Michigan Garden Design

Welcome to Michigan Garden Design. I’m Barbara Fleury, a Michigan State Master Gardener, garden designer, and nature educator.

Here, we explore how to create beautiful Michigan gardens that work with nature, using native plants to support pollinators, birds, beneficial insects, and the wildlife that shares our landscapes.

You’ll find practical native gardening guidance, plant profiles, seasonal garden observations, wildlife discoveries, and Nature Notes that take a closer look at what’s really happening in and around our gardens.

Whether you’re planting your first native plant, transforming an established landscape, or anything in between, my hope is to help you understand not only what to plant, but why it matters.

Because every garden, large or small, can become part of something bigger.

Observe • Discover • Wonder • Grow.

Michigan Garden Design
Michigan native garden design • Education • Inspiration