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From the Fields to Front Yard

  • February 06, 2023
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Zoom - To Be Sent Later
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  • current year member of MGANM
  • $5 donation for non-member attendee.

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Join The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park Executive Director, Matthew Ross for an evening presentation that highlights the value of understanding how best to expand your native plant palette.  For those of you seeking plants to integrate into an existing landscape or if you are looking to install a new native garden; a wide range of plants and their ecosystem services will be discussed.  In addition to getting lists of versatile plants native to the Great Lakes, you will get a chance to see how field botany and learning more about the role plants play in the ecosystem can be of assistance in your own home garden.  


About Your Speaker: Matthew Ross

Matthew Ross is the Executive Director of The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park in Traverse City Michigan.  He oversees the 26-acre Botanical Garden which was founded by visionaries Kurt and Karen Schmidt and a team of volunteers.  Starting in April of 2022, Matthew is the garden’s first director and its first full-time employee.  He is excited to bring his passion for horticulture to the organization which planted its first garden in 2008.  Prior to coming home to Michigan, Matthew was the Director of Continuing Education at Longwood Gardens, a college instructor at Owens Community College, and chief Horticulturist at Toledo Botanic Garden.  He is an avid garden tourist and photographer having been to hundreds if not thousands of gardens across the US, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, and Europe.



Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, 

as a chapter of the Michigan Master Gardener Association.  8527 E Governmental Center Drive, Suite 107, Suttons Bay. Michigan , 49682

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