Healthy Lawns & Gardens

Healthy Lawn Care

• Healthy Lawn Care Program for Homeowners (38 page report)
• Healthy Lawn Care Tips 2012
• Earth Friendly Fertilizer List: 2011
• Earth-Friendly Fertilizers - Participating Retailers 2012
• Healthy Lawn Care Program for Watershed Protection-
  A Guide to Selecting a Lawn Service
• Healthy Lawn Care Program for Watershed Protection-
  Endorsed Healthy Lawn Care Companies - 2012

Upcoming Classes / Special Events

"Native Alternatives to Invasive Trees and Shrubs - Restoring the Ecology of Community and Home Landscapes"
Thursday, February 2, 2012;  7 pm
Costick Center, City of Farmington Hills Click here for more info

Featured speaker: Tom O'Dell, Nichols Arboretum & Matthei Botanical Gardens Free seminar, but registration requested:  248-288-5150 or LFDean@aol.com

Master Composter Program 2012:
Classes start on Monday, March 12, 2012; 
6:45 pm, Bloomfield Township Public Library-- Click here for more info

Healthy Lawn & Garden Tip Sheets

• Home Composting (materials, starting the pile, benefits, using compost)
• Recipe for Earth-Friendly Compost
• Make Compost the Easy Way - With a Backyard Compost Bin
• Compost Bin Websites - 2011 List
• Natural Mulches
• Benefits of Compost for Water Quality
• Tips for a Rouge Friendly Landscape
• Trees for Tomorrow
• Tree Mulching and Watering Guidelines
• Native Shrubs for Backyard Biodiversity

• Slugs in the Garden
• Powdery Mildew on Flowers
• Aphids and Mites
• Black Spot on Roses
• Rabbits in the Garden
• Grubs in the Lawn
• Scale Insects on Trees and Shrubs
• Carpenter Ants Indoors

• Tree Mulching - Video

• Home Composting - Video

• Rain Gardens for the Rouge - Video

• Leaf Mulching in the Fall - Video

• Rain Gardens for the Rouge River
• Rain Garden Maintenance Guide - 2011 Update
• Rain Garden Sizing for Homeowners: Report by Don Carpenter
• Naturescaping for the Rouge River New for 2012
• How-to-Do-It Guidelines for Home Rain Gardens - Poster

• Watershed Map - Southeast Oakland County
• Red Run Subwatershed Map
• Red Run Subwatershed Pollution Sources

• Wanted: Common Buckthorn
• Wanted: Garlic Mustard
• Wanted: Tree of Heaven
• Wanted: Oriental Bittersweet