Category Archives: Home & Garden

Michigan Plants: Dutchman's Breeches

April 23, 2008 – 9:35 am

Dutchman's Britches by cyoas55
The Dutchman's Breeches has delicate, fernlike foilage with unique blooms that resemble white pantaloons hanging upside down upon their arched stems. This dainty plant is wonderful in woodland or shade gardens and can often be found in the wild growing tucked into root flares of large trees. The blooms first [...]

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Michigan Plants: Trillium

April 14, 2008 – 2:07 pm

Large-flowered Trillium by ER Post
The most common species of trillium in Michigan is Trillium Grandiflorum or the Large-flowered Trillium. This plant has a large, often white three-petaled flower above three broad bracts that look like leaves.
Picking the flowers of Trillium can seriously injure the plant. The three leaves below the flower are the plant's [...]

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Cranbrook House and Gardens - Bloomfield Hills

April 8, 2008 – 1:15 pm

The Gardens Of Cranbrook by suesue2
Cranbrook House and Gardens stands as a centerpiece of Cranbrook’s 319-acre National Historic Landmark campus. From May through October, visitors can experience the grandeur of both the House and the Gardens with guided and self-guided tours.
The house was designed by the famous Detroit architect Albert Kahn for the founders of [...]

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Matthaei Botanical Gardens - Ann Arbor

April 2, 2008 – 12:39 pm

Plumeria by IShutterToThink
Named after former Michigan regent Frederick C. Matthaei, Sr. and his wife Mildred, who donated 200 acres of land, the Matthaei Botanical Gardens are operated buy the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Spring is a great time to visit and watch the Gardens come to life. Here is a downloadable Visitor Guide [...]

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April is Garden Month on Absolute Michigan

March 24, 2008 – 8:01 am

A Light from Within by Daylily18
In just over a week, we'll turn our focus on Absolute Michigan to gardens and gardening.
Features will include some of Michigan's great botanical gardens, nurseries and greenhouses, garden-themed events and we'll also be featuring profiles of native Michigan plants.
If you'd like to get warmed up, have a look at the [...]

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Shop Michigan: Your Downtown

December 20, 2007 – 8:54 am

Old Downtown by cmu chem prof
Of course Absolute Michigan is all about buying what gifts you can through the web sites of Michigan's shops, stores and manufacturers. However, as the clock ticks down, shipping times mean you're probably going to have to finish up offline.
Our Michigan shopping section can help there too with hundreds of [...]

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Shop Michigan: Birdseye Maple Photo Albums from Birdseye-Connection

November 7, 2007 – 9:58 am

You spent the whole summer taking great photos, now it's time to organize them. The front and back covers of these beautiful photo albums are made of highly polished bird's eye maple from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, bound together with a walnut binder.
Nature's Way Woodworking is a small family owned business in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that [...]

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Shop Michigan: Birdola Plus Cake from Birdola

May 2, 2007 – 9:02 am

The Birdola Plus Cake is a two pound cake filled with sunflower seeds, safflower, peanuts, millet, calcium, and grit. The cake also has vitamins, minerals, and electrolytes to help keep the birds healthy, happy, and coming back for more.
In 1988 Birdola finally got fed up with the whole process of feeding birds loose seeds, so [...]

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Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

Hey there, we thought it might be nice to have a place where folks could say "hello" and tell everyone a little bit about their Michigan business, nonprofit, community organization, or other web site or blog (sorry, only Michigan, and please keep the posts brief). Feel free to add a comment below and definitely include [...]

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Make it a Michigan gift this holiday season

November 24, 2006 – 10:22 am

Absolute Michigan would like to help you find great gifts that are made in Michigan - and also to ask you to help us find them and share them with others!

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