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Here is a list of garden centers, mail order nurseries, tool makers, glovers, landscape supply yards, clothiers, professional organizations, news services, libraries, etc. that have been our suppliers and resource experts for many years. Good people and good products. You'll note that some are linked so you can go directly to a website. We are linking the rest one by one as they come up in new articles or we have a chance to talk to them about what we're doing.

Abele Greenhouse and Garden Center
new varieties of shrub potentilla,

Allemon's Landscape Center

AM Leonard

Arrowhead Alpines

Association of Professional Gardeners

Bad Axe Iron Works
tree-form trellis, sculptural peony cage

Baker's Creek Seeds
vegetable and flower seed, heirloom varieties

Bogie Lake Greenhouses
annual and herb topiary, flower basket care

Bordine's
plants, bird baths

Brainer's Greenhouse

Brent and Becky's Bulbs

Bushel Mart
mulch, stone

Clarington Forge
fine forged tools

Dean Krauskopf, 760 AM WJR radio: Garden Show

English Gardens
special order plants, bird baths ,

Fiskars Power Gear pruning tools and long-reach pruner

Fleur Detroit
plants, accessories, bird baths, holiday greens ideas, unique rustic furniture ,

Forestfarm

Gardenviews
accessories, tools, bird baths, more bird baths, holiday greens ideas, unique rustic furniture, ornaments,

Glasshouse Works, retail on-site and on-line; overstuffed winter storage,

Goldner Walsh Nursery
special order plants, winter sunbreak,

Gossler Farms

Grass Roots Nursery Water Gardens
Owner Scott Bates, Forum Moderator; bird baths, koi food,

Greer Gardens

Highland Tree Farm

Hortech Wholesale
Premium Plants Plant Selection Wizard, Green roof plants

Johnny's Selected Seeds
vegetable seeds, heirloom varieties

King Creek Timber Products
sculptural tree trunks, garden arbors and pergolas

Lee Valley Tools

Lodi Farms

Mahoney's Garden Centers, Boston area, Cape Cod
bird baths,

Mary's Plant Farm, Hamilton, Ohio

Master Gardener Association of Wayne County, Michigan, an all-volunteer organization that puts on fabulous educational events; here re holiday lights in the garden,

Michigan Gardener magazine, "Your guide to Great Lakes gardening"

MTEC - Midwest Tool and Equipment Center
core aerator

Oikos Tree Crops

Plant Delights Nursery
plantsman Tony Avent quoted here, new Buddleia,

Planter's Palette, Salem Township, MI

Planter's Palette, Winfield, IL

Plymouth Nursery
Assisted here on topics:
native & unusual perennials, bird baths, bird feeding supplies, childrens' tools, garden clothing, ornaments, statuary

Prairie Nursery
Neil Diboll, owner and prairie restoration specialist, quoted here
Assisted here on topics: wildflower plantings, seed, attracting wildlife

Ray Hunter Florist and Garden Center

Ray Wiegand's Nursery
bird baths, butterfly plants, crabapple pruning, gloves, evergreen pruning demos, hardy pansies, organic fertilizer, holiday plant care,

Red Wing boots

Rich's Foxwillow Pines

Sage Advice Nursery, Margaret Thele
perennials in small pots, groundcovers and herbs at the Pontiac, MI Farmers' Market, winter sunbreak,

Seed Savers Exchange
heirloom varieties vegetables and flowers

Shades of Green Nursery
helping a new tree grow,

Songsparrow Perennial Farm, Klehm's Songsparrow Nursery, Song Sparrow Farm,
intersectional peonies, Helleborus,

Specialty Growers Perennials,
Forum Moderator Karen Bovio
big betony (Stachys micrantha), transplanting tips, perennials in small pots, watering seedlings

State Crushing Landscape Supply
compost, mulch, soil, stone, organic disposal

Sunny Border Wholesale Nurseries
green roof plants

Sunshine Farm & Garden specialty perennials, hellebore specialist