Medicinal Plants of Hindle Ross
The Little Traverse Conservancy presents Lee Brewbaker for a FREE plant and medicinal herb walk and talk at the Hindle Ross trails. We will observe the abundant Monarda in the fields and discuss the medicinal and cultural uses. As we walk the trails, we will encounter and meet other native plants and learn about their uses and cultural significance. Lee started to cultivate his love of plants while gardening with his father, along with the herbal lore shared by his grandmother. With a degree in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan, he then continued learning from wild crafters, herbalists, and the plants themselves. Lee always enjoys sharing his stories and passion about his green relatives.
Cost: Free
Register here and learn details about the location of the property
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. Today’s work is ongoing maintenance of the gardens.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
Pressed Flower Workshop
Harvest and press flowers and foliage for decorative art projects, using the plants right here at Gruler Gardens! We'll talk about which flowers work best for pressed flowers, how to dry them, and how to store them for future use. You'll receive your own flower press to take home so you can continue to harvest flowers and foliage throughout the growing season. All supplies are provided. This is the much-anticipated companion to our popular winter pressed flower workshops, where we create art projects with pressed flowers.
Location: Gruler Gardens 1298 E Gruler Road, Petoskey, MI
Cost $75
To register click here
Coffee at Ten with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Join the Crooked Tree Art Center of Petoskey for this unique opportunity to participate in an online live moderated conversation with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a plant ecologist, educator, and writer that articulates a vision of environmental stewardship grounded in scientific and Indigenous knowledge.
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. In 2022, Braiding Sweetgrass was adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith. This new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth’s oldest teachers: the plants around us.
Cost: FREE
Click here to join the Zoom meeting
This event is made possible thanks in part to Bay View Association.
Evening Presentation by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. Robin’s newest book, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (November 2024), is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.
Sponsored in part by the Worship Endowment, by your generous contributions to the Worship program, and by a grant from the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation.
Cost: $15 for nonmembers and $10 for members of the Bay View Association
Click here to register: https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/bay-view-association/67d9db22b0f2890f584b5a01/
Smart Gardening Tent at Boyne City Farmers Market
Join us at the NMMGA tent at the Boyne City Farmers Market. Smart Gardening fact sheets will be shared. The Farmer’s Market is on the lawn of the Veteran’s Memorial Park on Lake Charlevoix in downtown Boyne City. You will easily find our canopy and information tables. Easy parking along the park. Come at 7:45 am to help set up. Stay as long as you want. or drop by after you have done your market shopping! Contact Frances Paris if you have any questions.
Native Plant Sale at Gruler Gardens
Native Plants grown at Gruler Gardens are ready for transplanting to your garden. The inventory is always changing, and there may be additions to or deletions throughout the season based on availability, demand, and growing conditions. Can't make it to a plant sale? Plants are also available for purchase via email beginning in late May/early June with pickup as arranged. Send order requests to grulergardens@grulergardens.com with the word ORDER in the subject line. Or use the contact form here on our website. Tell us the plants you would like, quantities of each, your name, email, phone number, and any other message you like. We will check our inventory and respond to you promptly to confirm availability and arrange a pickup time. Native plant orders received less than one week prior to any scheduled sale will be filled the following week with post-sale stock. Plants and flowers are subject to availability. Dates are subject to change. Additional sales may be added depending on inventory and availability. Subscribe to our site here to receive email updates.
To see the list of plants click here
Location: 1298 E Gruler Road, Petoskey, MI
Remaining 2025 Native Plant Sale Dates: Saturday, September 6 & Saturday, October 4
Charlevoix Conservation District Garden Party
Enjoy the demonstration native garden at the Conservation District’s office at 303 North Street, Boyne City. Learn of the benefits of native plants. Light refreshments provided.
Click here to see the invitation to the public and learn about other events.
Smart Gardening at the Fair
The Emmet-Charlevoix County Fair is scheduled for the third week of August. Susan Affholter is lead MG on this event. She will arrange for set up on and take down. Smart Gardening volunteers will be needed to host the tip sheet tables in the Community Center from August 19 - 23. Each day is broken into two shifts: 11 am to 1 pm and 4:30 to 7:30 pm. More information with details and sign up for shifts coming directly from Susan in an email.
