Newaygo Conservation District Native Plant Sale & Workshop
The Newaygo Conservation District is is hosting it's Annual Native Plant Sale on June 8, 2012 at the Newaygo Conservation District Office, 940 W. Rex Street, Fremont, Michigan . (Native plants are plants that are native to Michigan and have adapted to Michigan ’s soils and climate.)
Native Plant Order deadline for orders: May 25, 2012 – a variety of plants will be available for purchase on pickup day, including some not on the order form.
Also on June 8, the pick up day for the plant sale, the District will also offer a FREE 2 hour workshop,, provided by Designs By Nature, LLC. This workshop start at 4:00 p.m. and will provide information on: garden designs, site selection, site preparation, plant selection, installation and maintenance.
See the Newaygo Conservation District web page (link above to Native Plant Sale) or call 924-2420, xt 5 for more information.
Kent Conservation District Native Plant Sale & Workshop
Kent Conservation District is having their annual Native Plant Sale and deadline for orders is Saturday, May 5. (Plant pick-up date is Saturday, May 12 from 8:00 to 1:00). KCD is hosting a Gardening with Native Michigan Plants workshop taught by Vern Stephens on May 9 from 6-8 PM. See attached flyers for more information and order form.
To register for the native plant workshop with the KCD, call or e-mail them at:
Phone: 616-942-4111, xt 100
E-mail: administrator@kentconsservation.org
Calvin College to Host Native Plant Sale
On Saturday, May 5 from 10:00 a.m until noon, Calvin College will be hosting their seventh annual native plant sale. The sale takes place at the BIC West Entrance. For more information and a price list go to: http://www.calvin.edu/academic/eco-preserve/research/native-plants.html
And,,, for any plants not availabe at the NCSCD or Calvin sales, Hidden Savanna Nursery will have 213 varieties of West Michigan Genotype plants available http://www.hiddensavanna.com/.
ReplyDeleteSome varieties will be available at the Fulton Street Farmers Market starting Saturday May 19
Pre order from Chuck Vannette cvann30643@aol.com.
Thank you !!!!
Thanks, Chuck!
DeleteHey, we just found garlic mustard on Croton Drive, near Pine Ave on the north side. We are still working on getting permissions & sending a group out there. It's 'getting close to home', Chuck!
Is "Creeping Charlie" another name for garlic mustard?
ReplyDeleteWhoa! Genealogist2001 (Claudia?), you really caught me off guard -- not so hard since I let this blog 'go to seed' (so to speak, if you'll forgive the pun).
DeleteSo to reply ... months later: no, Creeping Charley is a different invasive that has been in horticultural use for a long time. It's not so hard to see how it got it's name (gives me the creeps the way it gets into everything!) AND it does look like the early, 'rosette' stage of garlic mustard. The giveaway is in the 'runners' or the creeping roots and the smaller, duller, more indented leaves -- and it never gets past the 'creeping' stage and produces a purple flower.