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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Free Birding Webinar: What’s New in Avian Taxonomy (2025)

Cornell Lab Birds of the World: What's New in Avian Taxonomy 2025 with a collage of colorful birds overlaid on a worldwide map.

With the restructured bird taxonomy released in October 2025, birders around the world have seen bird species changes on eBird, Merlin, and Birds of the World.

For example, all my Yellow Warbler observations have been changed to Northern Yellow Warbler. And my Warbling Vireo observations have changed to Eastern Warbling Vireo.

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