Friends of Belle Isle’s Environmental Stewardship Committee needs your help removing invasive plants in the park’s old growth forest. Each stewardship day, volunteers will meet and enjoy a breakfast snack, a hot drink, and a meet-and-greet.

Bring your favorite water bottle, warm boots, and a smile. Tools and work gloves will be on hand. Most work days we will remove woody invasive plants such as honeysuckle, privet, and buckthorn. The work is not very strenuous. We work along a paved path in the forest.

Upcoming dates:
Saturday, Feb 19, 9am-12pm
Saturday, March 19, 9am-12pm

Friends meet at the Belle Isle Nature Zoo at the East end of the island. Please RSVP to Mebby Pearson before each event so there will be enough bagels & coffee on hand.

248-647-7841
Melvadean.Pearson@gmail.com

Following the day to day progress of plant growing from seed never gets old. Even better is watching the progress in a time lapse video. It’s like watching a symphony—mesmerizing. Check out this great video by Dave Le.

The gardening world mourns the loss of Fred Case, a teacher, botanist, and true plantsman. Case passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. He and his wife Roberta authored three books, including “Trilliums,” and many articles for magazines and scientific publications about native orchids, trilliums, insectivorous plants, wildflowers and gardening.

A full obituary can be found here.