NMMGA Member Meeting & Potluck
NMMGA members meeting at 5 pm at Depot Beach Pavilion in Charlevoix. A brief business meeting be followed by a potluck picnic dinner. More information coming in the August newsletter.
To get directions to Depot Beach from your location click here.
Photo Credit: Babette Stenuis Stolz
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. Today’s work is ongoing maintenance of the gardens.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
Native Plant Sale at Gruler Gardens
Native Plants grown at Gruler Gardens are ready for transplanting to your garden. The inventory is always changing, and there may be additions to or deletions throughout the season based on availability, demand, and growing conditions. Can't make it to a plant sale? Plants are also available for purchase via email beginning in late May/early June with pickup as arranged. Send order requests to grulergardens@grulergardens.com with the word ORDER in the subject line. Or use the contact form here on our website. Tell us the plants you would like, quantities of each, your name, email, phone number, and any other message you like. We will check our inventory and respond to you promptly to confirm availability and arrange a pickup time. Native plant orders received less than one week prior to any scheduled sale will be filled the following week with post-sale stock. Plants and flowers are subject to availability. Dates are subject to change. Additional sales may be added depending on inventory and availability. Subscribe to our site here to receive email updates.
To see the list of plants click here
Location: 1298 E Gruler Road, Petoskey, MI
Remaining 2025 Native Plant Sale Dates: Saturday, October 4
DIG IN!
This is a pre-registered monthly program. Registration was closed in November 2024. A year-long monthly series of workshops sponsored by the MSU Extension is free to Master Gardeners. Earn education hours with the hour long online Zoom programs. You only need to register once for the whole series. Look for registration for the 2026 series this fall.
Becca Krans , MSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Educator Smart Ways to Bring Native Plants Into Your Landscape.
What’s all the buzz about native plants? Are some better than others? How can I use native plants when my yard is already planted? Discover ways to incorporate native plants into your existing lawn, vegetable garden, or other areas of your yard.
Conservation District Fall Native Plant Sale
The annual plant sale at the Emmet County Conservation District is hosted by the Conservation District, Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy, and the Lake Charlevoix Association this year. The sale is from noon to 3 pm and is in the barn at the Conservation District office at 303 North Street, Boyne City. Pre-order flats need to be submitted by September 1. You may browse and buy at the sale.
Mushrooming with Amy and Joe Lipson
The Little Traverse Conservancy is hosting this free event at one of the preserves. The Chaboiganing Nature Preserve just outside of Brutus has long been known as an excellent place to find mushrooms. Join LTC Conservation Specialist Amy Lipson and her husband Joe for a dynamic exploration of local fungus as well as any other interesting things that happen to pop up along the way! The trails are easy to walk.
Directions: ADDRESS: 10251 Brutus Road, Brutus, MI 49716 - Take US-31 north from Alanson 3.5 miles to Brutus Road. Turn right (east) and travel 4 miles on Brutus Road. The parking lot for the Chaboiganing Preserve is across from the old Burt Lake Market.
NMMGA Board Meeting
Online meeting of the NMMGA board of directors. Please contact Beth Cowie for a link if you are interested in attending. Photo Credit: Babette Stenuis Stolz
NMMGA Member Meeting
This regularly scheduled member meeting will include a tour of Gruler Gardens at 1298 East Gruler Road., Petoskey, MI with Monica Gruler Farrier, Master Gardener. Learn more about this beautiful farm of native plants and cut flowers at their website by clicking here.
Details will follow at a later date. Photo Credit: Babette Stenuis Stolz
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. Today’s work will be a fall clean up of the gardens.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds for fall clean up of the gardens.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
Native Plant Sale at Gruler Gardens
Native Plants grown at Gruler Gardens are ready for transplanting to your garden. The inventory is always changing, and there may be additions to or deletions throughout the season based on availability, demand, and growing conditions. Can't make it to a plant sale? Plants are also available for purchase via email beginning in late May/early June with pickup as arranged. Send order requests to grulergardens@grulergardens.com with the word ORDER in the subject line. Or use the contact form here on our website. Tell us the plants you would like, quantities of each, your name, email, phone number, and any other message you like. We will check our inventory and respond to you promptly to confirm availability and arrange a pickup time. Native plant orders received less than one week prior to any scheduled sale will be filled the following week with post-sale stock. Plants and flowers are subject to availability. Dates are subject to change. Additional sales may be added depending on inventory and availability. Subscribe to our site here to receive email updates.
