Grandville Environmental Sustainability Committee

06/13/2026

And we're off! EXPO runs till noon. Off the east side of the Grandville Branch - KDL!! Artemis Growers Magical Mystery Meadows The Garden Guru Kzoo Bendy Stem Farm

06/13/2026

Just some of the crazy cool plants at the City of Grandville, MI Native Plant Sale & Expo that starts at 9 this morn in Downtown GRANDville https://www.facebook.com/share/1Crj3Qn5zB/

06/12/2026

Thrilled the weather looks fantastic for our plant sale and expo tomorrow next to the Grandville Branch - KDL in beautiful downtown City of Grandville, MI. For you coffee drinkers we will have free brews while they last from Littlefoot Coffee Roasters. Plants from The Garden Guru Kzoo Bendy Stem Farm Artemis Growers Magical Mystery Meadows and Natures Balance Gardening.

06/11/2026

1 pm Tuesday June 16th - excellent - mark your calendars!

Questions about going pesticide-free? We have the answers! 🐝

Join our panel of experts to learn how to manage pests and keep pesticides away from your garden! Bring your questions about buying bee safe plants, how to address your pest issues, ways to reduce pesticide use, and more!

JUN 16
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM MT
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET

The event is free! You can register now ➡️https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EDwA4n8-TOKdjsNaAFmYPw

📺 Closed Captioning will be available during this webinar. The webinar will be recorded and available on our YouTube channel ➡️ xerces.org/youtube

06/10/2026

Our Native Plant Sale & Expo THIS Saturday from 9 am to 12 noon has moved oh-so-slightly to the amphitheater on the east side of the Grandville Library. Stop by, buy some plants, and peruse our orgs and other vendors including Good Sweet Earth, Native Edge, LLC, John Ball Zoo's Habitat Heroes folks and much more.

06/07/2026

This is very good for our area! Just be sure of your site conditions. Example, NJ Tea prefers sun and avg to dry soil, Spicebush thrives in part sun and Ninebark loves moisture. 🐦🐛🐝🐞🦋

Most people plant ornamental shrubs that look good in May and do nothing the rest of the year. These eight work every season — berries, flowers, nesting cover, and pollinator food from spring through winter.

Viburnum is the anchor. Spring flowers, fall berries that feed thirty-plus bird species, and dense branching that wrens and cardinals nest inside. If you plant one shrub, this is it.

Winterberry holds red berries through January — long after everything else is bare. She's the reason cedar waxwings visit your yard in December.

🌿 The ones most people haven't heard of:

Bayberry produces waxy berries that only one warbler species can digest — the yellow-rumped warbler. She winters farther north than any other warbler specifically because bayberry exists. The original bayberry candle was made from the same wax.

New Jersey tea fixes nitrogen in the soil like clover does, attracts butterflies all summer, and tolerates drought once established. She's three feet tall and does the work of a tree.

Eight shrubs. Plant three of them and the yard changes in one season 🌱

06/06/2026

Non-profit partners you can learn from Saturday June 13th at our Native Plant Sale & Expo include Friends of Buck Creek, Grandville Community Tree Project and Kent Conservation District. For all the details: https://www.facebook.com/share/1CkdaQcbZQ/

06/04/2026

Our Native Plant Sale & Expo on Saturday June 13th from 9 am to noon will also feature several local food creatives including Foliage and Flour, Land Of Honey Local Bee Products and Brennan Butter Co (pictured). For more info and vendors: https://www.facebook.com/events/854006994410818

06/04/2026

There is phlox in our region, but unfortunately the large majority of the phlox-LIKE plants you see are this exact non-native invasive problem plant. https://www.cityofgrandville.com/our_community/invasive_plant_info.php

Dame’s rocket is an invasive plant that often gets mistaken for native wildflowers. While it may look pretty, it crowds out native plants that local pollinators and wildlife depend on.

Every invasive plant removed is a small step toward restoring healthy habitat. Native plants belong here—and they support the bees, butterflies, birds, and other wildlife that make our ecosystems thrive.

06/02/2026

The Garden Guru Kzoo, Magical Mystery Meadows and Nature's Balance Gardening round out our native plant suppliers for the June 13th Expo from 9 am to noon at the City of Grandville, MI Commons. For all the details: https://www.facebook.com/events/854006994410818