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

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June 18, 2026; Fennville Poppies

6054 124^th Ave, Fennville, MI 49408
Meet at Park & Ride (8316 Angling Rd, 49024 at 10:15am to carpool
Lunch 12:15 at Crane’s Restaurant, 5897 124^th Ave, Fennville

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July 16, 2026: River Lake Inn Gardens & Hummingbird Haven

Meet at Park & Ride (8316 Angling Rd, 49024 at 9:15am to carpool
Self Tour: 767 Ralston Rd, Colon, MI 49040
Lunch ;Farrand Diner, 45 N Main St, Three Rivers, MI 49093

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August 20, 2026: KVCC Innovation Hub, Jackie Smith

224 E. Crosstown, Kalamazoo 49001
Members to bring a sack lunch and chair.

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September 17, 2026: Permaculture for Gardeners Who Love to Experiment

Stuart Manor, 7340 Garden Lane, 49002
Members to bring a sack lunch. Beverages and Dessert by hostesses

October 5-6, 2026: Central Region Virtual Fall Festival. Watch Party to be organized.

Online Auctions, two day registration: $75.00, Registration Deadline is September 21.

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October 15, 2026: Holiday Ideas from the Garden

12:00 pm lunch and fellowship, followed by our Presentation and Business meeting
Scott Stokes is our own PGC member. Scott believes the holidays is the most wonderful time of the year with Holiday decor inspired by worldwide traditions and garden harvest. Scott will show how to build winter pot displays, dye hydrangeas, and share the timeless tradition of gold gilding cones and seed heads. Plus much more.
Members to bring a sack lunch and own water. Beverages and Dessert by hostesses

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November 19, 2026; Growing a Garden for Birds

Stuart Manor, 7340 Garden Lane, 49002
12:00pm and fellowship followed by our Speaker and Business Meeting.
Joyce Leppard (member of Audubon Society) presentation will promote bird friendly gardening practices, highlighting the connection between horticulture and wildlife habitat support.
Members bring sack lunch and own water. Beverages and dessert provided by hostesses,

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December 3, 2026: Holiday Luncheon and Gift Exchange

Park Club, 2019 W South Street, Kalamazoo, 11:30 in the Pub Room.
Reservation and lunch choice will be collected by the November meeting.
Gift Exchange, bring a gift with a $15 value. Lunch choice will be determined

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January 15, 2027: Social Afternoon and Potluck

Location to be determined.
Join in a winter afternoon of potluck favorites and get together.
Arrive by 12:00pm.

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February 19, 2027, Hidcote Manor Gardens: Garden Design during the Arts and Crafts Movement with Kathy Kienle

Stuart Manor, 7340 Garden Lane, 49002
Kathy Kienle (Landscapers and Kalamazoo Garden Club member) has visited the English Gardens at Hidcote several times. The Gardens are the best known and most influential arts and crafts gardens in England. It is made of “linked gardens rooms” of hedges, rare trees and shrubs.
Members bring a sack lunch and own water. Beverages and dessert provided by hostesses
Arrive by 12:00 pm.m.

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March 19, 2027, Elements of Landscape Design, at Wedel’s Nursery, Florist and Garden Center

Wedel’s Nursery, Florist and Garden Center, 5020 Texas Dr., Kalamazoo, MI 49009.
Sharon Steele is a landscape Designer at Wedel’s. Sharon has an extensive background in garden design in Michigan as well as English Gardens while living in Great Britain.
Using form. texture, color, smell and sound are used to create an outdoor living and sensory experience.
12:00pm, bring a sack lunch and own beverages. Dessert provided by hostesses.

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April 16, 2027; What Do Smells Do, Anyway? Herb Teas and poultices

Stuart Manor, 7340 Garden Lane, 49002.
Jan Shaw, RN and Medicine Woman is an expert in Herbs and their uses in teas and herbal healing.
Members bring a sack lunch and own water. Dessert provided by hostesses.
Arrive by 12:00 pm..

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May 20, 2027, Plant Sale Set Up and Club Meeting

At the home of Anne Klimek, 6407 Cherrywood, Portage, 49024
12:00pm, bag lunch with beverages and dessert provided by hostesses
After lunch we will go to the nursery to finish set up for our annual sales

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May 21-22, 2027: Annual Plant Sale

Plant Sale: Friday, May 21, 7:00am to 5:00pm
Plant Sale: Saturday, May 22: 8:00am to 3:00pm

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April of May 2027, District 3A Spring Conference, TBA. The District is looking for a new Director.

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May 13-17, 2027: National Garden Clubs Convention, Madison, Wisconson

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June 6-8, 2027 MGC Annual Conference, Hilton Doubletree Inn, Lansing, MI “When you Can Not Find the Sun, Be the Sunshine”

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June 17, 2027: Five Senses Gardens, Kalamazoo, MI

Details to be determined

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!

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

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