Michigan Historical Center offers free admission on May 11 for Extreme Gardening program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 3, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Calling all green thumbs – the Michigan Historical Center is holding a fun family spring event in Lansing on Saturday, May 11, to highlight Extreme Gardening. Come learn the many different ways to grow flowers and plants, and take home your own mini-garden. Museum admission is free that day as part of the event sponsorship by Christians Greenhouse and Garden Center of Williamston and Haslett. The museum is located at 702 W. Kalamazoo St. in Lansing.
The Extreme Gardening program will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the museum, allowing families to drop by to learn more about different ways to grow flowers and plants, including growing vegetables without using soil and planting gardens on a wall. Children also will be able to start their own mini-garden.
Extreme Gardening is part of the museum’s Second Saturdays program, featuring families and children creating make-it take-it crafts and participating in hands-on activities that relate to the museum’s permanent and temporary exhibitions on selected dates throughout the year.
Michigan businesses interested in sponsoring a day at the museum to provide free admission in exchange for promotional considerations should contact Carol Payne at 517-373-2565 or 
The museum and visitor parking are on the north side of Kalamazoo Street, one block east of M. L. King Jr. Boulevard. Weekend parking is free.
The Michigan Historical Center is part of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Its museum and archival programs help people discover, enjoy and find inspiration in their heritage. It includes the Michigan Historical Museum, 10 regional museums, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve, and the Archives of Michigan. Learn more at www.michigan.gov/michiganhistory.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use and enjoyment of the state’s natural and cultural resources for current and future generations. For more information, go to www.michigan.gov/dnr
Contact:
Christiana Hanson, 517-241-6852
