Mark Your Calendars for these Upcoming Events!

Monthly Meetings are normally on the third Saturday of the Month from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, Grand Rapids Library on Bridge Street

2026 Grand Growers Planned Schedule and Local Events

  • 9/19/26 - Grand Growers Meeting - 10:00 am at the Grand Rapids Library

  • 9/24/26 - Homegrown Habitat: Native Plants, Your Backyard, and the Oak Openings Region - Doors open at 6:00pm; Event at 7:00pm at Imagination Station, KeyBank Discovery Theater, One Discovery Way, Toledo, Ohio

    • an extraordinary conversation about one of the world’s rarest ecosystems – The Oak Openings Region. Join the Imagination Station on September 24 for a Community Conversation about this gem in our backyard, the role Greater Toledo private gardens and landscapes play in supporting it, and the grassroots movement to plant native plants.  

    • Speakers will discuss the origin of our area and share specific examples of steps individuals and property owners can take to help preserve and restore it, no matter where they live.

    • Speakers include:

      Jon & Susan Cross, authors and native plant advocates

      Todd Crail, PhD, Distinguished Lecturer, University of Toledo Environmental Sciences

      Kyleigh Morrison, Student, Greening UToledo Through Service

    • This is a free, but ticketed event.

    • Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/share/16BXC3jcsfL/

    • Direct event registration link: https://bit.ly/4gvEfo2

    • As Oak Openings Region residents who have restored 20 acres of rare habitat to its native state, my husband, Jon Cross, and I are volunteers on a mission to help audiences learn how to incorporate native plants into any backyard, garden, or landscape. We speak often about our efforts and have documented our story at www.zenvironment.net.

  • 10/17/26 - Fall Garden Exchange from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Grand Rapids Log Cabin Information Booth

  • 11/21/26 - Wreath Making Class (Tentative)

  • No December Meeting

  • Proposed 2027 Meeting Topics

    1. January - Seed Starting and Propagating

    2. February - Toledo Zoo Gardens

    3. March - Garden Walk Planning Meeting

    4. April - Toledo Zoo Orchid Show

    5. May - Spring Garden Exchange

    6. June - Garden Walk

    7. July & August - Field Trip Suggestions

      1. 577

      2. Toledo Botanical Garden Metropark

      3. Private Tropical Garden in Waterville

    8. September - Garden Pest Control

    9. October - Fall Garden Exchange

    10. November - Holiday Topic

    11. December - No Meeting

For current meeting information, please sign up for our informational emails at grandgrowers@gmail.com