Midlanders stepped beyond the garden gates of several local homes Tuesday during the 22nd annual GardenWalk, where backyard blooms and family stories rooted themselves in community tradition. Hosted ...

Midland’s GardenWalk invites visitors to tour private gardens while raising funds to build homes for people with special needs.

Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog open after 2 years of renovations The API failed to deliver the resource. While upgrades at the pitcher plant bog are complete, work on the Bay Watch Boat Launch continues.

A series of ponds are surrounded by plants that thrive in wet soils and are home to a startling abundance of wildlife. A small bog garden displays carnivorous plants and native orchids." ...

Carnivorous plants feed on insects and use a variety of sneaky and sometimes gruesome ways to lure, trap and devour their prey.

Sophie creates a beautiful carnivorous plant bog in a small pot, to bring the wonder of the wetlands to her doorstep.

If you want to create an exotic look in your garden next year, consider adding carnivorous plants like Venus flytraps, pitcher plants, and sundews.

You could call this the “spiny, green, ping-pong ball plant” if you wanted, and why not?

Much more sustainable than peat moss, coco coir does just as well at amending soil without creating an ecological impact.

The Pitcher Plant Bog has been closed to those visitors since mid-January and will be well into the summer as work is finished. Father time and Mother Nature have taken their toll on the facilities.