WAM Conference

Michigan Native Plant Conference

Planting Native for Healthy Waters

OUR 2024 CONFERENCE WAS A SELL OUT!

SAVE THE DATE,MARCH 2, 2025 FOR NEXT YEAR 

ver the past 37 years, the annual Michigan Native Plant Conference has presented timely, actionable and fascinating information about native plants and habitats, landscape design, wildlife, invasive controls and much more.  Our 2024 conference was a sell out and we will be planning another conference with vital information on preserving and promoting native plants for March 2, 2025.

Our conferences are composed of two sections. We held an in-person conference at the Kellogg Convention Center in East Lansing, Michigan on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Going forward, we will offer four one-hour webinars held throughout the year. The in-person portion of the conference was a full day of opportunities to network, learn and ask questions of our speakers, congratulate the WAM Grant winners and participate in the WAM annual meeting  and our Webinar Series will give registrants the chance to keep learning all year long.

These one-hour webinars feature a wide variety of topics and presenters. All conference registrants will receive Zoom invitations a few days before the presentations. Presentations are scheduled at 7 pm unless otherwise noted. All webinars will be recorded so participants can view them at a later day or refer to them for information. Our webinar schedule is as follows:

• Friday June 14 at 7 pm Sharron (Ronnie) Miller, a PhD candidate and the Pollination Ecology Lab of MSU will present: “Connecting Native Bee Communities, Land Management, and Human Interactions” 
• August 15 at 7pm Tony Reznicek will present a fascinating topic on native plants – Stay tuned!
• October 3 at 7pm Lawrence Sobson will present “Trees for Your Community” which will provide information
  regarding proper tree species, planting, maintenance, space considerations, common concerns and the benefits of trees to advance the conservation and maintenance of urban forests throughout Michigan.

Remember, all those who registered for the in-person conference will automatically receive a zoom link for these webinars.  If you cannot watch them live, they will be recorded for later viewing. If you would like to sign up for these webinars, please use the “Contact Us” feature and we will set you up.