To see the list of plants click here
Location: 1298 E Gruler Road, Petoskey, MI
Charlevoix Area Garden Club Annual Fall Bulb Sale
The annual Bulb Sale for the Charlevoix Area Garden Club coincides with the community Apple Fest. The 2025 Apple fest is scheduled for October 10, 11, and 12. Details will be reported here as they become available.
DIG IN!
This is a pre-registered monthly program. Registration was closed in November 2024. A year-long monthly series of workshops sponsored by the MSU Extension is free to Master Gardeners. Earn education hours with the hour long online Zoom programs. You only need to register once for the whole series. Look for registration for the 2026 series this fall.
Julie Crick, MSU Extension Natural Resources Educator presents Guiding Neighborhood Trees through Climate Change. Natural Resources Educator, Julie Crick, will discuss climate variations, both experienced and expected, and provide tips to limit resulting stressors on our urban trees. In addition, she will review species vulnerability reports for urban trees in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
NMMGA Board Meeting
Online meeting of the NMMGA board of directors. Please contact Beth Cowie for a link if you are interested in attending. Photo Credit: Babette Stenuis Stolz
Native Gardens & Climate Resilient Landscaping
The Monarch Conservation Webinar Series hosts monthly sessions starting at 2 pm Eastern time. All past webinars are available in the archive section of the Monarch Joint Venture website. If you have not previously registered please click here to join this workshop. At the top of the website clck on the blue and white box that reads “Get Tickets.”
NMMGA Board Meeting
Online meeting of the NMMGA board of directors. Please contact Beth Cowie for a link if you are interested in attending. Photo Credit: Babette Stenuis Stolz
DIG IN!
This is a pre-registered monthly program. Registration was closed in November 2024. A year-long monthly series of workshops sponsored by the MSU Extension is free to Master Gardeners. Earn education hours with the hour long online Zoom programs. You only need to register once for the whole series. Look for registration for the 2026 series this fall.
Lindsey Kerr and MSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Colleagues present Garden Gifts, Tools and Books, Gear up for the gift-giving season with ideas from the MSU Consumer Horticulture Team. Join Lindsey Kerr and her colleagues to roll out their favorites. Cool books, garden tools, and gadgets—get great ideas for gift giving to gardening friends…and what to add to your wish list!
NMMGA Member Meeting
This scheduled member meeting starts at NOON and includes a pot-luck luncheon and a presentation by Karen Pollard, Master Gardener. Details will follow when they are available.
Directions to the City Hall from your location can be mapped out by clicking here.
Photo Credit: Babette Stenuis-Stolz
NMMGA Board Meeting
Online meeting of the NMMGA board of directors. Please contact Beth Cowie for a link if you are interested in attending. Photo Credit: Babette Stenuis Stolz
Annual Plant Sale
This is meant to hold the date and anticipate a great plant sale hosted by NMMGA members at the Emmet County Fairground in Petoskey.
Cut Flower Arranging at Gruler Gardens
Enjoy a beautiful natural setting as you create your own flower arrangement with flowers and foliage cut from Gruler Gardens. The class starts with a flower arranging demonstration and tips to help make the process fun and easy. We believe that every arrangement is beautiful, and you'll be encouraged to experiment and find your own style. In the process, you may begin to experience a deeper connection with nature as you notice the colors, shapes, textures, and aromas. You'll leave with a vase of fresh flowers to enjoy at home. Available flowers vary weekly throughout the growing season. See arrangement examples in the description and in our website Flower Gallery. We'll wrap up with a tour of the gardens with opportunities to ask questions. Class will be approximately 1.5 hours in length, depending somewhat on the needs and interests of the group. Limited to 10 participants. Your choice of Mason jar or cylinder vase (your own vase of comparable size may be substituted), flowers, foliage, and materials are provided. You may want to bring a camera, notepad, and gardening gloves.
