Get to know your local Farmers at the Family, Fun & the Farming Community event! There will be games, food, live music, and local vendors. We will be there providing educational displays, games & fun activities surrounding conservation and our Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program!

This event takes place on Saturday June 15th, from 2pm-6pm at the Beach Market. We hope to see you there!

Follow the opportunity to reduce household clutter and revitalize your property. We are accepting electronics, household hazardous waste, and tires. Register now to participate in our Spring Clean-Up!

Registration will open March 15, 2024 at 12:00 pm and will be available until the Wednesday prior to the date of the event at 12:00 pm or until maximum participant capacity is reached.

Register: http://www.eatoncounty.org/913

Source: https://www.eatoncounty.org/913/Recycling-Events-Programs

Join us at Woldumar Nature Center for our annual Native Plant Sale. In addition to a guest presentation, you will be able to shop three (3) local vendors of Michigan native plants.

10:00am-11:00am - Presentation by Cindi Martineau, Professional Michigan Native Plant Grower.

Cindi Martineau is a native plant hobbyist and professional. She has been growing plants from seed since she was a child and native plants for over a decade, adding woodland plants in the last five years. 

Cindi currently works at two native plant nurseries and previously worked at Michigan Wildflower Farm. Her yard is a pollinator and wildlife sanctuary, except for slugs.  She enjoys helping people get started with native plants. 

Cindi will be talking about shade-loving, woodland natives. What are the best woodland natives to bring into your landscape and how can you properly care for them? Bring your questions!

11:00am-3:00pm - Browse 'n Buy

Get expert advice and shop a broad selection of native plants including prairie and woodland varieties.​ New this year… visit additional booths for relevant resources.

Vendor Highlights

Bendy Stem Farm

Bendy Stem Farm is a small, Michigan native plant nursery located in Dimondale. Ben is eager to help you grow your love for natives in whatever way fits into your life.

Wild Ginger Woodlands

Wild Ginger Woodlands specializes in shade-loving native woodland species and joins us from Haslett.

Go Grow Plant Natives

A small nursery located in Charlotte, Go Grow Plant Natives will bring prairie grasses, flowers, and sedges, as well as small shrubs and potted trees.

Plant List

Following is a list of plants that will be available from our vendors:

Sweet flag

Tall Thimbleweed

Red Columbine

Spikenard

Indian plantain

Poke Milkweed

Butterfly Weed

White Wild Indigo

False Blue Indigo

Harebell

Penn Sedge

Sprengelli Sedge

Fireweed

Virgin's Bower

Lanceleaf Tickseed

Prairie Coreopsis

Showy Tick Trefoil

Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle

Purple Coneflower

Rattlesnake Master

Big Leaf Aster

Bottle Gentian

Wild Geranium

Prairie Smoke

Sneezeweed

Western Sunflower

Early Sunflower

Prairie Alumroot

Swamp Rose Mallow

Blue Flag Iris

Round Headed Bush Clover

Dense Blazing Star

Cardinal Flower

Great Blue Lobelia

Wild Lupine

Bee Balm

Horsemint

Stiff Goldenrod

Wild Quinine

Calico Beardtongue

Foxglove Beardtounge

Large Flowered Beardtongue

Hairy Beardtongue

Prairie Phlox

Ninebark

Jacob's Ladder

American Plum

Clustered Mountain Mint

Yellow Coneflower

Wild Golden Glow

Sweet Coneflower

Brown Eyed Susan

Wild Petunia

Hoary Skullcap

Wild Senna

Royal Catchfly

Rosinweed

Compass Plant

Cup Plant

Prairie Dock

Blue Stemmed Goldenrod

Showy Goldenrod

Bog Goldenrod

Meadowsweet

Wood Poppy

Heart-Leaved Aster

Smooth Aster

Sky Blue Aster

Goat's Rue

Purple Meadow Rue

Early Meadow Rue

Culver's Root

Wood Rush

Woodland Phlox

Bloodroot

Wild Ginger

Red Baneberry

Jack-In-The-Pulpit

Beak Grass

American Columbo

Spleenwort

True Solomon’s Seal

Christmas Fern

Zig Zag Goldenrod

And more…

No pre-orders will be taken in 2024. Plants will be available to browse and buy on the day of the sale. You can call our office at (517) 543-1512 x5 with questions. 
Please make checks payable to "Eaton Conservation District" or "ECD". Cash and credit cards will be accepted.

Follow the opportunity to reduce household clutter and revitalize your property. We are accepting electronics, household hazardous waste, yard waste, and scrap metal. Register now to participate in our Spring Clean-Up!

Registration will open March 15, 2024 at 12:00 pm and will be available until the Wednesday prior to the date of the event at 12:00 pm or until maximum participant capacity is reached. 

Register: http://www.eatoncounty.org/913

Become a community scientist as you learn to collect and identify macroinvertebrate larvae to monitor the water quality of Eaton County streams! At bug identification events, volunteers will work as a team using microscopes and guidebooks to identify the insects collected at a specific stream site.  All equipment will be provided.  

