Native Plant Garden Tours – Bay County

Wild Ones member Jeanne Henderson will welcome visitors to her native plant gardens for this program. She has added natives to the landscape for over 30 years and will describe the challenges and benefits of native species. The suburban yard includes shade-loving woodland perennials under maple trees and sun-loving pollinator perennials mixed with shrubs and evergreens for birds. The address is 2942 Imperial Drive, Bay City (actually Monitor township).
Next we drive 1.5 miles to the Frankenlust Township Nature Park to see the ongoing restoration efforts. Non-native invasives were removed, fields were drill-seeded with native perennial wildflowers and grasses, native shrubs planted, eight White Birch trees planted by Wild Ones last September. This fall 10 maple trees will be added with the grant our chapter just awarded to them.
RSVP to [email protected]. Please try to carpool.
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This program is brought to you by the Wild Ones Mid-Mitten Chapter, part of a member-based national organization whose mission promotes environmentally-sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, and establishment of native plant communities. The Mid-Mitten Chapter is based in Midland, Bay, Saginaw, and Isabella counties. It meets monthly typically on the second Monday, and welcomes new members. For more information go to @midmittenwildones.