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Signature Event

Legacy Seminar

The Garden Center’s 3rd Annual Legacy Seminar is Saturday, February 10, 2024. This lecture series features multiple speakers on multiple aspects of the gardening world. This year we have a husband and wife team of experienced horticulturists. Roy Diblik is a highly respected plantsman and founder of Northwind Perennial Farm. He is also a major...
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Annual Garden Tour

Our 32nd Annual Garden Tour is Friday & Saturday, June 21 & 22 2024! Our Annual Garden Tour is a major fundraiser for the Garden Center.
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Trial Gardens Awards Tea

September marks the exciting culmination of our Annual Trial Gardens Competition where the results of the three judges is announced. The first-place winner has the privilege of selecting next year's competition theme.
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Annual Meeting

The Annual Meetings are held in January at the start of our new fiscal year. Following a luncheon, we hold a brief business meeting for our members where we recap the prior year’s activities and accomplishments, and elect trustees and officers. A program featuring a popular speaker on current gardening topics and/or conservation concludes the...
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Sue Abbott Lecture

Honoring a floral arranger, lover of flowers and gardens, Sue Abbott this lecture features a floral arranging demonstration and talk. Our 2024 Abbott Lecture spotlights Laura Daluga, AIFD a 4th generation floral arranger and floral art installation specialist. Click here for details and registration.
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Lectures

Our autumn lecture is Bucket List: A Visit to the Chelsea Flower Show with Mil Hurley. Mil was finally able to check off the famed Flower Show from her bucket list this past May. Mil will show the audience beautiful photos of the amazing floral exhibits she saw under the 2.9-acre Grand Pavillion. Her program...
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Celebration 365

This popular fall fundraiser helps support the Garden Center’s many activities in the community including Master Gardener scholarships, Trial, Veterans and perennial gardens at the War Memorial, lectures with noted speakers, educational workshops for adults and children, Annual Garden Tour, and more. Our next Celebration 365 is returning from a 3-year hiatus, due to Covid and...
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Workshops

Our popular 4th Annual Holiday Floral Arranging Workshop was held Monday, November 25, 2024. Award-winning floral arranger Johnese Thibault deomonstrated how to create a fabulous and yet flexible Holiday Arrangement designed to be altered to suit the occasion. Click here for information. Visit our Gallery to see photos of the workshop in progress and some...
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Field Trips

Field trips to local Michigan garden sites are conducted, but not on a regular schedule.
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