Mark Your Calendar- May 17th is right around the corner! Whether you’ve attended past walks or never had a chance to attend, Deb LeBlanc’s spring wildflower walk at Pictured Rocks will not disappoint. There’s no better way to welcome spring and check those spring ephemerals off your plants-to-see list! See our Resources page for a […] Continue reading "Pictured Rocks Spring Wildflower Walk"
If you weren’t able to attend the January Winter Sowing Social at Bay College greenhouse, there’s still time to prepare seeds for the upcoming spring planting season! Our Resources Page now contains information on how to stratify seeds at home and how to winter plant in containers, from our friends at Prairie Nursery and Penn […] Continue reading "Winter Seed Preparation and Planting Information Available"
Check out our “Events” page for a few exciting upcoming activities to help you shake the winter blues and inspire your 2026 gardening endeavors. We will have an informational table and native seed packets available at three early-spring events in 2026. The final event is coming up on Saturday May 9th in Escanaba Michigan: Plantchella […] Continue reading "Spring’s On It’s Way – In the Meantime…"
Novices to the most seasoned gardeners will learn useful tips to becoming a more sustainable gardener in this 45-minute thought-provoking presentation by Dr. Brian Black, Bay College. It is followed by an informative recorded question and answer session. See the Resources Page for the URL link to the recording of this March 2022 Michigan State […] Continue reading "“What is Sustainable Gardening” Web Seminar link has been added to the Resources Page!"
Gardening with Native Plants: A Guide for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by Maria Janowiak, MSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteer This guide, developed as a volunteer project for the Michigan State University Extension Master Gardener program in March 2020, was designed to help gardeners in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula increase their use of plants that are native to […] Continue reading "Just in Time for Spring Gardening! – More Native Garden Resources"
Available Now! Steve Dosh Permaculture Preservation Presentation PowerPoint Slides The April 17, 2025 slide show has been converted to a PDF and can be accessed either at our newly created “Resources” page or through the link below. https://centralupperpeninsula.wildones.org/wp-content/images/sites/167/2025/05/Permaculture-Food-Forest.pdf Continue reading "Permaculture Presentation- Power Point"
This Wild One’s site provides practical, educationally-sound information on native landscaping developed specifically for first-time native plant gardeners looking for help getting started. The site also features a growing number of free, downloadable native garden designs created by professional landscape designers for multiple ecoregions in the United States, taking into account various light, soil and moisture […] Continue reading "A Guide to Creating Native Gardens is Available Online"
On Thursday, February 20, 2025 the Central Upper Peninsula Chapter of Wild Ones hosted “Invaders in the Woods” at the Forestry Innovation Center. The educational event focused on how to identify some of those invasive species. “Barberry is a common landscaping shrub which is quite invasive, especially in our forests,” said Laurie Johnson, Central U.P. […] Continue reading "In Case You Missed It- Invaders in the Woods"