Highlights from our 2024 Season: MAEAP certification, fun plants in fun places, and more

Why you should welcome toads to your yard

Stories and news from the nursery

Four reasons to appreciate voles in your native plant garden

Plus nine new plants in the greenhouse and a spring coupon for our newest garden kit!

Nine new native plants for this Spring! Plus answers to FAQs and a spring coupon.

Last week I wrote on Canada Mayflower, Maianthemun canadense, also know as Wild Lily of the Valley. I got several inquiries about how to...

A bit about Canada Mayflower, a tiny plant that can have a big role in your garden.

The first year of our family native plant nursery in review and a request for feedback.

Pictures of the insects and wildlife from a season in the greenhouse.

Late summer and early fall are perfect for planting perennials. Find out why you shouldn't fret the frost.

Update on the Monarch hoard in our greenhouse, feasting on Michigan native milkweeds.

We weren't planning on raising Monarch caterpillars in the greenhouse, but the Monarchs had other ideas!

Getting ready for fall planting of Michigan native perennial plants

Look at the amazing roots on this Tall Sunflower. Native plants grow great roots.

A toad decided to bed down in our native bluestem grass. Normally a prairie species, it’s damp from all the rain and quite to his liking.

Pictures of Monarch caterpillars on three kinds of milkweed and the inside scoop on which is their favorite. 🐛

Goldenrod is not the same as ragweed and doesn't cause allergies.

Have you ever been cleaning up the garden in the spring and plucked the stalk of a dead annual from the garden store, only to have a...

One of the benefits of growing pesticide-free native plants is that you don't have to worry about the health of spring peepers you find...