Welcome to the Portage Garden Club website! Thank you for stopping by. We hope you’ll take a minute to look around our site. If you’d like information about membership or have questions about our plant sale or programs, please use our contact form.  We’ll get in touch with you soon.

 

The Portage Garden Club is back with new presentations and meetings.

June 20, 2024: Shades of Lavender

• Where: 4722 24th St, Mattawan, 49071
• Meet at Park and Ride (8316 Angling Rd, 49024) at 10:30 at Centre St. car pool.
• 11:00 am. guided tour by owner Anthony Tran followed by lunch at Casa Tequila , Mattawan, and meeting.
• No Cost. Retail Store

______________________________________________________________________________

July 18, 2024: Tour of Linda Whitlock’s Garden, 11: 00 am

• Where: 9706 Oakview Dr, Portage, MI. 49024
• Lunch: The Crew at 12:30 pm

_____________________________________________________________________________–

August 15, 2024: Tour of Delano Homestead. Meet at Centre Carpool Park & Ride at 10:15 am

• Where: 555 West E Ave, Kalamazoo 49009
• Lunch:  Bag

______________________________________________________________________________

September 19, 2024: Roses presented by Wenke Greenhouse

• Where : Schrier Park, 850 W Osterhout Ave, Portage , 49024
• Lunch: Bag lunch. Beverages and treats provided by board members

______________________________________________________________________________

October 17, 2024: Peregrine Falcons of Kalamazoo, Speaker Gail Walter, DVM; 12:00 pm

• Where: Stuart Manor
• Lunch; Bag

_____________________________________________________________________________

November 21, 2024 : Saving Seeds; 12:00pm

• Where: Portage Library
• Lunch: Bag

______________________________________________________________________________-

December 16. 2024: Holiday Luncheon at Park Club, 11:30 am

• Where : 219 W. South Park, Kalamazoo, MI 49007
• Join us in a celebration of the holidays with a luncheon at Park Club. Gift Exchange is $15.00 gift

___________________________________________________________________________

January 16, 2025, Potluck at Mary Klenow ; 12:00pm

• When : 12:00 pm
• Where: Mary Klenow’s home

___________________________________________________________________________

February 20. 2025: Pebble Crafting Pictures

• When: 12:00 pm
• Where: Stuart Manor
• Lunch: Bag

___________________________________________________________________________

March 20, 2025: Succulent Gardening

• When: 12:00 pm
• Where: River Street Flowerland, 1300 River St., Kalamazoo, MI 49048
• Lunch: Bag

___________________________________________________________________________

April 17, 2025: Waking Up Your Garden; Speaker :Linda Whitlock

• When: 12:00 pm
• Where: Stuart Manor
• Lunch: Bag

___________________________________________________________________________

May 15-17: Plant Sale Meeting

• When: Meeting at 12:00pm and Setup at 1:00 pm
• Where : Anne Klimek’s home for Lunch Meeting on May 15 then to Club Nursery for Plant Sale setup
• Lunch : Bag

___________________________________________________________________________

May 29, 2025: District 3A Spring Conference. Bus trip to University of Michigan to Matthaei Botanical Garden and Nichols Arboretum.

___________________________________________________________________________

June 9-10 2025: MGC Annual Conference, “It’s A Shore Way to Connect”; Haworth Conference Center, Hope College, Holland, Mi .

___________________________________________________________________________

June 19, 2025 Tour of Leila Arboretum

• When: Meet at Centre Park and Ride (8316 Angling Rd, 49024) at 10:00 am. Tour starts at 11:00 am.
• Where : 928 W. Michigan Ave., Battle Creek, MI 49027
• Lunch: Bag

The Portage Garden Club is back with new presentations and meetings.

The Portage Garden Club was organized in 1969 and was federated in 1970 as a member club of the Michigan Garden Clubs (District III) and the National Garden Clubs.

We are a group of friends that share a passion for gardening and enjoy making a difference in our community. We meet February – December on the third Thursday of the month around noon, usually at the Stuart Manor in the Celery Flats. Our meetings include an opportunity for learning. Each program includes a presentation on a gardening related topic of interest to our members. We either have a guest speaker or a field trip.

Following are some examples of the activities and projects of our Portage Garden Club:

• Coordinating with the Portage Parks Department, we planted and now maintain the perennial gardens around Stuart Manor in  Celery Flats.   

• We have our annual plant
  sale and fund raiser the third Friday in May at a member’s home. The perennial and outdoor plants we share are ones from our own (and friends’) gardens that have done so well, we have extra. If there are any leftover plants, we donate most of them to Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity.
• We donate and plant the annual gardens at the MediLodge Nursing Home in Portage.
• We participate in Kalamazoo in Bloom by adopting and maintaining/weeding an annual bed near the Portage City Hall. 
• We purchase, collect, and donate many mittens, gloves and hats to the Senior Center Needlers who then distribute them to those in our community that are in need of them.

We also contribute money to other community charities and organizations such as the Michigan Garden Club Scholarship Program, the Kalamazoo Nature Center, Portage Community Center, Kalamazoo in Bloom, Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary, the National Garden Clubs, Inc. project: Global Partners Running Water and Power Up Backpack Program.

We have a wonderful Club and always enjoy getting together to learn, work and play in our gardens!

Please visit our Facebook page for news and updates.

We are affiliated with the Michigan, Central Region and National Garden Clubs.