Category Archives: Home & Garden

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 by 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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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Vol I, No. 1: Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

January 25, 2007 – 9:16 pm

This is a page where we asked folks to say hello. Lots of them did! The current version of Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization is right there. Share this:

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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! Share this:

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