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Home Clippings Long-time local garden writer remembered

PLEASE NOTE: In the autumn of 1995, we hatched the idea for a free, local gardening publication. The following spring, we published the first issue of Michigan Gardener magazine. Advertisers, readers, and distribution sites embraced our vision. Thus began an exciting journey of helping our local gardening community grow and prosper.
After 27 years, nearly 200 issues published, and millions of copies printed, we have decided it is time to end the publication of our Print Magazine and E-Newsletter.

Long-time local garden writer remembered

December 1, 2009   •   

Garden writer Marty Figley passed away on November 25, 2009. Marty was a freelance writer and gardening was a subject near and dear to her heart. She began as a garden writer for The Observer and Eccentric newspapers in 1987 and joined the Garden Writers Association that same year. Marty was a member of the Herb Society of America, an Honorary Life Member of the Cranbrook House and Garden Auxiliary, and an Advanced Master Gardener in Oakland County. See the Detroit News obituary for more information.

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