Free Native Plants Webinar and Winter Sowing Workshops

Light snow covers five white plastic milk jugs with blue painters tape wrapped around them; the jugs sit in a leaf-covered flower bed next to brick house.

With over eight inches of snow on the ground and sub-zero degree weather forecast this week in southeast Michigan, my mind naturally turns to gardening.

While I’m not able to do any gardening outside, I can get prepared for the upcoming gardening season, thanks to three free upcoming native plant indoor events.

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Photo of the Week: Snowdrops Are Back

Two slender green stems with white closed flower buds on top rise from a bed of adjacent green round coral bell leaves and brown mulch snow-covered soil.

With the deep freeze and sustained cold temperatures in southeast Michigan in December, I didn’t expect my snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) to germinate and bloom early.

Since 2012, I’ve been pleasantly surprised during our gray winter days to discover my snowdrops blooming early in my garden.

Only once in 10+ years have these spring-flowering bulbs bloomed in my garden during their “typical” late February/early March blooming time.

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Photo of the Week: Seed Savers Exchange Catalog

Brightly colored orange, pink, and gold multi-layered zinnia flower blooms decorate the front cover of the green Seed Savers Exchange seed catalog.

On a cold, wintry Sunday morning in southeast Michigan where it’s been snowing for the past two hours, browsing the bright flower and delicious looking vegetable photos in this year’s Seed Savers Exchange seed catalog brightens my day.

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