Study flower design, gardening, and landscaping.

Encourage beautification through gardening in our community.
 
Promote conservation of natural resources.

Michigan Garden Clubs (MGC)

The Michigan Garden Clubs is a wonderful organization and resource for all garden clubs and individuals in Michigan. Select this link for their website & newsletter:  www.migardenclubs.org   The Cadillac Garden Club is a member organization of MGC.
Check out the efforts of MGC to make the Black Swallowtail butterfly the state butterfly in the great state of Michigan. HB5642 was introduced in March 2022. Follow this activity through the MGC website and offer your support.
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Winter Sowing Process Using Gallon Milk or Water Jugs:
Here are two detailed articles  about starting plants from seeds outdoors, now! Even in Michigan. Prepare the jugs indoors and then plop them outside to let nature take its course between now and spring. When they sprout, they are already hardened so no moving of pots from inside and outside and back during the spring.
  • This is from Carol Faught at Omena Cut Flowers just north of Suttons Bay. Very detailed, with photos of each step. You can also see information about her cut flower farm  
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Links to two informative websites (CGC does not endorse or support any commercial products on the websites):
  • Gardening for Elders: Health Benefits and Tips for Seniors: 
​           https://billyoh.com/resource/benefits-of-gardening-older-adults

Gardening Connects the World:
Helen Garraway is a librarian & educator at the Fullers Library. It is a small town library in London, UK and Helen is involved in a garden project for 8-11-year-olds. She sent a lovely thank you to the Cadillac Garden Club because the group found the links on our website very helpful. In the process of doing their research,  one of the children, Anna, found a very good resource about home gardening and involvement of the whole family. Anna asked if we could include it on our website. Thank you Anna and Fullers Library! Here is the link:
​ couponfollow.com/research/home-gardening-ideas

Tips for the Garden

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Check out how the right planning, tools, and plants will help you and your
garden this season.

Join Us! 

Membership is open to all men and women interested in the areas of horticulture, conservation, floral, and landscape design.  Opportunities within the Club include working in the community gardens, fundraising activities, program planning, and regular meeting hostess duties.  Meetings are held at the First Presbyterian Church of Cadillac, 221 E. Harris, Cadillac. If you have questions, contact Leslie Hoover, President, at (517) 285-0110 or use the contact form on our website. 

Maybe you love gardening, flowers or environmental advocacy but do not have the time to join the Cadillac Garden Club. There are several ways you can support the Club and its work without being a member:
  1. Volunteer to work alongside Club members to weed, plant, trim, or spread mulch at the Sound Garden on 398 Chestnut St., Cadillac. Members spend time there weekly in spring, summer and fall and help is always needed! We also have a standing "clean-up" day the 2nd Saturday of the month, June through October), and an annually selected date in April & May, 9 AM-11 AM. Check dates under EVENTS. Individuals, families, schools, businesses, churches and organizations can help. The Sound Garden is a community treasure that has visitors in all seasons so help us out one time or on a recurring  basis (like one day a month). Contact Kathy at (231) 878-0492 or (231) 775-7762 to schedule a time to join us.
  2. Attend a monthly meeting that looks interesting to you. The upcoming agenda with program topics and information is listed under EVENTS. Most meetings/programs are free and guests are welcome. If this is not true it will be listed in the EVENTS posting. Workshops where attendees complete a flower related project usually have a small materials charge.
  3. Donate to the Cadillac Garden Club. We do the primary planning and maintenance of the Sound Garden and need funds to purchase plants, trees, flowers, mulch, musical items, and sculptures. Funds are also used to educate members and the community on topics related to our mission. Donations can be made to the Cadillac Garden Club by sending a check to CGC Treasurer, 4907 E. 46 Rd., Cadillac MI 49601. We also write grants to secure funds when we can.
  4. Attend the annual Cadillac Garden Club Holiday Home Tour the first Saturday of December. Information for the upcoming tour is posted under EVENTS. This is our only fundraising event. 
Cadillac Garden Club is a member of:
Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc., District V Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc., Central Region, Inc., National Garden Clubs, Inc., & Cadillac Arts Council
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