Holiday Home Tour: Silver Bells, Dec. 06, 2025
(More photos coming soon; technical difficulties)
Leslie Hoover & Frank Youngman were speakers at the October 7, 2025 Cadillac-Wexford Public Library Community Lecture Series held in the Sound Garden. The history of the Sound Garden and future plans were discussed. Sample carvings from the original sculpture, which inspired the name of the garden, were on hand.
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Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc. District 5 Conference and Flower Show in Manistee MI, 09/12/2015
Five members of the Cadillac Garden Club attended the District 5 meeting (Elsa Skipper, Sally Matthews, Marcia Murray, Leslie Hoover and Nancy Lapinski). In the judged flower show portion of the program, Nancy received a Second Place ribbon for her photograph of sunflowers, from a "bird's eye view". Leslie Hoover was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cadillac Garden Club and Michigan Garden Clubs. The day was filled with educational opportunities, sharing of floral designs and horticulture, and networking with 18 other local garden clubs in Northern Michigan.
Five members of the Cadillac Garden Club attended the District 5 meeting (Elsa Skipper, Sally Matthews, Marcia Murray, Leslie Hoover and Nancy Lapinski). In the judged flower show portion of the program, Nancy received a Second Place ribbon for her photograph of sunflowers, from a "bird's eye view". Leslie Hoover was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cadillac Garden Club and Michigan Garden Clubs. The day was filled with educational opportunities, sharing of floral designs and horticulture, and networking with 18 other local garden clubs in Northern Michigan.
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Cadillac Festival of the Arts: Cadillac Garden Club Tent
Free daffodil bulbs were distributed, fresh floral arrangements from members' gardens were won by eleven people throughout the day and Ikebana vases with floral "frogs" were sold. We enjoyed seeing friends and meeting new friends.
Free daffodil bulbs were distributed, fresh floral arrangements from members' gardens were won by eleven people throughout the day and Ikebana vases with floral "frogs" were sold. We enjoyed seeing friends and meeting new friends.
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June 9 & 10, 2025: Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc. Annual Meeting and Conference in Holland MI. Leslie Hoover and Rosemary Rokita represented the Cadillac Garden Club at this event.
December 7, 2024: Holiday Home Tour, Cadillac MI
August 12, 2024 Program and Business Meeting "on the go"
For our August meeting, the Club was on the go to three different gardens. First we visited Nancy Brown's garden followed by a visit to "A Little Lavender" where owner, Nancy Lapinski, showed us her farm with a shop and discussed the growing of lavender. Her shop is open daily 9 AM-6 PM at 4270 E. 46 Rd, Cadillac, MI. Our last stop was at the home of Kathy Simon. We visited her garden and had our business meeting too. Nancy and Kathy are club members. It was a wonderful social time and way to appreciate the different aspects of gardening.
July 19 & 20, 2024: Cadillac Festival of the Arts
Cadillac Garden Club members greeted festival attendees at a booth on Friday, July 19, while they made centerpieces for the Cadillac Arts Council's Art and UnWined event in the evening using home grown flowers. On Saturday Club members did three demonstrations of floral design.
Centerpieces were sold after the event. Thank you to everyone who made this a fun and successful event, and to those who stopped by to meet the Cadillac Garden Club members.
July 8, 2024 Program: Palate Pleasing Plants
Holiday Home Tour, December 2, 2023: Ode to Old & New
Sound Garden July 2023
July Program: Flower arranging with Marla Courtney
Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary: Field Trip on May 15, 2023 with botanist, Carolyn Henne
In the early 1930s, the Michigan Garden Clubs Inc. found land that they asked the National Forest Service to designate as a wildflower sanctuary. It took until 1950 to seal the deal and the area (south of Baldwin) has been a protected sanctuary since then. It is part of the Huron-Manistee National Forest. Eight Cadillac Club Members & guests joined the Forest Service botanist for a very informative walk. It is worth the drive and is an every changing environment.
Holiday Home Tour, Dec. 3, 2022 |
Something new and excited in the Sound Garden, July 27, 2022: In addition to new mid-summer blooms, a new musical instrument, The Fungi Phone, has been added to the Sound Garden by the Garden Club with support from the Cadillac Arts Council.
July 16, 2022 Flower Show sponsored by Cadillac Garden Club:
The floral arrangements and horticulture specimens entered into the 2022 Flower Show went beyond expectations. Even though the show was small, every entry was worthy and the judges were VERY impressed with the Cadillac talent. The floral arrangements were creative, artistic, followed the theme well, intriguing and were just plain beautiful. The horticulture specimens illustrated the effort, time and love that gardeners have for their plants.
The floral arrangements and horticulture specimens entered into the 2022 Flower Show went beyond expectations. Even though the show was small, every entry was worthy and the judges were VERY impressed with the Cadillac talent. The floral arrangements were creative, artistic, followed the theme well, intriguing and were just plain beautiful. The horticulture specimens illustrated the effort, time and love that gardeners have for their plants.
Spring 2022 in the Sound Garden
Huge shout out to community volunteers, Trevor, Angie and Tammy who joined Garden Club members, Kathy, Denise, Sandy, Diane, Kay, Elsa and Sue on June 11 at the Sound Garden for maintenance work. The group got a lot accomplished in 2 hours and their hard work is appreciated. All of those who visit the garden thank you!
Huge shout out to community volunteers, Trevor, Angie and Tammy who joined Garden Club members, Kathy, Denise, Sandy, Diane, Kay, Elsa and Sue on June 11 at the Sound Garden for maintenance work. The group got a lot accomplished in 2 hours and their hard work is appreciated. All of those who visit the garden thank you!
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September 13, 2021 Meeting: Floral Arrangement in coffee mug by Maggie Southwick of Sweet Blossoms, McBain, MI
June 14, 2021: Field Trip to Butterfly Farm and Bug Zoo in Williamsburg, MI
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Sept. 14, 2020: Field Trip to Pine Hill Nursery (with fall flower arrangement workshop)
July 24, 2020 Visit to the Cadillac Sound Garden
July 13, 2020 Meeting (at Nyland Garden)
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June 8, 2020 Meeting (photos by Elsa Skipper)
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Wind Sculpture at the Sound Garden - 2019
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