Travel within 50 to 100 miles
/Travel within 50 to 100 miles
Name: Carol Brodbeck
Email Address: brodbeck@aol.com
Address: 6410 Crane Rd. Ypsilanti, Mich.
Home Phone: 734-434-3795
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Best Way to Contact Me: Email, Home Phone
Topics I Speak About: Hummingbird Gardening (Hummer Haven)
Butterfly Gardening (Butterfly Bliss)
Spring-flowering bulbs (Think Spring)
Origins of Fruits and Vegetables (History on Our Tables)
Moon Garden (Sensuous Garden of the Night)
Pollinators (What's the Buzzzzz About?)
Creating a Holiday centerpiece
Houseplant TCL
African Violets
Under-utilized Weed, the Dandelion
Some Like it Dry (Drought-Tolerant)
Good Bug/Bad Bug
and others
Gardening Education: B.S. Biological Sciences; Accredited Advanced Master Gardener; National Garden Clubs, Inc. Environmental and Gardening Consultant and Master Landscape Design Consultant and Master Flower Show Judge
Gardening Experience: Been presenting on gardening and nature-related topics presented on a variety of topics to a wide variety of audiences of all ages (4-95) in a five-county area over the past 20 years. Some of these audiences were Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Saline, Chelsea, and Livonia libraries; garden clubs in Washtenaw, Hillsdale, Ingham, Livingston, Monroe, Jackson, and Wayne counties; Michigan Garden Club District Meetings; National Garden Club Central Region and National conventions; Colonial Dames of America; DAR; Questers, U-M, Washtenaw Community College Life-Long Learning, and most recently taught March 2021 Outdoor Flower course for 59 students at the National Garden Clubs, Inc. Gardening School. Served as State President of Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc. 2017-2019.
Specialties: Same as specified above.
Honorarium: Yes
Amount You Charge: via zoom $50.00. In-person $100 + mileage
Travel Restrictions: Within 150 miles of home
What Else Should We Know About You?: I try to answer the question "WHY" so audiences know why plants or practices are recommended--so they can make choices on their own without needing their lists of recommendations. Love to include biological tidbits to awe the audience of the awesomeness of nature. When appropriate, I also include some history about the topic. Each presentation is updated just prior with current information I just learned from a variety of periodicals to which I subscribe or lectures, webinars or classes I've attended. Will tailor presentation for a given audience. I have my own zoom license and been giving monthly gardening presentations to a max of 50 attendees this year. Have also been writing a monthly column on gardening in church newsletter since January 2020. Judge 4-H gardening-related exhibits at Washtenaw County Youth Fair.
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Rufus Issacs
Dept. of Entomology, MSU, 578 Wilson Rd. East Lansing, MI 48824
isaacsr@msu.edu
517-355-6619
517-242-2532 [cell]
Preferred contact method - email
Honorarium: $100 to benefit the MSU Vegetables and Insect Pollinators Garden
Travel: no more than 100 miles from East Lansing, mileage at 56 cents per mile
Gardening Education: Professor of Entomology
Gardening Experience: 40 years home gardening
More about Isaacs: Director of the Berry Crops and Pollination lab at MSU, co-designer of the Vegetables and Insect Pollinators Garden at MSU, co-developer of the www.nativeplants.msu.edu website and materials therein, keen home gardener with wildflowers, vegetable, and fruit.
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Name: Miranda Niemiec
Email Address: miranda@springmeadownursery.com
Address: 12601 120th Avenue, Grand Haven, MI 49417
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Best Way to Contact Me: Email
Topics I Speak About: Anything related to perennials and shrubs! I write the content for greatgardenplants.com, so if you'd like to see specific topics, you can check out the blog https://www.greatgardenplants.com/blogs/content
Gardening Education: Spent over 8 years (including PhD work) researching topics in Plant Biology and Nutrient Dynamics - specifically studying root biology.
Gardening Experience: I've been gardening in my personal garden all my life, and now I write educational content for gardening websites! I no longer do research and now focus my efforts on sharing gardening info with the masses.
Specialties: Shrubs (hydrangeas, roses, weigela, arborvitae, etc) and perennials (you name it!)
