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Jul
12

Member-to-Member Yard Tour: Jim Vallem's Rain Garden

Saturday, July 12th, 2025
to (Eastern Time)
Home of Jim Vallem, 2837 Renfrew St, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105 Map

Public Welcome Free Event Home/Private Garden Tour Free Public Parking

In 2014, Jim Vallem began the process of replacing non-native plants and lawn with natives in his 60' x 120' (0.165 acres) city lot. Each year since, edits have been made and more plants added, with the yard currently sporting over 80 native plant species, and no-mow grass (a fine-fescue mix) instead of traditional turf grass. This tour for Ann Arbor Area Wild Ones and the Master Rain Gardener program will feature the front yard rain garden (2016) and the moisture-loving plants in the low area along the back edge of the lot.

Join us at Jim's home to enjoy the garden of a native plant enthusiast! Joint event with Washtenaw County Water Resources.

PARKING: Public street parking.

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