The Garden Center’s 6th Annual Legacy Seminar will have as our featured speaker, Kelly D. Norris, who developed the New Naturalism concept; creating an ecologically sound vision for home gardens with stylish yet naturalistic plantings using layering and letting color palettes be defined by nature instead of humans. Kelly also has won top awards at...Read More
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.Read More
Our Annual Meetings are held each January at the start of our new fiscal year. Attendees will enjoy light refreshments followed by a brief business meeting for our members where we recap the prior year’s activities and accomplishments and elect new slates of trustees and officers. The 2027 theme for the Trial Gardens will also...Read More
This annual lecture honors a devoted and popular floral arranger, and lover of flowers and gardens, Sue Abbott. The lectures feature floral arranging demonstrations by metro-area floral designers. Our featured floral artist was Laura Daluga, AFID, a 4th generation floral designer, accredited member of the American Floral Design Institute, and Certified Floral Designer. Laura returned...Read More
Christina Funk, lead naturalist at Stage Nature Center in Troy, MI, returns this fall for a “lively” program on Michigan Owls; their habitats, identification, food sources, nesting requirements, and why owls are beneficial garden inhabitants. Christina will also bring a live owl or two to the program to show the audience, in person, their unique...Read More
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.Read More
Our 6th Annual Holiday Floral Arranging Workshop will be Monday, November 23, 2026, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Art Room at the War Memorial. Award-winning floral arranger Johnese Thibault will provide a demonstration and offer hands-on advice to attendees on creating a fabulous and yet flexible Holiday Arrangement designed to be altered to suit...Read More
