Kalamazoo Seasons

Labor Day signals the end of summer and the beginning of fall.  Fall in Kalamazoo is a great time for a walk in the woods, a paddle down...

  The Purple Loosestrife, blooming along Portage Creek, caught my eye first.  While its flowers are pretty, it's an invasive exotic ...

While the spring ephemerals are long dormant, the long days of summer have brought lots of flowers to Asylum Lake 's restored prairie ...

Wild Lupine ( Lupinus perennis ) is a late Spring wildflower of open prairies and meadows.  The spire of purple flowers on a single plant...

Summer's warm weather creates a wide variety of outdoor activities in west Michigan: biking , canoeing , hiking , camping or swimmi...

Despite Kalamazoo's long, snowy winter, the 2014 Spring wildflower season is starting at a fairly typical time, perhaps a few days la...

After a long winter, with lots of snow, Spring in Kalamazoo brings warmer weather, birds , wildflowers , and morels and plenty of opport...