NATIVE PLANTS, NATURAL LANDSCAPES
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What is going in our community

This section provides information for upcoming community events that may be of interest to our
readers. In each case you will find a link to the sponsoring organization's brochure or website.

  • Steelcase Prairie Tour
    Join us for a private tour of the prairie at Steelcase‘s Corporate Development Center.
    In 1989, Steelcase restored 125 acres of prairie at its Corporate Development Center back to
    its native state. The prairie at the pyramid building is one of the largest native prairie
    ecosystems in the Midwest. As you know native plants are well adapted to our local climate
    and soils and require little maintenance once established. Would you like to see first-hand
    how native plants have evolved together with other plants and animals to provide a rich
    environment for songbirds and butterflies? Would you like to learn about the landscape
    design and installation process at the pyramid’s prairie?
    Instructor:        Steve Allen, Environmental Consultant and Site Manager
    Location:          Steelcase Corporate Development Center
                            6100 East Paris SE, Caledonia (map)
    Date:                Saturday, August 25 from 9"00 am until Noon
    Registration Cost: $20/person (registration form here)
    Class is limited to 25 participants.

  • River City Wild Ones is a community partner with Groundswell and we will have our educational
    display at this event...help support our schools' environmental education!
    Groundswell Student Showcase - Join us for an evening celebrating students’ environmental
    stewardship projects. Student efforts to protect the Grand River watershed and surrounding
    environment will be displayed on the big screen and in the Wave Room at Celebration! Cinema
    North. We encourage you to bring guests interested in seeing the efforts of this year's
    Groundswell partners, teachers, and students. This is also an opportunity to see and share with
    the students from the twelve Groundswell schools that will be attending.
    Date:                Wednesday, May 23; 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
    Location:          Celebration! Cinema North at East Beltline and Knapp
    Locally Sourced refreshaments and Hor d'oeuvres will be served at 7:15 p.m.
    Please RSVP by May 21st by registering at www.groundswellmi.org or by calling Veda Hodges
    at 616-331-6440. When responding, please let us know the number of attendees, your school or
    partner affiliation, and any dietary restrictions you or your guests may have.

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