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Some studies show wood floors can increase your home’s value by 3 to 5%. Stock photo

Craker busy preserving wood floors

Having been built in a community with a strong timber industry, many of the older homes in Leelanau County have flooring made of maple, cedar, and even oak trees. This flooring connects these homes to an older and simpler time in the county, so it’s understandable that many homeowners want to preserve that history for as long as possible. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

Garden club to meet

Garden club to meet

The Suttons Bay By-the-Bay Garden Club will meet Monday, May 13, at the Suttons Bay-Bingham Fire Station. Emily Douglas of the Leelanau Conservancy will present a program on “Pink Lady Slippers.” Gathering will be at 12:30 p.m. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

Kris Ernst of Peninsula Perennials is pictured after opening day on April 27 at Peninsula Perennials Nursery in Northport. The nursery is open Monday through Friday 9-4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9-2 p.m. Enterprise photo by Meakalia Previch-Liu

A prime time for planting seeds

After a long and cold winter season, it’s no surprise that people are excited to get back outside to plant their gardens in warmer temperatures. Local nursery owners like Betsy Ernst of Peninsula Perennial Nursery, have seen growing interest in gardening in recent years, and said it’s just one of those activities in life that people can continue finding joy in. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

It’s best to dispose of the invasive garlic mustard before it goes to seed. Enterprise file photo

Empire residents will have help with invasive species, garlic mustard

Empire residents will have a little help with invasive garlic mustard this spring with help from Northwest Michigan Invasive Special Network (NMISN). Garlic mustard is on NMISN’s top 12 list of invasive species and presents a high risk to our regional ecology. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

Landscaping along shore to maintain water quality

Landscaping along shore to maintain water quality

Leelanau County is fortunate to have an abundance of high-quality lakes and streams that everyone can benefit from for swimming, boating, fishing, drinking water, or simply enjoying. However, the health of these bodies of water is dependent on how well we, Leelanau County residents, care for them. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

The VanThommes have been operating in Bingham Township for 35 years. Pictured, from left, are matriarch Tina VanThomme; her son, Tristan; and daughter-in-law, Crystal. Enterprise photos by Amy Hubbell

Plantmasters represents generations of growing

At PlantMasters it’s all in the family. D & E VanThomme Greenhouses was establish from the ground up in the Detroit area in 1940. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

Library offers workshop

Library offers workshop

The Glen Lake Library in Empire will host Wendy Weckstein of Northern Michigan Psychiatric Services next Wednesday, May 15. The topic of her presentation is on mindfulness-based stress reduction often associated with aging: depression, anxiety, loneliness, physical limitations, cognitive decline and more. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

April Mclaren enjoy a hike on the Leelanau Peninsula. She is a woman of many skills with a specialty in textile design and pottery. Courtesy photo

McLaren creates art with clay/textiles

Leelanau resident April McLaren showed off her pottery at the Heartwood Forest Farm 2024 Herb Fest Saturday. Along with making pottery, she has a unique background that has led her all over the world and to the Leelanau Peninsula. McLaren has a blossoming pottery business from her Leelanau farm. 05/08/2024 04:54 PM

Traverse City Impact100 offers grants

Traverse City Impact100 offers grants

Impact100 Traverse City will have $348,000 to distribute to area non-profits this year. Three nonprofits will each receive $116,000 in transformational funding after Impact100 selects the recipients by membership vote in September. 05/01/2024 05:08 PM

Kelly Slater of Suttons Bay, vice president of the Traverse City Track Club, poses in front of the waters of Lake Michigan. Courtesy photo

Slater has fingers ‘in many pies’

The people of Leelanau County generally seem to understand the virtues of charity, and Kelly Slater of Suttons Bay is a good example of this regional characteristic. Slater said that she has her fingers “in many pies,” and among them are the Traverse City Track Club, Green Suttons Bay, and the Friends of Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library. 05/01/2024 05:08 PM

Empire spring clean-up set

Empire spring clean-up set

The Village of Empire will hold its annual spring cleanup on Wednesday and Thursday, May 8 and 9. Residents are asked to leave bagged leaves and brush in piles next to their street or alley by 8 a.m. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM

Pancakes, Restaurant week in G-A

Pancakes, Restaurant week in G-A

This is one of my most favorite times of year, although we didn’t have a bad winter people seem to come alive at this time year. Hear the hammers and the leaf blowers and everybody is getting ready for a great summer. 04/24/2024 04:43 PM

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