Minimizing the Error in Trial & Error
(in native gardening)
Presented by Mike Weis, Dropseed! Native Gardens and Ecological Restoration
Monday, February 17, 2025
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm (ET)
Online/Virtual • Zoom Webinar
- Public Welcome
- Program will be recorded and made public on YouTube
- Free Event Chapter
- Speaker Presentation
Experienced native plant gardener and designer Mike Weis, of Dropseed! Native Gardens and Ecological Restoration, will take us through the steps in the first garden he ever installed, starting in 2005. He will present a slideshow of images of this garden through the years to illustrate how some decisions/methods that were used worked well while others did not.

Bio: Mike Weis is the owner of the Kalamazoo-based native plant landscape company Dropseed! Native Gardens and Ecological Restoration. He has been gardening with native plants since 2005. Mike also works seasonally for Hidden Savanna Native Plant Nursery and volunteers as an ecological steward for Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy and Stewards of Kleinstuck. Mike is also on the executive and program committees for Kalamazoo Area Wild Ones, a board member of Stewards of Kleinstuck and he is the representative of KAWO for the Asylum Lake Preserve Council.