Cost: $55
Location: 1298 E. Gruler Road, Petoskey, MI
To register click here
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. Today’s work is ongoing maintenance of the gardens.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
Tree Identification Walk
Join Little Traverse Conservancy naturalist Brad Von Blon on a trip around the Seberon “Boo” Litzenburger Nature Preserve, just northwest of Harbor Springs, to identify many of the trees that call Northern Michigan home. We’ll focus on simple ways to distinguish common species and discover their unique places in our ecosystems. Be sure to dress for the weather and bring shoes that can get muddy!
This preserve includes fallow field transitioning to traditional forest and a cedar swamp. The newly built lookout platform and bridge overlook and cross over the beautiful Five Mile Creek that flows through the property and eventually empties into Little Traverse Bay/Lake Michigan. Once the site of an old general store, the remnants of a mill pond can still be found on the property. Register here. Map available at the registration link.
Location: Seberon "Boo" Litzenburger Nature Preserve 5285 Five Mile Creek Road, Harbor Springs,
About your guide: BRAD VON BLON, STEWARDSHIP TECHNICIAN
Brad grew up in Ohio but quickly escaped a few times to neighboring states with more exciting flora. He earned an Associate’s Degree in Wildlife Management at Hocking College before transferring to West Virginia University for a Bachelor’s in Wildlife & Fisheries Resources. A lot of his time has been spent on the arid ridge tops of the Appalachians down to the humid muskegs of Michigan, usually looking for rare plants. He’s worked mainly as a naturalist, a “certified bird feeding specialist,” a bobcat necropsy technician, and a tech at West Virginia’s largest herbarium. He fell in love with the North Woods after spending a season at Seney National Wildlife Refuge, and this will be his third summer with LTC.
Wild Gardening 101
North Central Michigan College, Room 333 in the HESC Building and in Adam’s Garden. Petoskey hosts an in-person class with Adam Wiklanski. Dig, water, feed and handle plants from strong specimens to tender shoots.
Are you ready for a new approach to growing plants?
In this class, you will:
Walk together with Adam in his perennial garden as we harvest, weed, and handle issues we find.
Dig, water, feed and handle plants from strong established specimens to small tender shoots.
Mix up and create some truly awesome soil for general use, and you will get to take a plant of your choice and a pot of soil you get to mix up.
This course will focus on methods that Adam has practiced for years and are far beyond organic.
Please note:
* 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM, this class will be in room 333 on the NCMC campus
* Noon to 1:00 PM, this class will meet at Adam's Garden at 916 Baxter St. Petoskey, MI 49770
FEE: $30 Class is filled. You may join a wait list.
Registration: https://www.ncmclifelonglearning.com/event-6224474
CANCELLED Smart Gardening Tent at Boyne City Farmers Market
EVENT CANCELLED— Veteran’s Park is hosting the Boyne Thunder event and the usual alternate site for the Farmer’s Market is not accessible due to water and sewer pipes being stored for a large city project. Our next opportunity us to support the Smart Gardening tent is August 9. Arrive around 7:30 am to help set up. The event runs from 8 am to noon. The August 9 Farmer’s Market is on the lawn of the Veteran’s Memorial Park on Lake Charlevoix in downtown Boyne City. You will easily find our canopy and information tables. Easy parking along the park. Stay as long as you want. or drop by after you have done your market shopping! Contact Frances Paris at 248.807.1546 if you have any questions.
NMMGA Fieldtrip-Cancelled
This event is cancelled. We regret any inconvenience this change of plans may have caused
DIG IN!
This is a pre-registered monthly program. Registration was closed in November 2024. A year-long monthly series of workshops sponsored by the MSU Extension is free to Master Gardeners. Earn education hours with the hour long online Zoom programs. You only need to register once for the whole series. Look for registration for the 2026 series this fall.
Kelly McClelland ,MSU Extension Community Food Systems Educator, presents Growing Together: Strategies, Structures, and Impact of Community Gardens.
