What's New at the Michigan School of Gardening

The Michigan School of Gardening
Great Learning Opportunities for People Who Love to Garden

Since January 1996, the School has been dedicated to providing beginning and experienced gardeners with high quality training in gardening, design and horticulture. We are professionally trained experts with a dream — to give gardeners of every level top-quality information so they can truly enjoy the joys of gardening! We have developed classes for everyone: homeowners, beginners, old hands, amateur or professional horticulturists and designers. We have developed over 100 classes for all stages of gardeners.

Our classes are known for their down-to-earth hands-on experience, and the techniques and information they provide which, together, help build and increase gardeners’ skills and confidence to design, plant and maintain fabulous gardens or just have the most beautiful yard on the block.

We have evolved over the years by listening to our students, and we see that it's time for our biggest change yet. We are going back to our roots and looking at ways to enhance our approach and branch out, making what we do at the school available to gardeners everywhere. One of our aims is to develop new platforms so that topics can be learned not only in a classroom or group setting but individually, at your own place and pace. As we develop new on-line, on-air and on-screen programs and written materials, we are recruiting our students to test pilot programs, serve as beta-testers for on-line offerings, assist in research, etc.

As we have classes and events to announce, we contact our students and interested parties by e-mail much like the e-mails we’ve sent over the past year announcing our classes, workshops and Expert Perspective Walks™. We no longer send a paper schedule in the mail. So, please make sure to keep in touch with us by providing us your e-mail address and letting us know you want to receive our notices.

As always, special classes can be arranged for your group, organization or event through our Book an Expert program. We are also available to answer gardening questions and converse on the FREE Gardeners’ Forum at www.PracticalGardening.com.

What's New!!

Several times a month, the Michigan School of Gardening sends e-mail updates to those signed-up to receive it. These updates feature upcoming classes, workshops, events and other timely information about the School's offerings. If you'd like to receive these notices visit our Request Information page and let us know.

Michigan School of Gardening FREE Bulletin Boards

The first is a public bulletin board where everyone can share information with fellow gardeners. All you have to do is visit the bulletin board, register, and you can begin enjoying the perks! Share your information, see what's new and even participate in or post your own poll to get valuable feedback on topics of interest!

The second is a bulletin board that is exclusive to instructors and gardeners who are taking or have taken classes at the School. You can set up car pools to classes or events, share information resources, view exclusive class correspondence and more! If you haven't registered up yet, go to the public bulletin board and register, then email your log-in username and password, to karin@michigangardening.com and your Bulletin Board permissions will be upgraded. Don't miss out any longer - register today!

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An established landscape can increase the value of a home up to 20%! But how can homeowners protect their investment during a construction project? For a checklist of landscape protection items to consider, click here to download, review and print the Landscape Guard's Checklist using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Because of the large number of trees lost to the emerald ash borer, it is important to be informed about the different trees available in our area to replace those that have been removed from our landscapes. We have compiled a list of trees and some important information about each tree. Click here to download, review and print more information about replacing lost ash trees using Adobe Acrobat Reader.