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The University of Michigan
Photograph of Red-Tailed Hawk taken at Nichols Arboretum on 3/27/2007 by Andreas Kanon
 
Click here to learn more about birding at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum.
Dreaming of spring beauty? Click here for our community education class list including Plant Passions lecture series!

At MBGNA we want to encourage life-long learning and a offer a commitment to stewardship of our environment. With these tools we hope we can help you on that path.

  • Self-guided Tours
  • Stewardship at Home
  • DIY Guide to Alternative Lawns - Is your lawn making you stressed? Are you tired of all that mowing? Switching to an alternative lawn may be the answer. Alternative lawns provide the land cover you want with less maintenance than the traditional turf lawn. Click here to download (PDF)
  • DIY Project - Install a rain barrel. Click here to download (PDF)
  • DIY Project - A green roof on your dog house! (PDF Coming Soon)
  • Featured Article/DIY Project - Rain, Rain, You Can Stay! Master gardener, Monica Milla tells all there is to know about rain gardens! This article was featured in the Spring 2006 Newsletter. Click here to download (PDF)
  • Benefits of recycling - www.earth911.org
  • Leave No Trace ethics - www.lnt.org
  • Ask the Experts
  • How do I plant a rain garden?
  • Gardening tips
  • Winter bulb maintenance
Answers to these questions and many more in our contstantly-growing "Ask the Experts" section.

For further information about these projects or links, please contact us using the interactive comment form.

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