Chapters in Michigan

Members can look forward to Member-to-Member Garden Yard Tours throughout the growing season!

This day's event will feature two Stunning Yards in Southgate and is open to all Chapter Members and also non-members.  Non-members and anyone wishing to Car Pool are asked to Register using the button below. 

The address of each yard will be communicated to both members and registered non-members approximately 48 hours before the event.

If you are bringing children, please ensure they respect the gardens and their inhabitants.

Katie's Yard in Southgate - 48195 (1:00pm)

From a university interest in environmental studies to transforming a flood-prone backyard, this gardener has embraced native plants as both a practical solution and a source of wonder. Discover wet prairie blooms, a growing woodland, a wildlife pond, and lessons learned through experimentation.

Accessibility: The front gardens can be viewed from paved surfaces and grassy path to the backyard gardens is very flat.

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Jen P's Yard in Southgate - 48195 (2:00pm)

See how a modest suburban yard has been transformed into a thriving wildlife habitat over the past decade. With more than 30 native plant species, every new insect discovery inspires another addition, creating a landscape designed to support an ever-growing diversity of birds and pollinators. 

Accessibility: The gardens can be viewed from paved surfaces.

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Member-to-Member (M2M) yard visits (aka Show Me-Tell Me) allow members to share experiences, ideas, and challenges with maintaining native plants in our landscapes. These tours help members & invited guests to learn about different natives and enjoy conversations with other native plant enthusiasts.

This is an open-house style tour of several native plant gardens in the Arcadia neighborhood. 

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Join us for a special tour of the extensive and stellar native plantings in White Lake Methodist Church’s sunny parking lot! This is a great opportunity to see inspiring native plantings and gather ideas you can easily bring to your own spaces. This is a perfect event for garden enthusiasts and anyone interested in native plants to ask questions, snap photos, and see firsthand how native plants can make a difference in local landscapes.

Directions will be provided to all registrants via the Muskegon Conservation District. 

This is the Member Yards Tour that was Rescheduled from 18-July. 

For those registered previously, you will receive an email noting new date and time. If you missed the original registration, check our event calendar for details!

This day's Tour will feature two Amazing venues and is open to all Chapter Members and also non-members.  Non-members and anyone wishing to Car Pool are asked to Register using the button below.  Note: Registration will close at noon on Thursday, August 27th.

The address of each yard will be communicated to both members and registered non-members approximately 48 hours before the event.

If you are bringing children, please ensure they respect the gardens and their inhabitants.

1.  Lindsey's Smart Habitat Garden at the MSU Ext Office in Wayne -  48184 (1:00pm)

Inspired by a book that reshaped their view of gardening, this gardener created a living demonstration of ecological landscaping at the MSU Extension Office. Explore a thriving habitat designed to be beautiful, resilient, pollinator-friendly, and guided by nature's own processes.

Accessibility:  This garden will be viewed from a paved surface.
Bonus:  Attendees may also have the opportunity to take home a souvenir native plant.  

Read More about Lindsey and Her Office Garden 

2:  Brenda's Butterfly Garden in Westland - 48186 (2:00pm)

A chance encounter at a local plant nursery transformed a simple desire for a butterfly garden into a 27-year journey with native plants. Explore a completely grass-free landscape where every corner has been converted into thriving habitat for butterflies, bees, moths, and countless other beneficial insects. 

Accessibility:  This garden can be viewed from a paved surface.

Read More About Brenda's Butterfly Garden

Member Yards visits (aka Show Me-Tell Me) allow members to share experiences, ideas, and challenges with maintaining native plants in our landscapes. These tours help members & invited guests to learn about different natives and enjoy conversations with other native plant enthusiasts.

Monthly native plant maintenance of our chapter's Education Garden. Work includes planting, weeding, transplanting, pruning, relocation of volunteer plants.