Community Food Systems Educator Kelly McClelland will explore the vital role of community gardens, focusing on strategies and structures that maximize their impact. She will share research on the benefits of community gardens, along with personal stories from her work supporting community gardens in the Genesee County area.
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. Today’s work is ongoing maintenance of the gardens. We’ll inspect for the condition of the plants, assess mulch coverage, and pull the occasional weed.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
Smart Gardening Tent at Boyne City Farmers Market
Join us at the NMMGA tent at the Boyne City Farmers Market. Smart Gardening fact sheets will be shared. The Farmer’s Market is on the lawn of the Veteran’s Memorial Park on Lake Charlevoix in downtown Boyne City. You will easily find our canopy and information tables. Easy parking along the park. Come at 7:45 am to help set up. Stay as long as you want. or drop by after you have done your market shopping! Contact Frances Paris if you have any questions.
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. Today’s work is ongoing maintenance of the gardens. We’ll inspect for the condition of the plants, assess mulch coverage, and pull the occasional weed.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
The next work session is July 8.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. Today’s work is maintenance of the gardens. We’ll inspect for the condition of the plants and pull the occasional weed. Perhaps we will need to divide or move plants. We’ll check up on the demonstration native garden and assess for additions, divisions, or removals.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
End of Lilac Festival, Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island Lilac Festival JUNE 6 - 15, 2025 THEME: Mackinac Island is COOL
The Mackinac Island Lilac Festival is the largest and most historic festival on Mackinac Island. It’s 10 days celebrating the lilacs and their uniqueness and history to Mackinac Island. Join us for the Lilac Queen coronation, official poster reveal, 10K Run/Walk, lilac walking tours, lilac planting seminars, bounce houses, Michigan Cornhole tournament, live music, the Grand Parade, and more! Photo credit: NMMGA
Preserving MI Harvest: Veggies- From Garden to Freezer
Learn how to freeze your garden fresh vegetables by blanching and freezing. We’ll discuss what blanching is, what to blanch and tips for freezing veggies. Join the MSU Extension Food Safety Team to learn the latest methods and research for preserving foods at home. Let us help you fill your pantry and freezer by preserving food safely. Join online via Zoom using your laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any device with internet access.
These FREE classes are offered from 1-2 p.m. or from 6-7 p.m. EST.
Register here
DIG IN!
This is a pre-registered monthly program. Registration was closed in November 2024. A year-long monthly series of workshops sponsored by the MSU Extension is free to Master Gardeners. Earn education hours with the hour long online Zoom programs. You only need to register once for the whole series. Look for registration for the 2026 series this fall.
Phimmasone Owens of the University of Michigan and Founder of Refugee Garden Initiatives presents Cultivating Connection: Refugee Stories and the Transformative Power of Gardening.
Gardeners understand the deep connection between tending the land and nurturing the soul. In this presentation, Phimmasone will share her journey as a refugee and how the upheaval of displacement led her to create Refugee Garden Initiatives (RGI). Phimmasone will explore how reconnecting to the land provides healing, fosters resilience, and rebuilds a sense of home for refugees who have lost so much. Together, we’ll reflect on how gardening can be more than a hobby—it can be a bridge that brings people and cultures together, fostering understanding and cultivating community one seed at a time.
Annual Plant Sale
The annual fund-raising plant sale hosted by NMMGA members is at the Emmet County Fairground in Petoskey. There will be garden plants and house plants. Come learn from the master gardeners that grew the plants. Gardening tools and supples will be available. All plants and gardening items are priced reasonably. Our goal is to support others to garden using science-based approaches. We aim to support the beauty and bounty of your garden! Volunteers are asked to arrive at 8:30 am and the doors to the big barn will be opened at 9 am.
Bring plants to the Fairgrounds
Bring plants to the T-Barn today or tomorrow. Bring items to sell in the “yard sale” area. Donate anything related to gardening such as tools, yard art, pots for house plants, and bird feeders.