Contact Val Reisen at val.reisen@macd.org or (517) 588-6302 for more information.

Click the button below to register to volunteer!

Become a community scientist as you learn to collect and identify macroinvertebrate larvae to monitor the water quality of Eaton County streams!  During collection events, volunteers will meet at The University of Olivet for a quick training session before they travel to stream collection sites around Eaton County.  All equipment will be provided.

Contact Val Reisen at val.reisen@macd.org or (517) 588-6302 for more information.

Click on the button below to register to volunteer!

Become a community scientist as you learn to collect and identify macroinvertebrate larvae to monitor the water quality of Eaton County streams!  During collection events, volunteers will meet at The University of Olivet for a quick training session before they travel to stream collection sites around Eaton County. All equipment will be provided.  

Contact Val Reisen at val.reisen@macd.org or (517) 588-6302 for more information.

Click on the button below to register to volunteer!

Eaton Conservation District is partnering with the Lansing Lugnuts and the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts to bring a "Conservation District Takeover" to Jackson Field on Arbor Day!

Celebrate Arbor Day and watch the Lansing Lugnuts take on the Dayton Dragons on April 26th. Enjoy some baseball and embrace the spirit of planting and nurturing trees! Everything has a Conservation Theme!

5:00 pm - Gates Open

5:20 pm - Ceremonial Tree Planting in the park to honor Arbor Day.

5:30 pm - Ceremonial First Pitch and Pre-Game Entertainment

6:05 pm - Game ON!

Concurrent - Trivia, videos, and on-field games to honor our volunteers, partners, projects, and more (Maybe you will see your picture or name on the Big Screen!)

At the same time - A full-fledged Conservation Carnival with 18 unique game booths, prizes, and craft table, all included with your ticket. (Scroll to the bottom to see the full listing)

Also - Michigan native species-themed face painting will be available.

And - Visit with Wade the Water Drop and get your picture taken. If you are lucky, you can catch a picture with both Wade and Big Lug at the SAME TIME!

Wait, there’s more - 750 Lucky fans will take home a beautiful White Pine seedling to plant.

In addition to thrilling on-field promotions all themed around trees and nature, your ticket purchase does more than just secure a seat; it also supports the environment. With each ticket, a $2 donation will be made to the Eaton Conservation District, aiding in local conservation efforts.

Don't miss out on this unique blend of baseball and nature. Get your tickets today and be a part of the greenest game of the season!

Want to help make this event a success? We can use your help! Staff a booth, assist with set-up and break down, and more…

Festivities Program:

• Many thanks to the DNR for facilitating the tree planting with Van Atta’s Greenhouse & Flower Shop.

• Wheel of Origin - Spin the wheel and identify which species is native and which one is invasive to Michigan. Prizes by Michigan Wildflower Farm

• Shoot the Invader - Identify and shoot the lesser celandine/ficaria verna pictures with squirt bottles.

• Cover Crop Bingo - Which seeds created the plants in the pictures? Learn how cover crops help farmers protect our soil and water. Hosted by MSU Extension.

• Clear the River Race - Use the grippers to grab the trash and pull it out of the water. Hosted by Michigan Waterway Stewards with support from River Town Adventures

• Pet Waste Cornhole -To prevent E.coli from seeping into water, pick up pet waste and throw it into the trash. Hosted by Paw City Pet Care

• Race to the Farmer’s Market - Kids can race matchbox cars on a track to see who will get to the farmer's market first. Hosted by Allen Neighborhood Center

• Flush It/Don't Flush It - Protect your pipes and our water... What can you flush and what should you trash or recycle? Hosted by the City of Charlotte

• Fishing for Ag Facts - Pull the fish out of the water and learn something interesting about conservation in agriculture. Hosted by Farm Services Administration

• Wetland Jeopardy - Scoop a species out of the "wetland habitat" and answer the corresponding question about the services wetlands provide.

• Forest Jeopardy - How much do you know about Michigan forests and trees? Any tree-lover can win a prize with a variety of topics relating to our forest ecosystems. Hosted by DNR through Americorps

• E.coli, Search & Find - What's the source of the E.Coli in the Grand River? Choose three from the items in the watershed and look underneath to see if they contributed E.Coli to the river. Hosted by the Greater Lansing Regional Committee for Groundwater Management

• Native Agriculture is for the Birds - Feed yourself and the ecosystem. All of these plants feed humans but some feed baby birds, too by supporting more caterpillars (lepidoptera). Toss bean bags into the cups and see how many worms you can collect to feed your nest. Hosted by Dragonfly Downs Farm

• Bugs in the Water - Learn how clean our water is by finding and identifying bugs. Hosted by Michigan Water Stewardship Program & MiCorps

• Conservation Craft Table - Create conservation-related take-home crafts such as native bee homes, tree cookie ornaments, and dragonflies.

• Meet Eaton Conservation District - General Info, Donations & T-shirts for Sale

Williams Farm Machinery is hosting a customer appreciation day and you are invited!

Williams Farm Machinery will donate $20.00 to Eaton Conservation District for every Stihl hand held gasoline powered outdoor equipment sold during the month of February.