Travel within 0 to 50 mile limit
/Name: Catherine Coulson
Email Address: doodads_mum@yahoo.com
Address: 3763 Audrey Rae Lane, Howell, MI 48843
Home Phone:
Business Phone:
Mobile Phone: 770-856-5355
Best Way to Contact Me: Cell Phone
Topics I Speak About: The Rainbow Peace Garden I designed which is planted in the George and Judith Mynsberge Master Gardener Idea Bed at MSU Horticulture Gardens.
Gardening Education: I am an Advanced EMG with Livingston County
Gardening Experience: Over 15 years experience gardening in Illinois and Michigan plus numerous years working and managing garden centers, designing gardens and working as a personal gardener and trainer with gardening clients.
Specialties: perennials & softscaping, shade gardens
Honorarium: Yes
Amount You Charge: $75 (for virtual presentations)
Travel Restrictions: Within 50 miles of home
What Else Should We Know About You?: With COVID restrictions in place, my presentations are all virtual at this time.
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Melanie Manion
Natural Resources Management Supervisor for Ottawa County Parks
11500 Sleeper
Grand Haven, MI 49417
mmanion@miottawa.org [work]
(616)443-6323 [cell]
Preferred way to contact: email
Honorarium: $75.00 per hour
Travel limited to the counties of Kent, Ottawa, Allegan and Muskegon
Presentation Topics:
Invasive Species, gardening with native plants and gardening for pollinators
Experience: Beyond being the Natural Resources Supervisor for the Ottawa Parks Department Melanie has designed several personal native landscapes and works with park planners to develop formal native landscapes. Melanie has also given many presentations on native plants and invasive plants.
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Renata Reibitz
Perennial Manager - MSU Horticulture Gardens
1066 Bogue St., B110 Plant and Soil Science Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824
reibitzr@msu.edu [work]
reibitzrm@gmail.com [personal]
517-355-5191 x330 [work]
586-243-8395 [cell]
Honorarium: $100 donation to gardens = mileage
Travel limited to 25 miles from East Lansing
Subjects: Perennials, deer, spring and fall cleanup, tool care
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Michael Craig
address: 12534 Pinecrest Drive Plymouth, MI 48170
cell phone: (248) 766-5401
email: mjcraig123@hotmail.com or michael.craig@detroitK12.org
preferred contact: cell or email
Honorarium: none [reimbursement for fuel and mileage]
Travel: Willing to travel up to an hour
I run the Horticulture Program at the Charles Drew Transition Center, part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District, and work with special needs students in a horticulture setting to provide employment opportunities and fresh, locally-grown produce to students through the school lunch program and to the community with food pantry donations, sales at Eastern Market, The Detroit Salsa Company, and Chartreuse, our restaurant client. We are considered to be the largest Farm to School/Table/Restaurant program in the country.
So, as an Advanced Master Gardener specializing in the growth of vegetable crops, we grow in raised beds, in ground, in containers, and we have a very large hydroponic program that produces approximately 4000-5000 heads of lettuce and other leafy greens monthly.
Lastly, in times of pandemic, our program has been thriving, being named winners of a 2021 Education Excellence Award from the Michigan Association of School Boards and SetSeg Foundation as well as the Grand Prize Magna Award through the National School Boards Association.
Speaking Topics: School Gardening, Vegetable Crops, Management and Production, Raised Bed / Cold Frame, Strawbale Gardening, Gardening on a Budget
Gardening Education: Macomb Master Gardener 2013
More about Mr. Craig -
Very active in urban farming network, building corporate partnerships, extension knowledge of vegetable gardening.
