Grosse Pointe Garden Center’s 2023 Annual Meeting and Lecture:
Best Regional Spring Wildflowers for Home Gardens
Some of the easiest, most beautiful, and ecologically important ornamentals are native wildflowers. Their colors, intricacies, and unique characteristics provide sustenance for us and the earliest pollinators. But which of these spring flowers are best suited for home gardens? Learn about some of the loveliest spring wildflowers and bulbs that are easiest to grow and put on a show! Most of the featured plants are adaptable to a variety of conditions; some thrive in challenging sites. All attract a wide variety of butterflies, bees, other beneficial insects, and returning hummingbirds.
Elizabeth (Liz) Paine is an Adult Education Instructor at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois, and a Freelance Horticulture Educator, Garden Communicator, and Influencer. A graduate of the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden with several Professional Certificates of Merit, including Ornamental Plant Materials and Professional Gardener. A former University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener, her CBG classes count as CEU’s (Continuing Education Credits) for Master Gardeners, as well as Elective Credits for CBG students in the Professional Merit Ornamental Plant Materials Program. Her classes are open to all interested adults, whether novice or experienced gardeners. Liz also speaks at Garden Clubs and other organizations and worked for 8+ years at premier family-owned garden centers in the Chicago area in sales, specializing in ornamentals, particularly perennials. Liz has a B.A. from Vanderbilt University, majoring in History of Art with Minors in History and Italian language.
Friday, January 20, 2023, Reception Room at the War Memorial. Registration, 11:30 a.m., luncheon, 12:00 p.m., business meeting at 1:00 p.m., concluding with our featured speaker Elizabeth Paine at 1:30 p.m.
Registration: Annual Meeting Luncheon: Garden Center members $35, non-members, $40. Luncheon registration deadline has expired. Lecture-only: free to public.