Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Focus on Choice Alpines (April 6, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58264 58264-14450686@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2019 11:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Two programs presented in one day by Ger van den Beuken, one of Europe’s most eminent experts on the cultivation of choice alpine plants. Program I (11-12:30): The Cultivation and Propagation of the Genus Saxifraga (includes Porphyrion, Saxifraga and Ligulatae Saxifrages). Program II (1:30-3): Cushion Plants. Presented by Great Lakes Chapter, North American Rock Garden Society. NOTE: Break in programming occurs from 12:30 - 1:30 pm.

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Presentation Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:31:23 -0500 2019-04-06T11:00:00-04:00 2019-04-06T15:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Presentation
Ethnobotanizing Your Garden: Inspired Design from Indigenous Plants and Worldviews (July 17, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64122 64122-16163572@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 17, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Drawing on his extensive academic experience studying and teaching ethnobotany, biology, anthropology, and American Indian studies, as well as his continued research as a specialist in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the Great Lakes region with a focus on the Anishinaabek culture, Dr. Heron will present on incorporating ethnobotany in home gardens. First in a three-part lecture series called "Ethnobotany for Gardeners: Summer Speaker Series at The Strawbale @ Campus Farm." The event is organized by an interdisciplinary group of graduate students through the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program in collaboration with U-M Campus Farm. The culmination of the series will be an edible perennial landscape design for The Strawbale @ Campus Farm, the University’s newly-constructed off-grid natural building. Refreshments will be provided. Events are free, but registration is required to attend. Visit https://tinyurl.com/yykv9qnr to reserve your space at one or more lectures.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:22:34 -0400 2019-07-17T18:30:00-04:00 2019-07-17T20:30:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Lecture / Discussion
Indigenous Foods Research in the Great Lakes Region (July 24, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64123 64123-16163573@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Dr. Reinhardt and Tina Moses will present on Indigenous food research they have conducted in Michigan, with a focus on the Decolonizing Diet Project that investigated the relationship between humans and Indigenous foods of the Great Lakes Region from 2010-2014 as an academic initiative of the Northern Michigan University Center for Native American Studies. Second in a three-part lecture series called "Ethnobotany for Gardeners: Summer Speaker Series at The Strawbale @ Campus Farm." The event is organized by an interdisciplinary group of graduate students through the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program in collaboration with U-M Campus Farm. The culmination of the series will be an edible perennial landscape design for The Strawbale @ Campus Farm, the University’s newly-constructed off-grid natural building. Refreshments will be provided. Events are free, but registration is required to attend. Visit https://tinyurl.com/yykv9qnr to reserve your space at one or more lectures.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:26:06 -0400 2019-07-24T18:30:00-04:00 2019-07-24T20:30:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Lecture / Discussion
Recovering Space for Ancestral Foodways (July 31, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64124 64124-16163574@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Reflecting on her diverse community engagement work in promoting traditional Native foods for a healthy diet, facilitating nutrition and traditional cooking classes, and managing community garden activities, Shiloh Maples will discuss the importance of revitalizing traditional foodways and embracing traditional foods in modern life. Third in a three-part lecture series called "Ethnobotany for Gardeners: Summer Speaker Series at The Strawbale @ Campus Farm." The event is organized by an interdisciplinary group of graduate students through the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program in collaboration with U-M Campus Farm. The culmination of the series will be an edible perennial landscape design for The Strawbale @ Campus Farm, the University’s newly-constructed off-grid natural building. Refreshments will be provided. Events are free, but registration is required to attend. Visit https://tinyurl.com/yykv9qnr to reserve your space at one or more lectures.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:29:04 -0400 2019-07-31T18:30:00-04:00 2019-07-31T20:30:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Lecture / Discussion