The Little Library at the MCG

08/08/2025

Do you love peas? Stop down to the Girl Scout bed in plot #50 and grab a few for a snack while you’re working at the garden! 🫛🫛🫛

07/04/2025

Such a pretty morning at the garden! The library was running a little low the last time I checked in so I came with a bag of books only to find someone filled it up already! Lots of great books to read over the holiday weekend! 📚

05/30/2025

The Children’s Bed is planted! We had some spare marigolds that are free for the taking at the Tiny Library and lots of new seeds in our seed bin too! 🌱🥒🥕🍅🥬🫛🫜🎃

05/25/2025

🪴It’s planting season🪴so the library has been planted with a variety of garden themed books for readers and gardeners of all ages! We have some seed donations in the seed tin for anyone to use, and also added more seed envelopes if you want to share some! We also have some friendship bracelet kits and squishies that were donated by GSNWGL - Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes!

05/19/2025

Yesterday, our girls were awarded their long-awaited Bronze Awards - the highest award they can earn as Junior Girl Scouts. Thank you to everyone who attended the ceremony yesterday, as well as those who have sent their congratulations and well wishes! We are so proud of them and can't wait to see what they do next! 💚

If you would like to view the slides of their project, you can see them here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSK2kuq_CDpAgT4FUivAGqA8isiu-KeYaaj6pZcddvt3zJgqf5fRgrVsFgj71yrL4Gr3xMI_vGgCfiB/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

05/16/2025

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We are almost full in the Garden! This is amazing news. If you would still like a bed we have W3, 47,48, and 49 available. Please contact Melissa White at 517-281-7639 if you are interested in one of these beds.

05/06/2025

Michelle, Cathy and I, the three Gardenteers will be scooping horse p**p (composted from Judy) tomorrow to freshen up the Community and Senior Center beds. If anyone wants to help with this and scoop some p**p with us and add some to your own bed, we are meeting at 9:00 am in the garden, Wednesday, May 7. We will go over with a trailer and pick it up and then spread it when we get back.

04/07/2025

'Tis the season!! (Just ignore all the snow and ice!!) 🌱🌿🪴

03/14/2025

It’s almost garden season!! 🌱

Our next Community Garden meeting for those with beds and interested in beds will be on April 10 at 11:15 at the Manistique Senior Center. Yesterday, we had a great group of people attend the meeting, and all are excited to get back into the garden. Michelle, Cathy, and Melissa will create a list of tasks that need to be done this summer, and we will need volunteers. Watch for the list, and hopefully, you can help us out!
I would encourage you to watch for more info about the week of April 21, as Nicole and Bob from the Paper Mill have an excellent proposal for us to add butterfly-friendly plants and level out that area back on Wolf Street by the large Oak tree. It will be great to get the garden cleaned up, the mulch moved where it needs to be moved, and the beds ready for planting by the first of May.