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Winter has arrived in Michigan...

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 The Battered Women and Children’s Memorial Garden asks everyone to maintain an environment of peaceful quiet while gardening. Our silence while gardening bears witness to all those affected by violence and oppression. We remain silent while gardening except when it is necessary to communicate quietly about the tasks at hand. Please turn off or silence any electronic devices. If you use a device please separate from the group so that no one can hear you. 

Beautiful spring gardening near the redbud tree 5/4/18
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Another round of winter snow lightly blankets the Memorial Garden as we gather for the conversation...2/4/18

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January 7, 2018 White groundcover ~ Winter and a New Year!
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December 2017 Memorial Garden awaits winter
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November 2017 Yellow mums add color to a slowly resting garden

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October 2017 Bright zinnias are blooming
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August 6, 2017 Asiatic lilies and echinacea pepper the green
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July 3, 2017 Tiger lilies, new hibiscus plants and tall grass

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February 5, 2017
The snow has settled in for a long winter's night...

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January 1, 2017 A New Year's Day Memorial Garden
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December 4, 2016: chilly, sunny gardening
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November 6, 2016: the last yellow redbud leaves are falling upon our colorful, brave zinnias
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October 2, 2016: Autumn cedum blooming against the brick wall
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September 4, 2016: a beautiful blue sky with lots of heat to garden. The two new hibiscus are thriving in their new home.
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We planted three donated bushes on August 7, 2016: a lilac bush and two beautiful hibiscus!
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July 2016
Blooming lavender,
tiger lilies
and newly planted tall zinnias.

The red bud is in full bloom as we garden on May day 2016!
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April 3, 2016 The snow stuck after yesterday's mini-blizzard!

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April, 2015 crocuses and green shoots poke up from the earth!
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It is snowing as we gather again on March 1st, 2015 just as it did on February 1st!

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February  1, 2015: Michigan's biggest snow storm of the year started on February 1st and is falling as we gather together...
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January 2015 
Snow covers the new original Memorial Garden "No Bikes" sign and the earth.
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In December 2014 the Memorial starts its Winter Solstice rest with her new signage asking for No Bikes in the garden.
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Grasshopper introductions in November 2014! The little grasshopper jumps between the dry leaves and still green plants. The little jumps .
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October 2014 Cedum and feverfew still blooming...on the 10 year anniversary of the Battered Women and Children's Memorial Garden!
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August 2014 the donated plants from last year are thriving!
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July 2014 - the heat of summer with new feverfew
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June 2014 All the new donated plants from last fall are up and growing.
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May 4, 2014  
Our Memorial Garden is twice the size as last year at this time with new bleeding hearts.
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April 6, 2014  
Spring is here but very chilly
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March 2, 2014                    Still snowy...

We are looking for volunteers/witnesses to help create policy, dig in the dirt, plant seeds and bulbs and plants as well as water and weed. Donations of time and materials and land are extremely welcome!

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February 2, 2014
We spoke about healing and nature indoors as it was too cold to garden outdoors this month.
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January 5, 2014 
The winter storm is here with more snow and chilling temperatures at night. Our Winter Memorial Garden is resting and waiting for the warmer temperatures of spring time.
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December 1, 2013 
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November 2013 ~ a reblooming iris this time
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October, 2013 ~ a colorful autumn with a reblooming lily too!
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                                     September 1, 2013

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August 2013  
Do you see the butterfly in the Memorial Garden?

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We doubled the size of the Memorial Garden in July!!!

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Two spots July, 2013

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