Lewiston, Michigan Garden Club

11/01/2026

10/31/2026

Happy Halloween from the Lewiston, Michigan Garden Club!

Is it really even Halloween until you’ve carved your Jack O Lantern? Even the Peckingtons enjoy “carving” a pumpkin!

We’d like to see your creations here. Share a picture below 👇

10/22/2026

🌿 A Look Back: Growing Community Through the Years 🌿

Long before today’s gardens bloomed, community members shared a vision for creating a more beautiful place to live.

This scrapbook page takes us back to 1967, when the dedication of the Village Park in Lewiston celebrated a collective effort to create a welcoming public space. The newspaper clipping captures local civic leaders, summer residents, and volunteers working together to bring the village square to life.

It’s a meaningful reminder that the heart of a Garden Club has always extended beyond flowers and gardens. At its core are community pride, beautification, stewardship, and the desire to leave something lasting for future generations. 🌼

During these quieter months between growing seasons, we’ll open our scrapbooks and share glimpses of the club’s history—one page, photograph, and story at a time. Through these memories, we hope to introduce you to the people, projects, and events that have helped shape our community.

Because while gardens may rest through the winter, the roots of our community run deep. 🌱

10/12/2026

🍂 Closing Up the Cottage? Don't Forget the Garden! 🌿

As we start buttoning up our cottages and properties for a long northern Michigan winter, there's one area that's easy to overlook: the garden!

A little fall cleanup can make spring gardening easier, protect our tools and equipment, and help us avoid a few unpleasant surprises when we return to our gardens next year.

🌱 Here's a little garden-closing checklist to get you started:

☐ Drain garden hoses and store them away
☐ Clean and put away garden tools
☐ Empty and store pots that could crack in freezing weather
☐ Remove diseased plant material and fallen fruit
☐ Make note of plants that need dividing, moving, or replacing in spring
☐ Leave some healthy perennial stems and seed heads standing for overwintering wildlife
☐ Jot down those spring projects before you forget!

And remember, not everything needs to be cut back! Some seed heads provide food for birds, while hollow stems offer shelter for beneficial insects.

🌷 Garden Club question: What's one thing you always do to close up your garden for winter? And what's one thing you wish you'd remembered last spring?

Share your tips below. We can all learn something from each other!

10/04/2026

🌼 A Little Fall Planting for a Beautiful Spring! 🌼

A few of our Lewiston Garden Club members had a wonderful time at Fall Fest on Sunday, sharing daffodil bulbs generously donated for our community!

We hope everyone enjoyed a day filled with fun, family time, and all the festivities downtown. And now, a little reminder: Don’t forget to get those daffodil bulbs in the ground! Plant them soon, following the instructions included in your bag, and you’ll be rewarded with a little burst of sunshine when spring arrives. 🌷

We heard from so many folks who told us they look forward to planting their bulbs every year. We love that tradition and would love to see it continue!

📸 Share a photo of your bulbs going into the ground this fall, and then share another when those first beautiful signs of spring appear!

Be sure to tag LewistonMIGardenClub so we can enjoy the blooms right along with you!

Here’s to planting a little happiness today and looking forward to tomorrow! 💛🌼

10/03/2026

🍂 Fall gardens may be winding down, but there’s already a little promise of spring in the air! 🌷

As we tuck our gardens in for the winter, it’s the perfect time to plant a little happiness for the months ahead. After all, those chilly days won’t last forever, and before we know it, we’ll be watching for the first signs of spring!

The Lewiston Garden Club will be at Fall Fest this Sunday from NOON–3 PM, at the corner of Kneeland & Hanson, sharing a little springtime promise with our community!

Stop by, say hello, and pick up a flower bulb to take home and plant. Give it a cozy spot in the ground now, and let Mother Nature work her magic. 🌱

Because the best thing about fall? Knowing there’s a whole new garden waiting just around the corner! 💚

We hope to see you Sunday! 🍁

09/25/2026

The garden is getting that “should I clean this up or leave it alone?” look. 😂🌿

So, Garden Club friends… what team are you on?

✂️ TEAM CUT IT BACK NOW
🌾 TEAM LEAVE IT UNTIL SPRING

Cast your vote in the comments below 👇- and tell us what you do in your own garden! 🌱

09/20/2026

The Lewiston Michigan Garden Club will meet on Monday, September 21st at 10 AM at the Nicolet Bank in the downstairs conference room. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or an eager beginner, you’re welcome to come join us in our missions to make Lewiston more beautiful; learn gardening techniques that are friendly, safe and protective to our environment; and support our youth through an annual scholarship. Hope to see you there!!

09/12/2026

Chris Nagel and David Steele, Tee Lake residents, met with Erick Elgin, a lake biologist from MSU, and toured the lake for three hours on Saturday, looking for invasive plant species, discussing the lake's biodiversity, and how to be responsible stewards of the lake. Erick was impressed by the lake's health, the lack of invasive plants, and its high biodiversity. An indicator of high biodiversity were the kingfishers around the lake, who have a low tolerance for over-development. He felt the best thing we can do for the lake in the long term is to increase the amount of native plant lake shore buffer zones at our homes, which is already high, and reduce the amount of lawn fertilizer near the lake. The photo is of Erick with a native white water lily, a.k.a. PacMan.

09/04/2026

🌼 Garden Tip: Labor Day Weekend is a Great Time to Divide Perennials! 🌱

Here is a tip from one of our members: Labor Day weekend is the perfect time to take a look at some of those perennial plants that have finished blooming and may be ready for a little dividing.

Shasta daisies are a great example. Since they’re done blooming for the season, you can dig them up and divide them without sacrificing this year’s flowers. Dividing them now also gives the new plants plenty of time to establish strong roots before winter and put on a beautiful show next summer.

And Shasta daisies aren’t the only perennials that can benefit from dividing! Depending on the plant, late summer and early fall can be a good time to divide many established perennials, including hostas, daylilies, peonies, irises, bee balm and other hardy garden favorites.

🌱 And what better way to put those extra plants to good use?

Our Lewiston Garden Club Perennial Exchange is TOMORROW 9-Noon at the Lewiston Farmers Market! Bring your healthy, established perennial divisions to share and take home something new for your garden. It’s a wonderful way to keep good plants growing, make room in an overgrown garden bed, and share a little garden happiness with your neighbors.

📍 Find us at the Lewiston Farmers Market tomorrow for the Garden Club Perennial Exchange from 9 a.m. til Noon!

Happy dividing—and happy gardening! 💚🌿