Honorarium: No
Amount You Charge: 0
Travel Restrictions: Within 100 miles of home
What Else Should We Know About You?: Eager to talk about plants! Will happily bring along professional PowerPoint presentations and even a few live plants as well.
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Glen Pace
PaceGardens@charter.net
810-247-4582 (cell) 810-687-2512 (gardens)
989-244-4029 (home)
Bio/Intro; Mr. Pace is a Registered Nurse by trade and a botany enthusiast as a means of relaxation.
Glen is an RN and Certified Trauma Nurse working in the ER /Trauma Department of an inner city hospital. He is also an instructor for the Emergency Nurses Association teaching the Trauma Nurse Core Course.
His gardening enthusiasm started more than 50 years ago, with a neighbor giving a 5-year-old child a bouquet of Salix discolor (Pussy willow) which rooted while he was enjoying their catkins. Since that first tree Glen has been propagating multiple plants by rooting, layering, and grafting.
He has written many Power Point Presentations on gardening subjects including: Side-Veneer Grafting, Cypripediums, Color and Texture in the Spring Garden, Fostering the Unconventional, and other subjects related to a Woodland Garden. He enjoys teaching others about his style of gardening and about the plants of which he holds great passion.
Glen is known for pushing the hardiness envelope with his unique collections of plants and enjoys the past time of working in his private woodland garden, Pace Gardens in Clio, MI.
"I break so many of the traditional gardening rules, you wouldn't think I would be teaching gardening"
Power Point Presentations
Color and Texture in the Spring Garden- New Spring growth and spring flowers add color and excitement to the garden after a long cold winter. Even though there is a lot of green, there are multiple shades and textures which gives dimension to the overall landscape. This presentation shows examples of plants to use for giving extra color and /or texture to the garden landscape.
Cypripedium Orchids- There are more than 40 species of the treasured Lady Slipper Orchid and the average gardener can grow certain species of these beautiful plants with some basic soil amendments or with a sunken pot filled with the medium the plants require. The presentation covers what is growing at Pace Gardens and a glimpse of some of the hybrids being produced for garden culture as well as how to grow a hardy Cypripedium in a sunken pot.
Fostering the Unconventional- Cultivation of plants that are rare, unusual, and some that are beyond explanation. Pictorial guide from Pace Gardens of many types of decorative trees, shrubs, vines, and perennials and their most common means of propagation.
Grafting the Japanese Maple- There are 12 steps to grafting a Japanese Maple. This presentation shows the technique of side-veneer grafting as taught to me by Harold Johnston of Tallassee, AL. Harold was the "Master Grafter” for the University of Alabama to propagate their collection of Japanese Maples. This presentation can be turned into a hands-on grafting class, but I must have a long advance notice to be able to acquire the rootstock for the class.
Hellebores; The Species, Some Hybrids, and Which Ones Grow Best in USDA zones 5b-6a- This Buttercup relative has a few common names including Christmas Rose, Lenten Rose, Snow Rose, Oracle Rose, and sneezewort. This Presentation covers the four Caulescent Species as well as the sixteen Acaulescent Species, part of the ten subspecies and some of the hybrids. Which ones are reliably hardy in the Mid-Michigan landscape is revealed. Also discussed is seed propagation and division.
Maples for the Small Garden-Maples, Acer palmatum, japonicum, and a few others that are garden sized, interesting, and self-controlled enough to be used in the typical smaller garden. This class covers a number of varieties of these beautiful small trees with pictures to show their spring, summer, and autumn interest as well as general cultural information.
Trillium; More Than Just the White One- A pictorial guide of more than forty of the accepted forty-nine species of Trillium, plus additional slides of specie selections, hybrids, and some unusual and rare double forms. Each specie's origin and habitat is covered. Propagation by seed and vegetative means is discussed. Handouts available for PowerPoint pictures, Trillium Sources, list of Accepted Species, and an Identification Key by Susan Farmer.
