Windmill Island Gardens is proud to be one of the premier garden destinations in Michigan. Many know this park as the home of the historic De Zwaan windmill and many other Dutch attractions and displays. It displays the proud Dutch tradition of horticulture and floriculture. 

Walters Gardens - Family owned and operated for more than 70 years, Walters Gardens is recognized throughout the industry for offering consistently superior wholesale perennial starter material. It is 2+ acres of display gardens that showcases Proven Winners® plants.

Garden Crossings - Since 2004, Heidi and Rod Grasman, have been growing the annuals, perennials, and shrubs in their greenhouses in Zeeland, Michigan. While you are here you are welcome to walk through their extensive gardens, which were recently were awarded the honor of being the first garden center to be a Proven Winners® Signature garden.

Anderson Garden - The Anderson shade garden has evolved over the past 30+ years from a box of unknown perennials, gifted from a friend in the early ‘90’s, (at the time, a barely knew what a perennial was) to having over 350 varieties of Hosta, 17 varieties of Rhododendron and over 250 varieties of perennials, ornamental shrubs and trees.  Andrea has definitely become an avid collector of plants. Rick is not a gardener but designs and builds the hardscapes in the garden. With paths, hardscapes and ornaments, there is a surprise around every corner.

Riverdale Garden - Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Trial and Display Garden - spans ten acres, nestled alongside the majestic Grand River. The goal of Riverdale is to showcase, cultivate, and assess new varieties of deciduous shrubs and evergreens. The sprawling grounds boast a rich array of trees, evergreens, and flowering shrubs. Thousands of hydrangeas, spirea, roses, weigela, roses of Sharon, butterfly bushes, and more adorn the winding grass paths, stretching as far as the eye can see. Plan on spending a little extra time exploring this highly maintained garden.

MSU Extension Grand Ideas Garden - Designed to inspire and educate gardeners of all ages, the MSU Extension Grand Ideas Garden (GIG) began planting in 2003 and continues to grow! Through colorful planting displays and signage, guests can learn about Smart Gardening techniques to replicate at home. The GIG responds to disease or insect outbreaks by treating them as a learning opportunity. Guests learn earth-friendly annuals, perennials, vines, shrubs trees and ornamental vegetables. Done at a small-scale, guests are inspired to do plantings at home. Up to 96% of visitors who were surveyed responded that they would purchase plants as a result of their visit!

Fossel Grounds - This enchanting 1836 property has allowed us to add, change, plant, replant, trim, and enjoy it for the last forty years. The gardens delights us annually with its combination of mild formality and untamed chaos, new and old, seasonal and year-round, annual and perennial, structure and simplicity, forest and meadow, wildflowers and gardens, herbs and bulbs.

Finneran Garden is nestled in the heart of Cannonsburg in a sandy oak forest, the home of Larry and Rebecca Finneran features a beautiful garden oasis that is designed to be water-smart and resist deer damage.  Woody plants and perennials are the backbone of this woodland garden that fits into the busy couple’s schedule. With no automatic irrigation, plants must be resilient enough to survive West Michigan conditions while offering four-season interest.  Native plants and cultivars also offer thriftiness while the occasional landscape “diva” is thoughtfully planted close to the water supply. 

Meijer Gardens 2024 Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, one of the world’s most significant botanic and sculpture experiences, was named the 2023 and 2024 Best Sculpture Park in the United States by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards and listed as the 81st-most-visited museum in the world by The Art Newspaper, the leading global art news publication. Education programs welcome 80,000 students and guests each year. Culinary Arts & Events offerings include weddings, corporate meetings and award-winning catering.

Sprague Garden - Jim and Shannon have been caring for this property for 27 years – Shannon as the gardener and Jim as the self-proclaimed ‘cheap labor!’ Together, they have created their beautiful outdoor-living sanctuary. Having something in bloom from the time the snow starts to melt until it falls again is the goal for this woodland garden.