The introduction of metered parking at Matthaei Botanical Gardens has led to a surge in membership, University of Michigan officials say.
If you're looking to add some plants to your garden this year, stop by one of the many plant sales in our area, starting this Friday.
Wild Swan Theater, Ann Arbor’s professional theater for families, will host its 5th annual “Chocolate Crush” fundraiser on Saturday, February 5th at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Michigan’s Matthaei Botanical Gardens Conservatory, located at 1800 North Dixboro Road. Ann Arbor’s premier chocolatiers and bakers, including Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory, Schakolad ...
Playwright David Leddy's "Susurrus" is now on offer at Matthaei Botanical Gardens.British playwright David Leddy - creator of “Susurrus,” now on offer at Matthaei Botanical Gardens, presented by the University Musical Society - was on-hand for an interview after a handful of locals got a first glimpse at the unconventional ...
David Leddy Generally, if you’re a contemporary playwright, you play an active role in the premiere production of a work, and then you send the script out into the larger world, where theater companies will (hopefully) pick it up and run with it, making it their own. But unconventional theater ...
The Ann Arbor area is bustling with opportunities to enjoy beautiful blooms this week. In addition to exploring local neighborhoods, folks can take advantage of these upcoming garden tours:
Winn Harless caught 24 swarms of bees last year. “Three in one day!” he growls. He fields phone calls from frantic homeowners with swarms clinging to trees, fences and patio furniture. Harless, who’s in his 60s or 70s, jumps in his pickup and races to the scene dressed in jeans ...
Richard Graham, Quentin Faro, Caroline Logue star in A2CT's Junior Theatre production of "The Secret Garden," opening May 13. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre’s Junior Theatre presents an original adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children’s book, "The Secret Garden," directed and adapted by Jacqueline Courteau, May 13-16.
Ann Arbor's Matthaei Botanical Gardens has announced upcoming workshops to be led by author Toby Hemenway on May 22 and 23. The two day-long workshops will be on "Designing and Installing a Food Forest" and "Permaculture Solutions for City and Suburb." Hemenway will also be giving a lecture titled "How ...
The University Musical Society, the performing-arts presenting group at the University of Michigan, today announced 5 productions making up its 2010-11 theater season. Laurie Anderson The season includes acclaimed performance artist/musician Laurie Anderson in a 2-night offering of her work "Delusion"; the acclaimed Druid Theater Company presenting Martin McDonagh’s "The ...
The owners of nine city chicken coops talked turkey Saturday during what organizers hope will be an annual Loop de Coop tour.   More than 100 people signed up for the free tour, spread out around Ann Arbor but concentrated on the west side. These chicken tenders needed little ...
The house that sits behind the conservatory at Matthaei Botanical Gardens has all the trappings of a modern home: Stainless steel appliances, pendant lights, a mudroom at the front entrance and breakfast bar for informal eating that separates the kitchen from the dining room.
From 1-4 p.m. Sunday, the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens hosted the grand opening of the Gaffield Children's Garden. Within the new garden, children and adults alike can enjoy a sensory garden with things to touch, taste, hear, see and smell; a butterfly garden; a natural builders' garden, and more. In ...
Make the most of your end-of-summer weekends and join in the fun this Sunday at the Gaffield Children’s Garden at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. From 1 to 4 p.m., celebrate the official grand opening of this unique space for fun, learning and discovery that allows kids the opportunity to connect ...
I don't think eating lavender is quite what they had in mind when the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens hosted a summer harvest. My seven-month-old son, however, had another idea in mind. As I pushed his stroller through the herb garden section, he reached his chubby little fingers out to run ...
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