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Photo of the Week: Winter Sowing Up-Potting Workshop

May 3, 2026 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

A black flat of 18 small plant pots containing small green-leaved plants sits on a grass lawn. Several plants have white plant labels.

This morning I joined other members of our Wayne County Wild Ones chapter as we up-potted our winter sown native plants from late January.

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Free Native Plants Webinar and Winter Sowing Workshops

January 21, 2026 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

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: Anise Hyssop

July 13, 2025 by Deborah Edwards-Oñoro

Spiky cylindrical flowers comprised of small violet-blue florets rise from whorls of long serrated green leaves on several upright plants. The violet-blue flowers are in different sizes, one appears to be almost three inches in size.

Excited to see my Anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) is blooming this week!

I planted them in February 2025, as part of the Wild Ones Wayne County winter sowing project. Seeds were planted in milk jugs and placed outdoors for cold stratfication.

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Photo of the Week: Winter Sowing Up-Potting Workshop

Free Native Plants Webinar and Winter Sowing Workshops

Photo of the Week: Anise Hyssop

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