Articles tagged: flowers
Home & Garden: Get ready for two seed swaps on Feb. 16
Posted: Feb 08, 2013Get a jump on the growing season by attending seed swaps hosted by two local community gardening organizations on Saturday, Feb. 16. Project Grow, in partnership with Ann Arbor 350, is hosting a swap from ... Read more »
Home and Garden: Exchange garden seeds at Project Grow Seed Swap on March 25
Posted: Mar 20, 2012Due to popular demand, Project Grow and Ann Arbor 350 are hosting a second seed swap this season on Sunday, March 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Downtown Home and Garden. Read more »
Home & Garden: Trade your garden seeds at Project Grow Seed Swap on Feb. 18
Posted: Feb 08, 2012Get a jump on the growing season by attending a seed swap on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Downtown Home and Garden. The swap is hosted by Project Grow in partnership ... Read more »
Home & Garden: Tips for a mixed flower border
Posted: Jan 16, 2012Last week, I attended a presentation on practical mixed flower borders by Janet Macunovich at the Dexter Garden Club. Janet is a professional gardener with 30 years of experience, and she shared a wealth of information. ... Read more »
environment: You can recycle clean plastic flower pots and trays
Posted: May 11, 2011As planting season ramps up, local gardeners may be glad to learn that clean plastic flower pots and plant trays can now be recycled in curbside collection carts. Thanks to the upgrade to the City ... Read more »
Naturalizing daffodils could mean pleasant spring surprises in your lawn
Posted: Oct 26, 2010Are you: • running low on gardening space? • looking for an excuse to postpone the initial mow in the spring? • in need of a pick-me-up in the gray days of April? Naturalizing daffodils ... Read more »
500 flock to Chelsea Garden Walk to admire residents' gardens
Posted: Jul 19, 2010Jeanene Riemenschneider loves to be home working with the soil, and watching things grow. “I play golf, but I’d rather be gardening. I’m a much better gardener,” the Chelsea resident said. “I’d rather be gardening ... Read more »
Chelsea Garden Walk offers rare chance to see area's most beautiful gardens
Posted: Jul 15, 2010Ten unique gardens will be featured in this year’s Chelsea Garden Walk, including a three-acre “secret garden” in the city and a stunning lakeside garden filled with hundreds of day lilies and ornamental grasses. The ... Read more »
Take a walk on the wild side: From whimsical to staid, garden tour offers something for everyone
Posted: Jun 10, 2010David Baker has combined natural with cultivated, arid with bog and traditional with fanciful to create gardens at his country home in Salem Township that have something for everyone. There are gardens for meditation, gardens ... Read more »
msnbc.com: Former Michigan football players Steve Breaston and Gabe Watson re-sign with Arizona Cardinals
Posted: Mar 30, 2010Former Michigan wide receiver Steve Breaston, a restricted free agent, signed a new deal with the Arizona Cardinals on Tuesday that pays him $2.4 million next season, according to MSNBC.com. Read more »
The view.
Posted: Jan 15, 2010camera is my mother’s eye. She hunches under light- repelling black cloth. She’s my height now and so rectangular. She asks me to choose a yellow box of undeveloped film by her feet. Read more »
A Sidwalk View: Curbside Flowers
Posted: Aug 02, 2009It always gives me great pleasure to wander the Old West Side, camera in hand, with no particular destination in mind, to see what attracts my attention. Today it was the vibrant colors of these ... Read more »
Beautiful blooms on the Old West Side
Posted: Jul 28, 2009After a rough day at work, you could come home and pop a beer. Or sip some chardonnay. Or here’s a third option: Take a stroll around the Old West Side and admire the beautiful ... Read more »
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