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MMSD Spring Rain Garden Plant Sale is now OPEN! Help protect Lake Michigan by ordering rain garden plants. Plant supplies are limited; once plants SELL OUT, the SALE WILL CLOSE! Order your rain garden plants today.
Join us at the Bay View Library to learn about rain garden basics from a Master Gardener. The workshop will focus on how to plan, design, and install a rain garden. Registration is required, and spots are limited.
Learn how to manage water in your backyard to support the plants in your landscape and help reduce the risk of sewer backups, basement flooding, and sewer overflows. Such as improving the soil, maintaining a healthy landscape, installing a rain barrel, creating a rain garden, planting trees, adding native plants to your landscape, and growing a water-friendly lawn.
Join us on Saturday, April 20, from 10 AM – 12:30 PM for a FREE tour of the Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility on Lake Michigan's shores. Learn how we clean wastewater, make Milorganite® fertilizer, and how you can help protect our water and manage water on your property. Registration is required, and spots are limited.
You’ve selected your rain garden location, purchased your plants, and now you are ready to start planting. Gardening Expert Melinda Myers will take a step-by-step approach to make this process as easy as possible. We’ll discuss fine-tuning the garden design, preparing the planting bed, and setting the plants in place for an attractive display. Melinda will cover the care your new plants need during their first summer, ensuring they establish a deep, drought-tolerant root system that will serve them well in the seasons ahead.
Fall is a great time to add new gardens and plants to your landscape. The soil is warm and the air a bit cooler, providing the perfect condition for your plants. Once in the ground, give these and your established native and non-native plants, flowerbeds, mixed borders, rain gardens, and lawns the proper care so they are ready for the winter ahead. Melinda will cover dividing perennials, fall watering and fertilization, as well as tips for protecting plants from challenging winter weather and wildlife damage.
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