Upcoming events
Earth Day Expo 2024
Announcing Monroe County, “Earth Day Expo 2024 – Healthy Planet, Healthy You.” Please mark your calendar for Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Monroe County Community College, in the Gerald Welch Health Education Building, the same location as previous years. A flyer for the event is attached. Please feel free to share far and wide.
This free event is family-friendly with activities for everyone and includes prize drawings, entertainment, live music, and educational exhibits focused on protecting our planet. Also featured at the event will be environmental education efforts in our schools including the Michigan Green Schools Program and the Climate Literacy Project exploring North American amphibians.
The Monroe County Recycling and Green Community Program, River Raisin Institute, Monroe County Library System, The Monroe Family YMCA, and the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are coordinating this event and would like to thank our generous sponsors for their support: FEDCO, DTE, DTE Foundation, and Monroe Community Credit Union.
2024 Organic Seedling Sale
2024 Organic Seedling Sale
For those of us who are enthusiastic about organic gardening or folks who just prefer to go organic we have good news! The River Raisin Institute will be selling organic seedlings this spring. We will have numerous options for tomatoes and peppers and at least one for egg plants. One interesting seedling is the Early Detroit tomato. Early Detroit was released by D.M. Ferry Seed Company of Detroit in 1909 and is a medium sized, round, pink slicing tomato with excellent flavor.
All the seeds will be USDA organic. Many are old, favorite heirloom varieties.
All the seeds will be started in soil blocks using Dairy Doo’s 101 Seed Starter, (USDA organic certified) and up potted using 301 Veggie Doo (also USDA certified organic). Dairy Doo is a great company located in Sears, Michigan. Many, but not all, of the seeds will be purchased from Michigan suppliers as well.
The sale will be Saturday, May 4 th from 10 am – 3 pm at the garden gazebo on the IHM Campus.
Seedlings can be preordered with the link below or by calling Marion Martyres at 734-240-9754. Preordered seedlings will be available for pick up Friday May 3rd from 5 pm to 8 pm at the garden gazebo on the IHM Campus.
Cash or credit cards are acceptable. The price is $5.50 / seedling. The seedling catalog is available from the RRI office.
Link to Google Sheet with more info! (Separate tabs for catalog and ordering)
BATS! With Ian
Join us at the IHM campus to learn more about Michigan’s native bats and who may be calling around our campus
Please register here: https://givebutter.com/batsmichigan