For the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor North's luncheon, on August 31st (12:00 PM-2:00 PM), we will be having an off site lunch at Matthaei Garden located at 1800 N. Dixboro Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48105. We will have box lunches and our speaker will be Mike Kost, Curator of Native Plants.
About Mike Kost
Mike Kost formerly served as the lead ecologist and a senior conservation scientist with Michigan Natural Features Inventory at Michigan State University Extension.
He has coauthored more than 75 publications, including three books on the natural communities of Michigan.
Mike also managed the adult natural history education program for The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois.
He has also worked as a naturalist for the University of Wisconsin-Extension and as a land steward for the Koenen Land Preserve in Milwaukee.
He earned a B.S. in Public and Environmental Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and an M.S. in Biological Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
About Botanical Garden and Arboretum:
In 1907, the University created a Botanical Garden and Arboretum on the land between Geddes Road and the Huron River, just a few blocks from Central Campus on the site now known as Nichols Arboretum.
At the time, the property consisted of approximately 80 acres. Today, more than 100 years later, the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum manages over 700 acres of gardens, research areas, and natural preserves around the Ann Arbor area with a complex of conservatory, greenhouses, laboratory, teaching and meeting spaces at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and the James D. Reader, Jr. Center for Urban Environmental Education at Nichols Arboretum.
"NEW" To Story: Matthaei Botanical Garden Guide
More information about parking and directions: https://www.lsa.
Peg Windsors phone number in case you get lost. 734-358-5581.
Peg will need a head count for lunch orders. Potbelly Sandwiches,chips, water & something sweet.
At Aug 25th Luncheon, tell Peg you are going to attend, or send Peggy Windsor an e-mail, or use online registration: