Join us in getting ready for 2023's Fall Seed Sampler, and package seeds with other plant lovers. The AADL Seed Sampler provides patrons and residents of Washtenaw County with starter packs of seed to promote gardening knowledge and experience. Come help pack the seeds to get ready for the fall launch! What you will be doing: dividing seeds into envelopes of 20-40 seeds, depending on the variety.  Come on by and choose a workstation, instructions will be provided. If you need volunteer hours logged, please bring a form for staff to verify your hours at the event.

Join us in getting ready for 2023's Fall Seed Sampler, and package seeds with other plant lovers. The AADL Seed Sampler provides patrons and residents of Washtenaw County with starter packs of seed to promote gardening knowledge and experience. Come help pack the seeds to get ready for the fall launch! What you will be doing: dividing seeds into envelopes of 20-40 seeds, depending on the variety. Come on by and choose a workstation, instructions will be provided. If you need volunteer hours logged, please bring a form for staff to verify your hours at the event.

Find us on Main St at Ann Arbor's annual Green Fair! Learn about AADL's services and participate in some fun activities at our table!

Due to circumstances beyond our control, this event has been canceled. This event will be rescheduled for a later date in the near future. We apologize for any inconvenience.

This event has been moved from Traverwood to Westgate.

Have you ever wanted to save your seeds, but didn’t know where to start? This fun and informative presentation from author Bevin Cohen highlights the importance of saving and sharing our garden seeds and how to successfully do it at home! Learn why planting, saving, and sharing seeds is essential to the cultivation of sustainable neighborhoods and healthy communities. Bevin will share practical tips and advice through a blend of hands-on demonstration and lecture.

Explore Forest Hill Cemetery and the history of Ann Arbor as part of the celebration of the city's bicentennial.

Writer and oral historian George Ewart Evans (1910-1988) collected stories from horse whisperers in East Anglia that were members of the Society of Horsemen (aka The Horseman’s Word), a secret fraternal society founded in northeast Scotland during the early 19th century.
 
The horse whisperers embraced a holistic sensory approach to taming horses that included natural aromatic oil mixtures designed to manage behavior. Secret formulas were designed to attract good behavior (drawing) and discourage/repel bad behavior (jading).
 

Join Kelsey Dietz from the Michigan DNR’s Stewardship Unit for a talk on the volunteer stewardship program. Learn how you can help eradicate invasive species from high quality ecosystems at local state park land such as Pinckney and Waterloo Recreation Area.

To see the full slate of events and vendors, see aadl.org/diyfest.

Ann Asplund will tell how to use, find, harvest and grow plant dyes and how to minimize the impact on the environment. Besides teaching the basic of dyeing how the dyes work, and chemical safety, more sustainable practices and alternative mordants will be presented. Color samples will be available.

To see the full slate of events and vendors, see aadl.org/diyfest.

Learn about beekeeping basics with beekeepers Rebecca and Owen Wittekindt. You will also learn how to support native bees and other pollinators in your garden.

To see the full slate of events and vendors, see aadl.org/diyfest.