General​ Meetings are held at:
Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center
​4101 River Bends Drive
Shelby Township, MI 48317
                   10:00 am Saturday 2025              
(9:30am) April 5 ​  May 3    June 14
Septembe 13  Oct.4  November 1


2025 Meetings and Events

March8:"Pollinator Gardens/ Praiirie Restoration  
.John Blair 3 pollinator gardens/5 acre prairie

April 5:World Famous new Oudolf Garden of
Bell Isle MI State Park. Designer Piet Oudolf.
Naturalistic Main garden, Meadow, Rain Garden   

May 3:"Integrated Pest Management and Invasive Species -spring" Learn about safer methods to to control garden pests and problems of invasive species

June 14:"Wow Daylilies in the Garden" Learn about the features that make a "wow" daylily.
Auction includes member selected wow daylilies.
 
July 12 Sat : Daylily Exibition and Plant Sale
Telly's Greenhouse, 4343 24 Mile Rd,Shelby Twp.
9:30am-2:00pm visit and vote for favorite daylily
See hundreds of varities every color except blue
See many bloom forms, 2"-10", spiders & doubles
Sale coupons & drawing for free daylilies
(date change to July 12 / no July 20 event)

August 9 Sat: 10:00AM Visit to world famous, new Oudolf Detroit Garden of Belle Isle State Park with conservatory and fish aquarium.

AugustTBDSat: Garden visit to John Blair Butterfly Gardens and Prairie Restoration year 4 stage,
(140 native plants many blooming) Brooklyn,MI
followed by visit to MSU Hidden Lake Botanical Gardens (with skywalk),Tipton, MI  
 

AUGUST TBD: Garden visit to Jim Slezinski Tropical Garden, Lake Orion 

SEPT. 13:"Jerry Marlatt Daylilies" presented by Jerry and Lisa Marlatt. Learn about Jerry's hybridizing goals and how he has achieved his beautiful daylilies.   An auction which includes award winning daylilies and bargains will follow. 

OCTOBER 4: "Integrated Pest Management and Invasive Species -Fall" Safer methods to control garden pests especially for pollinator garden and organic garden / fall invasive plants.

NOVEMBER 1: Monarch Butterfly Migration" 
 
  

 

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GARDEN VISITS: see above