Registration Deadline: May 16, 2022 - 11:45PM
Windmill Island Gardens Pavilion, 1 Lincoln Ave., Holland, MI
May 18th: Smart Gardening for Pollinators
A budding new partnership between Michigan State University Extension and Windmill Island Gardens of Holland will allow guests and lakeshore residents to take advantage of three, free classes held throughout the 2022 growing season.
MSU Extension knows that gardeners can both positively and negatively affect our environment so classes will be centric to a greater purpose known as Smart Gardening which is MSU Extension’s campaign for using earth-friendly messages to help gardeners make smart choices in their own backyards. MSU Extension Master Gardeners will be sharing Smart Gardening tip sheets with thousands of guests at Windmill Island throughout the summer.
This is the first class in the three-part series: Smart Gardening with Pollinators where you will learn how to encourage pollinators in your garden by exploring a newly refurbished garden in the heart of downtown Holland, Michigan. This garden on Windmill Island, known as “Vlinder Veld” (butterfly garden) will feature dozens of new, pollinator-friendly plants to nurture butterflies, native bees and beneficial insects. With a wide variety of flowering plants, the garden will explode with color from spring through fall.
All classes are free, but you must pre-register for each class separately to reserve your seat. Seats are limited to 60 people.
Registration deadline for the Pollinator class is May 16th at midnight.