What is Hosta College- Presentation of the 2014 Great Lakes Regional Hosta College held in Piqua, OH every March. This presentation gives the audience a glimpse of what to expect at the annual event. Hosta College is: educational, interactive, lots of fun, a great place to find what's new for your garden, a place to buy Hosta, Companion Plants, Hosta Stones, Books, Garden Tools, Unique Art, Clothing, and where you see friends you only get to see once per year at Hosta College in Piqua, OH.
Wonderful Woodlanders- How can plants grow in the dense shade under mature trees. The spring ephemeral plants are some of the hardiest plants we can grow. They are some of the first plants that bloom in the spring and they sprout, grow, bloom, seed, and then go dormant just as the trees are coming into full leaf. This presentation covers a number of native and non-native spring ephemeral plants that can be grown in a USDA zone 5b garden.
Scheduling a presentation I work weekends at a Trauma Center in Flint, MI so I am available to do presentations on
Monday through Thursday only.
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Carol DeVries
address: 13330 40th Marne, MI
cell phone: (616) 915-9744
email: carolydevries@gmail.com
Honorarium: $25.00 to $75.00 plus mileage, depends on size / resources of group. Happy to skip honorarium if a good cause.
Speaking Topics:
After decades of presenting, I have assembled a list of my most popular talks. I will be happy to bring my own equipment to project onto your screen, or connect to your HDMI compatible TV, or insert my flash drive into your equipment.
Beastly Battle – There are so many animals that create issues for us and so many conflicting opinions on how to deter them. After committing the time and money to arm yourself like your friends advised, you find your plants are still under attack. This talk explores what really does work as a defense and what doesn’t.
Can You Dig It? (Soil) – Improving our soil is the single most important thing we can do for our gardens and yet we give it little though. It is possible to get great soil without all the heavy lifting and lots of digging. This talk explores simple fixes for our soil and why clay & sand are different.
Container Contentment – We love the look of flowers at the front door, but oh the work! Let’s look at how to put together your containers so they will be easy to maintain, how to select the right plants to make a beautiful arrangement, how to keep your container looking fresh through the summer, and how to overwinter that container for use in the coming year.
Discovering Daylilies – Daylilies can seem like a ho hum plant, but the modern hybridized varieties are stunning. Here we get practical direction on things to look for in a good daylily, general care of them, three methods to propagate, and how to landscape with them.
Hosting a Hosta – Of course you love your Hosta, but there is so much more to a lovely shade garden then plopping it in the ground. This is a fresh look at this mainstay of the shade garden. Down to earth direction on all care aspects through all four seasons and putting together an attractive shade garden.
Quit Bugging Me! – There are so many insects out there. Which are beneficial and which are harmful? It can be hard to tell them apart and know what to do. This talk explores how to figure out who you are facing and what to do about the ones that are bothering your garden as well as your family.
Seasonal Steps - We love our plants, don’t we? But why do we always start with so much eager anticipation in the spring only to end up with a weedy mess by August? It doesn’t have to be that way, and it doesn’t have to make a wreck of us to have it looking nice all year. This talk explores some simple changes in the timing of what we do and how it can simplify and beautify our gardens.
Surviving Your Garden - Keeping your garden lovely shouldn’t make a wreck out of you! So, let’s open my bag of tricks and look at what I have discovered that helps to make maintenance of our gardens less of a chore. There is plenty of advice on how to do it perfectly, this is the talk on how to get it done. Discussing what equipment works, easier ways to do things, issues with commonly grown plants, and designing a garden layout that works for you.
Winning Against Weeds – Weeds are the enemy of all gardeners and the single most hated thing we deal with in our gardens. But how much time have we spent studying them and how best to approach ridding ourselves of them? This talk lays out practical steps to stop them from emerging and slowly evolve your weeding from a summer long chore to an occasional task.
Carol DeVries – 616-915-9744 carolydevries@gmail.com
Advanced Master Gardener for over a decade
Past President of Grand Valley Daylily Society
Past President of Grand Valley Dahlia Society
2008 Volunteer of the Year for the Master Gardener Program
2004 Volunteer of the Year for the Junior Master Gardener Program
Three years as Chair of the “Stuck on Gardening” Tour by the Kent County Master Gardeners
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