The club noticed that a big part of the garden that was once covered in shade by the Elm tree was now exposed to full sun. They saw this as the perfect place to put in a garden for the black swallowtail butterfly.
The Ferndale Garden Club is meeting at Harding Park on June 9, 2022 from 7-8:30pm to learn how to identify, manage, and prevent invasive species in the home garden…
“The garden is neighbors helping neighbors and its helping teach children how to serve your community and help your neighbor. People found what they were doing in the garden was very rewarding.”
Many beautiful yards and gardens in Ferndale begin with help from neighbors that visit the annual Ferndale Beautification Commission Plant Exchange.
Local residents can register on two different websites to receive free marigold seeds. Each person gets one packet that should contain enough for a small residential garden.
Cranbrook’s Japanese Garden Gets Grant for Restoration (Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research, Oct. 15, 2018) Bloomfield Hills, MI – Created in 1915 by Cranbrook founder George Booth and his father, Henry Wood Booth, Cranbrook’s Japanese Garden is among the oldest in North America. Although the garden today remains a place of inspiration and…
“Accidental” Sunflower Grows Over 20 Feet Tall in Ferndale Front Yard (Crystal A. Proxmire, Aug. 30, 2018) Ferndale, MI – With a stalk that is too big for one hand, and a height estimated at over 20 feet, the mammoth sunflower in the front of Michael Purdy’s home on Academy Street in Ferndale has been…
Harvest Party at Good Neighbor Garden in Ferndale Oct. 8 (EVENT page) Ferndale, MI – Harvest Party at Good Neighbor Garden Oct. 8 11am to 2pm Join us for our annual Harvest Party! This year promises to be the biggest and most fun ever with crafts, workshops, games, and free gifts (while supplies last).…
Community Garden Planting Day in Clawson June 6 (event listing, June 1, 2015) Saturday, June 6th 9am-Noon Meet at Parkland Park in Clawson to help Youth Assistance and other volunteers with the planting. If unable to help perhaps you send a donation of a plant, flower, seeds, etc., or monetary donation so they can purchase…
Growing Good Karma in The Rust Belt’s New Garden (Crystal A. Proxmire, May 28, 2015) What used to be concrete, wood chips, bushes and landscaping grass is now a rich organic gardening space alongside the Rust Belt Market at the corner of 9 Mile and Woodward in Ferndale. Several weeks were spent tearing out the…
The group has been active since 1931 and there are now over 30 members. Members do not need to be experts, though many have gardens of breathtaking beauty, and some are even certified Master Gardeners.
How Our Gardens Grow: Ferndale’s Perennial Exchange (Crystal A. Proxmire, Ferndale 115 News, 9/24/2011) There aren’t many places where Mother Nature has a good return policy, but here in Ferndale the annual Perennial Exchange gives residents a chance to dig up the plants they don’t want and trade them with other gardeners for some they…