower-sanctuary.html
Matthaei Botanical Gardens
The University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum are about connecting people with nature. We're about sustaining the earth. We're about caring for our natural heritage. We're about sharing knowledge and promoting learning.
Organic Gardening Information
green4uandme.net is focused on providing basic information of low cost organic gardening and high-quality products for your gardening and outdoor living needs offered through our affiliates to make your garden and patio or deck the best!
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute
Set on more than 660 acres in Southwest Michigan (North East of Kalamazoo), Pierce Cedar Creek Institute provides visitors with a unique exposure to a rare blend of diverse habitats including wetlands, forests, marshes, streams, lakes, and prairies.
The Institute is one of the newest biological field stations in North America, offering students, professionals, naturalists, and novices a wonderful place in which to learn from and experience nature. Whether you come to take a class, explore the trails, attend an event (calendar is on their web site), or participate in research, your experience at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute will be a rewarding one.
WAFA
The World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization of international floral art societies. WAFA recently celebrated its 29th year as the global authority on floral design and aesthetics, acting as a governing body by coordinating floral art events and standards for 30 member countries. Through its worldwide scope, WAFA enhances the diversity of the floral art form by transcending international cultural barriers and bringing together fresh ideas.
The management of WAFA moves from country to country every three years. During its tenure, the host country organizes an International Seminar, stages a World Flower Show, convenes a General Assembly, and plans various other educational events. Previous WAFA host countries were Belgium, Canada, France, Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
Boston, Mass. – Boston has been elected host city for the World Flower Show in 2011. This tri-annual worldwide event makes its first-ever appearance on U.S. soil in Boston, Mass. at the Seaport World Trade Center, June 15-19, 2011. Delegates from the 30 countries that comprise the World Association of Flower Arrangers (WAFA) will converge in Boston to celebrate the art of floral design, enter design competitions, and promote conservation in cooperation with the show’s theme, “This Glorious Earth.”
Wildflower Association of Michigan
WAM is a not-for-profit, member-based organization run by board members who meet on a quarterly basis. We are committed to being a resource for residents in Michigan (homeowners, corporations, land managers, educators, naturalists, and others) who wish to learn more about native plants and their associated habitats. We advocate for and provide education on native plants and native landscaping through our conference, our website, our grant program, and our quarterly newsletter.
We are best known for our annual conference, a two-day educational seminar that attracts hundreds of people from the Great Lakes area. Speakers include local, regional and national experts on various plant species, native plant communities, current research, invasive species control, environmental concerns, wildlife, native garden designs and more. We provide inspiration and practical information to residents, land managers and educators so they can pursue their own projects at home, work, school or in their own neighborhood.
Wildflower Information
Almost everything you wanted to know about Wildflowers
Windmill Island Gardens
I am a horticulturist at Windmill Island Gardens here in Holland Michigan and over the years we are developing from a historical showcase for Windmill DeZwaan to a landscaped series of Gardens. We have planted over 70 new varieties of trees (over 120 specimens) and developed an Arboretum map for many varieties. We showcase perennials as well as over 100,000 bulbs annually.
We really would like to encourage visitors! We have a Facebook page showing some photos I have taken as well as photos by the office staff at Windmill Island Gardens.
There are over 30 weddings and special events annually in our pavilion. This year we are redoing our river front after installation of a seawall to retain our Dutch buildings.
The windmill celebrates its 250th year, 46 of those years in Michigan after the first 200 years in the Netherlands. The tropical conservatory is almost 100 years: it was a Lord and Burnham built for a local estate in 1915.
New Zealand Gardens
Nice Gardens for armchair travel or making a plan to visit New Zealand. Update - We now grown to 40 gardens and are continuing to grow.
Many garden owners now operate B&Bs/farm stays/home stays/cottage accommodation/historic buildings/museums'/weddings/photos/cafes/functions both personal and corprate/home cooking/plant and other sales/fishing/animals and bird life/picnics and garden tours.
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