Start of Lilac Festival, Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island Lilac Festival JUNE 6 - 15, 2025 THEME: Mackinac Island is COOL
The Mackinac Island Lilac Festival is the largest and most historic festival on Mackinac Island. It’s 10 days celebrating the lilacs and their uniqueness and history to Mackinac Island. Join us for the Lilac Queen coronation, official poster reveal, 10K Run/Walk, lilac walking tours, lilac planting seminars, bounce houses, Michigan Cornhole tournament, live music, the Grand Parade, and more! Photo Credit: NMMGA
Bring plants to the Fairgrounds
Bring plants to the T-Barn today or tomorrow. Bring items to sell in the “yard sale” area. Donate anything related to gardening such as tools, yard art, pots for house plants, and bird feeders.
Native Plant Nursery Sale and Open House
The native plants are ready to go home! The Otsego Conservation District Native Plant Nursery at 459 Livingston Blvd, Gaylord, MI is ready to sell their plants!
Choose from more than 30 species of native flowers and grasses for your property. These plugs and quarts are great for anything from landscaping to restoration projects on your property.
Plug (2”x 2” x 4”) $3.00
Quart (3” x 3” x 6”) $5.00
Full Tray (single or mixed species, 16 quarts) $75.00
Full Tray (single or mixed species, 36 plugs ) $85.00
Full Tray (when purchasing 5 or more trays of same species of plugs) $65.00
Pre-ordering is available through our online store or give us call at (989)732-4021.
Composting with Organic Matter & The HIdden World Beneath Our Feet
On Thursday, May 29 at 7:00pm, the MMGA will be hosting a talk titled, Composting with Organic Matter & The Hidden World Beneath Our Feet by our awesome member, Lisa Perschke.
The Zoom session can be reached by clicking on this link or by copying and pasting the link below into your browser. No registration is required. Attending this webinar will count for 1 (one) EMG education hour. The webinar will be recorded and posted to the MMGA YouTube channel. for viewing if unable to attend the live presentation.
Live Presentation Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89639400022?pwd=uLIQXnCwdci7uc31ipetSalTByMCHU.1
Preserving MI Harvest-Strawberries: More Than Just Jam
It's strawberry season. Explore how to can, freeze and make jam with this popular fruit. Preserve your strawberries now to enjoy all year long.
Join the MSU Extension Food Safety Team to learn the latest methods and research for preserving foods at home. Let us help you fill your pantry and freezer by preserving food safely. Join online via Zoom using your laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any device with internet access.
These FREE online classes are offered from 1-2 p.m. or from 6-7 p.m. EST.
Spring Foraging for Wild Herbs
North Central Michigan College presents Sierra LaRose, Certified Herbalist, Wild Harvester, and owner of Bear Earth Herbals. Sierra will lead a walk in the woods to learn about wild plants and their properties. This walk will cover plant identification, ethical harvesting, herbal remedy preparation and much more. Bring a notebook and gear for possible changes in weather.
Cost: $30 To register click here.
Location: NCMC Nature Area which is found behind the college at the end of Howard Street
About Sierra LaRose: Growing up in Northern Michigan, Sierra LaRose spent most of her youth in nature exploring, building, tasting and smelling. She developed a deep relationship with the wild and it's many dwellers and by age seven she was determined to move into the forest full time. At sixteen she finally found a way and finished high school a year early to move out into the subtropical forest of Kauai, Hawaii where she spent the majority of the next four years. Every day living out there was truly human for Sierra. Gathering wood and water, plants for food and medicine, and greeting other feral beings were daily events. Sierra's passion for plants and herbalism deepened as she lived closely with the land and learned indigenous ways. Over the years She volunteered on farms and in botanical gardens, and read every plant book she could get her hands on. In 2012 after the birth of her son, Sierra moved back to her home of Northern Michigan and knew it was her destiny to pursue a life in herbal medicine. While starting an eco-friendly cleaning business and working full time cleaning houses, Sierra worked hard to pursue her true passion. She became a certified herbalist and started to develop a product line. By 2015 she transitioned fully from house cleaning to attending five farmers markets a week. Sierra now teaches classes, holds workshops, experiments with techniques in growing and harvesting herbs, develops herbal products, and spreads the word to everyone and anyone willing to learn, hoping to ignite the same passion in others and keep the ancient tradition of herbalism alive.
