Emmet Conservation District

08/14/2026

Native Plant Workshop (11-1) & Sale (1-4pm) tomorrow Sat Aug 15! Don’t worry if you didn’t pre-order - we will have lots of great plants including some not on the sale list such as woodland/shade and other special plants! Vern’s specialty is special plants! Stop by to see what we have!

Address: 306 Stimpson (US-31), Pellston, MI 49769
The workshop will be in the Masonic building and the sale will be next door in the former DNR garage.

08/11/2026

Dark Sky Park events and Lights Out challenge Aug 12!

08/06/2026

There is still time to sign up for the mushroom cultivation workshop on Aug 14!

https://www.emmetcd.org/mushroom-cultivation-workshop.html #/

08/06/2026

The Michigan Big Tree Hunt is on! Submit your nominations by Aug. 11. Did you know that Emmet County has some big tree winners? An eastern cottonwood from Bay View was a past state winner, and just last year a black walnut from Petoskey with a circumference of 126 inches won the county title!

07/21/2026

The 2026 Native Plant Workshop/Sale (Aug 15) update: the workshop will be held indoors at the Masonic Lodge next door to the garage, and the plant sale will be in the garage. In the meantime, enjoy this beautiful native Michigan lily that is blooming now! Did you know we had native lilies this gorgeous??

07/18/2026

🐝💕 Beebalm!!

07/18/2026

We love these stewardship posts!! Thank you Petoskey Area Garden Club for sharing!!

Saturday, July 18

🌿 Stewardship Saturday

Leave a Little Wild

A perfectly tidy garden isn't always the healthiest garden.

Leaving a small brush pile, a few hollow stems, or a quiet corner with leaf litter provides shelter for native bees, butterflies, fireflies, toads, and countless beneficial insects.

You don't have to let your whole yard grow wild. Even one intentionally "messy" corner can make a meaningful difference for wildlife.

Garden Tip:
Think of your garden as more than a landscape—it's habitat.

07/17/2026

ATTN NATIVE PLANT LOVERS: The 2026 ECD Native Plant Workshop & Sale will be held on Sat. Aug 15, 2026 at 306 Stimpson, Pellston, MI (the old DNR garage). Register for the Workshop to win a garden kit to take home! Workshop 11am-1pm, Sale 1-4pm

WORKSHOP: Learn about gardening with native plants and how important they are to our pollinators from native plant expert Vern Stephens, owner of Designs by Nature, specializing in growing native plants from wild-collected seed without fertilizers and pesticides. Workshop cost: $5/person.

The Native Plant Sale Online Store is now open!! You can also register for the workshop and order plants by phone, email or snail mail. Order forms can be downloaded from the ECD website: https://www.emmetcd.org/native-plant-sale.html #/

Plant sale costs: $6/quart, $75/flat (38 plugs).

Pre-orders due by July 31. Extra plants will be available for walk-ins on the day of the sale - stop in to see what’s available!

Contact ECD for more information: send us a message through FB, phone 231-439-8977, email: [email protected].

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