District 6 President’s Meeting
Perennial Plant Assoc. Symposium Detroit: Celebrating the Urban Garden
Join us for education at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum by three renowned speakers-Shannan Gibb Randall (Insite Design Studio) on Great Plants, Beautiful Resilient Gardens, Bill Schneider (Wildtype Native Plants) on Landscape Design with Maintenance in Mind, and Richard Thomas & Meredith Simpson (Oudolf Garden Detroit) on Exploring the Oudolf Plant Palette. Enjoy a tour of the Oudolf Garden Detroit and picnic lunch. After lunch continue with a bus tour to three favorite perennial inspired locations-Callahan Detroit Bird City Park, Detroit Abloom, and Detroit Arboretum-Circle Forest. End the day with a private tour and social at The Stratton House, former home of William and Mary Stratton of Pewabic fame. Buses will return to Oudolf Garden at the conclusion of the perennial packed day.
2025 MGC Annual Conference It’s A Shore Way To Connect
To be held at the Haworth Center on the Hope College campus in Holland, MI.
2025 NGC Convention
To be held in North Charleston, South Carolina at the Embassy Suites
District 6 Fall Meeting
District 6 Fall Meeting “Public Gardening”. Speakers include:
Elle Maxwell, Dow Entomologist, on “Fun Backyard Bugs”.
Stephanie Richardson, Lead Supervisor & Horticulturist, on “Planting the City of Midland”
Food Growing Panel: Debbie Glasstetter, Dan Draves, and Katy Raymaker with Cheryl Weeks-Rosten as moderator.
MGC District 2 A Fall Conference
Held on Sept 27th at Fr Joe Family Center, 420 North St., Milan, MI
9am-3pm, Vendors, 50/50 drawing, Great Speakers 3 breakout session in the morning
Jan Coppola Bills “Gardening with Comfort and Ease”
For more information: Mary Moore