CANCELLED Fairground Work Session
This work session is cancelled.
The next work session is June 17.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
Charlevoix Area Garden Club Annual Plant Sale
Plan on shopping at wonderful annual plant sale at the Ferry Beach Park in Charlevoix. A large selection of perennials, annuals, ferns and grasses will be for sale. Garden gloves and tools you may need to tend to your garden will be sold at the sale. This event is a fund raiser to support maintenance of nine civic gardens and other community garden projects in Charlevoix.
Location: Ferry Beach Park, 224 Ferry Avenue, Charlevoix Map
Lake Charleviox Lakeshore Garden Volunteer Opportunity
A request from Mike Costa: We are ready for the final planting/mulching of the LCA Lakefront demonstration gardens. Ryan's Landscaping completed site remediation and prep last week, fresh plants are being delivered today and his crew will stage the plants Thursday morning and we will assist his crew in the planting.
Ryan suggested that we show up at 10:30 to begin work.
Bring your planting tools! It looks to be a cool day so much better than the temps last week.
For EMG Master Gardeners, this is an approved project so your hours will count towards the annual requirement.
If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me. Email or text at 989-859-6522 Thanks, Mike Costa
Location: Boyne City Park down town across from Cafe Sante restaurant. You will see three large garden beds prepped and ready for planting near the lake shore.
Fairground Work Session
Join members for a morning work session at the Emmet County Fairgrounds. Today’s work will focus on refreshing the mulch in the gardens.
Location: 1129 Charlevoix Ave. (U.S. 31 S) Petoskey, MI 49770. Closest major intersection is U.S. 31 and U.S. 131 North. Use the entrance off Eppler Road.
Questions? Call/text Linda at 231-838-1273
NMMGA Board Meeting
Online meeting of the NMMGA board of directors. Please contact Beth Cowie for a link if you are interested in attending. Photo Credit: Babette Stenuis Stolz
Wild Flower Walk with LTC
Just a few miles from downtown Harbor Springs, the Offield Family Preserve has become a favorite community destination for wildflower viewing, hiking, dog walking (on leash), and nature classes. A mix of open meadows and forested hilly woods are found. Seasonal ponds are known as vernal pools and are especially common in spring and fall.
Join Brad Van Blon, of the Little Traverse Conservancy, on a walk through the preserve identifying and appreciating the beauty and importance of different wildflower species.
Cost-FREE
Location: Offield Family Preserve Parking Area on 515 Quick Rd., Harbor Springs
Spring Ephemeral Hike
Join us for a peaceful hike at one of our favorite spots to look for spring wildflowers (aka spring ephemerals). Spring ephemeral flowers are short-lived, blooming after the snow melts but before trees and shrubs leaf out. In a matter of only a few short weeks, they bloom, photosynthesize, reproduce, and enter dormancy. Guided by CAKE CISMA Coordinator Katie Gray, we'll unravel the life cycle of these ephemeral beauties, from their brief but spectacular bloom to their crucial role as early-season pollinators for native insects. Learn about their fascinating adaptations, ecological significance, and the role they play in the delicate balance of our natural ecosystems. This hike is suitable for all ages but includes uneven, hilly terrain and may include muddy sections of the trail. If anyone in your party requires special accommodations, such as an interpreter, wheelchair-accessible seating, etc., please contact CAKE CISMA at least three weeks before the event that you plan on attending.
What should I bring? Consider bringing your camera or binoculars. Dress for the weather! Always check the forecast in advance
Location: Glacial Hills Pathway and Natural Area , 3169 Eckhardt Rd, Bellaire, MI 49615 For directions to this site from your location click here
To register for this free event click here.
Soil Health 101
Learn how to evaluate your soil with this hands-on workshop at the Otsego Conservation District. Christina Currell, a Soil Health Educator with MSU Extension will be going over tests you can do in your backyard to learn about your soil, important aspects of soil health and how to understand them.
Lunch will be provided
Dress for extended time outside
Be prepared to work with soil
*Space is limited*
Registration Due May 1stRegistration is $30.00 per person
Location: Otsego Nature Center, 459 Livingston Blvd, Gaylord, MI 49735