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Doug Tallamy
Friday, August 12th
7:30 pm
Milliken Auditorium
Loral Voran
September 17th
Bonnie Blodgett
Mike Nowak
October 15
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Save the Date
Botanic Garden Plans Free
Day-Long Open House
Saturday, September 17th  Please join us on the spectacular 25-acre site of the future Botanic Garden as we host a day-long Open House at the Historic Barns Park on the grounds of the old State Hospital. World famous landscape architect, Warren Byrd, who designed Historic Barns Park as well as the Flight 93 Memorial and the St. Louis City Garden, will be our key-note speaker at 11 a.m. that day. A series of gardening and environmental seminars will be presented throughout the day, along with exhibits, an inside-look at the historic Cathedral Barn, a children's activity tent, food, music and much more.
Renderings will be displayed depicting the restoration of the Cathedral Barn and outdoor amphitheater as a venue for large concerts, conferences and other public events. Visitors will also see plans for the renovation of the old Granary into a Visitor/Interpretive Center, and for restoration of the stone foundation of the old horse barn as a future walled garden. . . all projects that will be initiated over the next three years.Tour the Site Explore the future of the Historic Barns Park as we "walk through the renderings" with guided walking or golf cart tours of the whole 56-acre park. For more specific information, check the BGS website. |
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Douglas Tallamy Speaks on the Importance of Native Plants Grow a Bird Feeder
Friday August 12, 7:30PM, Milliken Auditorium
Renowned author Douglas Tallamy returns to the Grand Traverse Area with his engaging PowerPoint program about the critical importance of native plants to wildlife - especially birds and butterflies. If you want to attract more birds and butterflies to your yard, join us to learn what's great about caterpillar larvae, and why an oak tree may be your best friend.
Dr. Tallamy chairs the Departments of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. He is much in demand as a speaker on the importance of native plants to a healthy ecosystem.
This presentation is sponsored by 17 different partners in our area. There will be no charge for attending. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
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BGS reaches out to young families at Nature Fest
 The Botanical Garden Society participated in this year's Nature Fest held at the Boardman River Nature Center. Volunteers Carol Silverman, Ruth Frost, Rick George, and Terry Harding gave out more than 90 plants for children to place in peat pots. There was a great deal of interest in the Botanic Garden among the many young families that participated. Education is one of the primary goals of The Garden and we look forward to introducing many more young students to the wonders of nature.
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SITE NEWS
IT'S A GUSHER!
The Botanical Garden Society recently contracted with Cluff Well Drilling to put in the first irrigation well for the garden. Our on-site team will now look into how to best cover and protect the well site, and consider options for electric power to run it. Board members met with a Consumers Energy engineer and received various options both for permanent and temporary electrical service to the Visitor Center and irrigation well. Our first well usage will be to supply water for Aztec Painting to power wash the Visitor Center prior to its painting. Thanks to a grant from The Friendly Garden Club of Traverse City, which covered half of the cost of the well, BGS was able to achieve its goal of having a water source for irrigation. This is a critical first step in the development of the garden. Thanks, Friendly Garden Club!
Picnic Grove Update Deering Tree Service has completed grinding down the stumps in the picnic grove and has filled in the area with topsoil . . . another donated improvement to the park! Picnic tables await your baskets of food. Come and enjoy the new location for a lunch or dinner.
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BGS Welcomes New Board Member Jeanne Snow
The Botanical Garden Society's Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Jeanne Snow, former Executive Director of the Regional Community Foundation until her retirement in 2010, is our newest board member. During her tenure the Foundation became the largest grant-making foundation in northern Michigan. As Executive Director she was instrumental in the support of the Children's Garden and Learning Garden, Glen Arbor Garden, the website for the Michigan Garden Clubs and also the endowment for the Friendly Garden Club. She attended the earliest planning sessions for the Botanical Garden Society and has looked for opportunities, over the years, to nurture its progress. Jeanne and her husband John have lived on Old Mission Peninsula for the past fourteen years, enjoying, in Jeanne's words, "a small garden." |
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Sweetwater Evening Garden Club Tours the Site
 Members of the Sweetwater Evening Garden Club spent an evening at the Historic Barns Park and Garden recently, touring the site with BGS board members. The garden club joined the Michigan Barn Restoration Club on a tour of the Cathedral Barn, viewed the architectural renderings of the restoration plans for the barn, Visitor Center and walled garden, had a driving tour of the whole park and then held their business meeting in the picnic grove. BGS was delighted to host the Sweetwater group and looks forward to their return as the garden construction progresses.
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Onekama Garden Club Endorses the Capital Campaign
 The Onekama Garden Club invited the Botanical Garden Society to present their featured program for July. Members were thrilled with the progress of the garden and many plan on attending the September 17 BGS Open House so they can actually "experience" the site. After viewing a Power Point program on the Botanic Garden's plans and progress, the Onekama Garden Club endorsed the Historic Barns Park and Garden Capital Campaign and purchased a group membership in the Botanical Garden Society. Some of the members also purchased individual and family memberships. Thank you so much, Onekama ladies!
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Sutton's Bay Garden Club Workshop
Karen Schmidt, Chair of the Botanical Garden Society, recently presented a container garden workshop for the Sutton's Bay Garden Club. The club made a contribution to the Botanic Garden and has endorsed the Historic Barns Park and Garden Capital Campaign. Garden clubs bring such a wonderful mix of support, enthusiasm, and encouragement to the creation of our region's first botanic garden! They become important partners and friends!
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The Better Homes and Gardens Subscription Program is Back
 The Botanical Garden Society of Northwest Michigan (BGSNM) is an institutional member of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA). APGA is partnering with Better Homes and Gardens magazine in a special membership promotion for all its institutional public garden members with the goals of "increasing memberships in public gardens, educating the public about the joy and satisfaction of gardening, and making the world a greener place, one garden at a time."
This special promotion is offered to each new or renewing member of the Botanical Garden Society until September 30, 2011. As a new or renewing member to BGSNM you will receive from us in your membership packet a subscription card that you can fill out and return to Better Homes and Gardens. The subscription card includes postage. If you are a current subscriber to Better Homes and Gardens one year will be added to the length of your current subscription.
This special membership promotion affords you the opportunity to join us in "growing" The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park and also to receive a monthly magazine filled with informative, inspiring articles to make your personal garden a "satisfying, greener place!"
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