23rd Annual Ann Arbor Garden Walk
Saturday, June 8    10 am to 4 pm

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  • Six lovely, unique private gardens
  • Community nature preserve
  • Plant & Art Marketplace

Bees and chickens -- a rain garden -- large spaces and small places full of color and creativity -- the 2013 Garden Walk promises inspiration and information for everyone!

Proceeds from the 2013 Garden Walk will benefit the Michigan 4-H Foundation and the Centennial Shrub Garden at Nichols Arboretum.

Mark your calendar now, and plan to spend a summer Saturday enjoying green, growing spaces!

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Int'l Tea celebrates 20th anniversary of Michigan 4-H Children's Garden

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“High Tea” & Garden Tour
Monday, August 5, 2013
Noon; $30 per person (free parking)

The Michigan Division of WNF&GA has a long history of support for Michigan 4-H. One of the very real rewards of this mutually beneficial relationship will be in full bloom on Monday, August 5, as we gather to celebrate a very special International Tea at a very special place – the Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden in East Lansing, celebrating its 20th anniversary. Be a part of this milestone moment!

The International Tea – “Celebrating the Past, Seeding the Future” – will begin at noon with introductions in the Conservatory. Following Tea and the program we will be led by Dr. Norm Lownds, Curator, 4-H Children’s Garden, on a special tour of the garden.  In early August, the gardens will be in peak condition.

Among the old friends, colleagues, Farm & Garden members, and MSU staff gathering to celebrate will be several people instrumental to making the 4-H Children’s Garden a reality, including: Jane Taylor, first curator of the 4-H Children’s Garden; Don Yost, former executive director, Michigan 4-H Foundation; Dr. Russell Mawby, former 4-H State Leader, and International Foreign Youth Exchange (IFYE) participant, 1946; and Cheryl Howell, Executive Director, 4-H Foundation. Visit the Michigan Division website for ticket information.

Opened in 1993, the outdoor Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden features 30 special themed landscape and play areas, including a dinosaur garden, a pizza garden, a Peter Rabbit garden and the Alice in Wonderland Maze, which leads to a secret garden. The garden’s mission is to promote an understanding of plants and the role they play in daily lives, nurture the wonder of a child’s imagination and curiosity, and provide a place for the enrichment and delight of its more than 150,000 annual visitors. An indoor 4-H Children's Garden opened in 2003 to provide year-round educational access to science-based learning, and in 2008, the 2,500 sq. ft. Schoolyard Demonstration Garden opened as a companion to the outdoor children's garden.

AAF&G awards $9,200 in grants and scholarships for 2012-13

Ann Arbor Farm & Garden is pleased to announce the following recipients of Ann Arbor Branch grant and scholarship awards.

STEPS for Kids                        $500              Plants and equipment for vegetable garden
Starr Commonwealth               $800              Vegetable garden, education
UM SNRE                                $1,000            Scholarship, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Haisley Green Team                $1,500            School vegetable garden installation
UM Biological Station               $1,500            Scholarship for summer graduate student
Leslie Science Center              $1,900            COOP Nation project
Edible Avalon                          $2,000            Garden, nutrition and youth programs

Proceeds from the 2013 Ann Arbor Garden Walk will benefit two additional recipients: the Michigan 4-H Foundation and the Centennial Shrub Collection at Nichols Arboretum.

We are proud to continue our support of area groups and projects that promote the many benefits of gardening, provide hands-on education about gardens and the environment, and encourage community involvement.

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"Membership in Farm & Garden has brought me many new friendships and certainly broadened my knowledge of gardening and all that is involved."  Jean J.


F&G Women Make a Difference!

Congratulations to two of our fabulous Farm & Garden women!
Ann Meredith, a member since 2000 and our corresponding secretary, will be honored by the Washtenaw Community College Foundation's Women's Council at their May 15th "Salute to Women's Leadership" luncheon.

Kathy Clark, member since 2005, was honored for five years of volunteer service at Mott Children's Hospital at a recent UM Hospitals & Health Centers' Volunteer Recognition function. Kathy is one of our "Flower Ladies."
Are you interested in making our community greener?  Meeting and working with fabulous women? Join us!!