PIW - Plant It Wild

PIW - Plant It Wild NATIVE PLANTS ARE GOOD FOR MICHIGAN! PLANT IT WILD is an independent, non-profit, native plant group based in Manistee and Benzie Counties.

We promote the use of native plant species by producing educational materials available at our meetings, booths, presentations, and through our website. Programs are offered from May through September featuring a wide array of speakers and topics on native plants.

Sing it sister! Please read through the entire post so you can share science with others.So many misconceptions!
09/01/2026

Sing it sister! Please read through the entire post so you can share science with others.

So many misconceptions!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BxstiBN38/Sounds like a nice trip!
09/01/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BxstiBN38/

Sounds like a nice trip!

Happy September! Does that mean we can officially celebrate fall?

After rescheduling our Lake Dubonnet paddle due to summer storms and air quality alerts, we’re reimagining this event:

This month, join us on the water for a relaxing (early) fall color tour.

Paddle Lake Dubonnet with us on September 18 from 9:30am to 12:00pm. Due to the nature of this event, attendance is limited to 17 people!

Register and learn more on our website: benziecd.org/events

Ben Vogt is a wealth of information. Go for it!
08/24/2026

Ben Vogt is a wealth of information. Go for it!

Can someone share with me the magic sauce to get engagement and build awareness with a post that says something like:

"Holy crap, y'all, did you know this website (https://prairieup.com) has 20 online classes with 18 hours of in-depth content you can watch whenever, 35 booklets and pocket guides totaling 550 pages, a monthly Q&A chat where you can ask a garden designer and author anything, a free newsletter, dozens of free articles and resources, webinars, and generally empowering information on natural garden design you won't easily find elsewhere all in one place?"

Garden action shot for eyeballs:

This season I am also seeing trees suffering from both over watering and under watering. Symptom of under watering is s...
08/20/2026

This season I am also seeing trees suffering from both over watering and under watering. Symptom of under watering is sprouting from the trunk base.

There is tremendous momentum right now within municipalities to plant trees. Small townships in our area and city governments are setting goals for native tree cover. And set aside all the human benefits, think about the caterpillar bird food benefits! But park after park and public space after public space appear to have sickly, struggling trees. The simplest of health check ups reveals the same cause over and over and over. W**d whacker (string trimmer) damage to the base of the trunk. Get the lawn care and maintenance crews on the same page with the local government reps and parks committees: you are investing huge dollars towards an admirable tree canopy goal. Stop squandering it through careless lawn “care”.

This failure of tree establishment represents such an unforced error on what should be one of the easiest of ecological goals! The public already knows trees=good. Clean air good. Cool shade good. Mature trees pretty. Here is money for trees. Wait why trees look so sad and ugly after planting? Tree growing too hard. Nevermind tree planting money.

Lawn crews? Hurray more grass to cut!

08/19/2026

REMINDER:

Important Last Minute Notice.
We regret to inform you that Plant It Wild's Wednesday, 8/19, 7 pm. program has been cancelled. Our speaker has encountered a family emergency.
We will not be meeting in person or hosting a Zoom presentation.

See you in September.

08/18/2026

Important Last Minute Notice.

We regret to inform you that Plant It Wild's Wednesday, 8/19, 7 pm. program has been cancelled. Our speaker has encountered a family emergency.

We will not be meeting in person or hosting a Zoom presentation.

See you in September.

This “pretty” is still the devil in a nice dress. I see it in road ditches. Eradicate it if you can! DO NOT purchase.
08/18/2026

This “pretty” is still the devil in a nice dress. I see it in road ditches. Eradicate it if you can! DO NOT purchase.

Purple loosetrife is having a banner year in the LP.

Our August program will be THIS Wednesday, August 19 at 7 pm at the Mills Community House, Benzonia, MI.Emily Umbarger, ...
08/16/2026

Our August program will be THIS Wednesday, August 19 at 7 pm at the Mills Community House, Benzonia, MI.

Emily Umbarger, Director of Sustainability at Interlochen Center for the Arts will tell us all about Pollinators of Northern Michigan. AKA some of the “little critters that run the world” according to E.O. Wilson.

PIW invites you Zoom in if you are unable to attend in person!

See you then.

Topic: Pollinators of Northern Michigan
Time: Aug 19, 2026 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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08/15/2026

We protect significant natural, scenic, and farm lands - and advance stewardship – now and for future generations. We serve a regional community that includes Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska and Manistee counties in northwest Lower Michigan

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Frankfort, MI
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