NATIVE PLANT EDUCATION GARDEN (NPEG)
920 Cherry St SE, Grand Rapids
Our work sessions have ended for the 2024 season.
Much gratitude for all the volunteers that took such good care of our garden! Our volunteers logged 170 hours weeding, pruning, transplanting and collecting seeds this year! Watch here for Spring 2025 Garden Sessions updates.
Do you enjoy creating or maintaining inspirational outdoor spaces? Would you like to improve our urban and suburban environments? Come join us for any or all of these important hands-on garden work sessions. Learn about some of the important tasks in maintaining an urban prairie or install new native plants in our Native Plant Education Garden (NPEG) 920 Cherry St SE, Grand Rapids. These garden work sessions are a perfect place to learn about planting, identifying and caring for native plants. Whether you are an experienced gardener or just beginning your education, this is the place to learn, laugh and get to know other Wild Ones members. We need your help in keeping this important native plant demonstration site active and inviting!
Our chapter holds volunteer work days once per month, April–October. They are scheduled and guided by the Garden Chairs Karyn Detmer-Babitt and Amy Heilman. Generally, these garden learning shifts last about two hours. Duties may include pruning, weeding, seed collection, planting, or labeling plants.
Questions? Email: [email protected]
Above photo by member Michelle Cadarette
Read the history of our Native Plant Education Garden.
October 2024 at the NPEG
September 2024 at the NPEG
August 2024 at the NPEG
July 2024 at the NPEG
June 2024 at the NPEG
May 2024 at the NPEG
April 2024 Volunteers
Front: Annabelle and her mom Lyndsey Hosack, Back L–R: Elise Roe, Marti MacArthur, Marcia Carrick, Veronica Jones, Amy Heilman, Chris Smith, Sandy Bergh, Theresa Hogerheide, Amy Werner, and Karyn Detmer-Babbitt. Photo by Linda Gary.