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2026 Volunteer Planting Events
If you have an interest in volunteering (in something other than planting),
please email Monika at director@kalamazooinbloom.org.
Adopt a Bed in Kalamazoo or Portage
June through September 2026
Sign up to adopt a flower bed in either downtown Kalamazoo or Portage. Tend to your bed once a week throughout the summer (end of May through end of September). Responsibilities include weeding, deadheading and removing litter. Adopter orientations will be in May (dates TBD).
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Click here to sign up to adopt a bed.
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RSVP to attend an adopter orientation. COMING THIS SPRING​​
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Portage Planting Days
Tuesday, May 12, Wednesday, May 13 & Thursday, May 14
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Our first large community planting day is in Portage (rain or shine, cold or hot). Park at the Portage District Library (or City Hall) and walk to the registration tables. Registration starts before 9 am. Bring your favorite planting utensils - trowel, gloves, kneeling pad, bucket. Extras will be available if needed. After planting, we'll add mulch to the beds. Buckets are good for spreading mulch. Beverages and snacks will be provided.
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Tuesday's bed designs Wednesday's bed designs Thursday's bed designs​​​
Peacock Planting Day - Add Soil
Friday, May 15
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The first of several community planting days in Kalamazoo start with the filling of a peacock topiary structure with soil in Bronson Park. Volunteers are welcome to help us stuff the birds. It's a muddy but fun time. Rain boots are recommended since we'll be adding water from hoses into the peacock frames as we fill with soil. Bring gloves and wear clothes you don't mind getting dirty. We start by 9 am and should be done by noon. Beverages and snacks will be provided. Come for all of it or however much time you can spare. A parking pass will be handed out at registration so you can park at a metered spot surrounding Bronson Park. Return the parking pass before you leave.
Portage Creek Bicentennial Park Trailhead
Saturday, May 16
Help plant and mulch the circle bed at the trailhead on Kilgore and Lovers Lane. Bring your favorite gardening essentials like gloves, trowel, small shovel, pruners, knee pad. Some supplies will be available. Beverages and snacks will be provided.
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Peacock Planting Day - Plant
Sunday, May 17
Help plant the peacock in Bronson Park. We start at 9 am and will be done by 12 pm when the bucket truck comes to lift and attach the peacock head to the body on Monday. It's quite a sight to see the peacock come together, and you can play a role in bringing these community icons back for the summer! Beverages and snacks will be provided. A parking pass will be handed out at registration to park at a metered spot surrounding Bronson Park. Return the pass before leaving.
Topiary Installation Day & Plant Children's Statue Bed
Tuesday, May 19
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Help install our topiaries in Bronson Park and help us plant the children's statue beds. We start at 9 am and will be done by 1pm. Beverages and snacks will be provided. Come for all of it or however much time you can spare. A parking pass will be handed out at registration to park at a metered spot surrounding Bronson Park. Return the pass before leaving.
Kalamazoo Planting Days
Wednesday, May 20, Thursday, May 21 & Friday, May 22
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Volunteers will help plant Bronson Park and City Hall. Bring your favorite planting essentials - gloves, trowel, a small shovel, kneeling pad, and bucket. After planting, we'll add mulch to all of the beds. Beverages and snacks will be provided. Parking is allowed at meters immediately surrounding Bronson Park with a parking pass received at registration. Parking pass must be returned before you leave.​
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Wednesday's bed designs Thursday's bed designs Friday's bed designs
Transportation Center
Tuesday, May 26
Help plant 17 containers located at the Kalamazoo Transportation Center downtown.