06/13/26 - Signature Garden Showcase

$225.00

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Garden Crossings Signature Garden Showcase

Zeeland, Michigan

Join us for our fourth annual Garden Crossings Signature Garden event on Saturday, June 13 from 9-4. We have a great day planned for everyone this year and have many exciting activities to explore! Spend the day with Heidi and our team and get inspired as they share their knowledge and expertise with you. You will get to see the display gardens in their peak color and have access to the growers and those who designed them.

As a Proven Winners Destination Garden Center, we are one of the country's only retailers offering all of the Proven Winners shrub and perennial lines as well as 90% of the Proven Winners annuals. The showcase starts at 9am, with registration beginning at 8, and will conclude by 4pm with additional time afterward to shop your favorite plants.

Cultivating Knowledge and Beauty

The itinerary for the day will include:

Guided tours of the beautiful display gardens. Walk our ‘living catalog’ and learn about plant combinations, get landscaping ideas, and see the new annuals for 2027.
Informative speakers- Bios Below
- Rick Vuyst- Gardening Simplified Show
- Natalie Carmolli- Spring Meadow Color Choice Shrubs
Facility Tours. Get a behind the scenes look at our production greenhouses and shipping area.
Boxed Lunch along with morning and afternoon snacks.
Planting fun! You will create a combination container with the help of our Garden Center team.
Swag bag of goodies and door prizes!
Special deals and sales in the garden center.

This showcase is limited to the first 100 guests who register, so register early. The fee is $225 per person. Due to the preparation and planning of this event, all sales are final and refunds are unavailable. Dress for the weather, rain or shine, hot and humid!

Please note that there will be lots of walking so we recommend that you wear comfortable close-toe shoes and note most areas of the gardens may not be wheelchair accessible.

We look forward to spending the day with you!

After your signup has been confirmed we will be reaching out to you to enhance your showcase experience.

Speaker Bios

Rick Vuyst

Rick is a lifelong gardener and a recognizable voice in horticulture. He is the co-host of The Gardening Simplified Show—a popular radio, podcast, and YouTube series sponsored by Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Shrubs—where he and fellow lifelong gardener Stacey Hirvela break down gardening in a way that’s approachable, practical, and inspiring. Together, they share real-world advice, plant discoveries, and decades of hands-on experience, all rooted in a genuine love for getting people excited about gardening.

Rick previously hosted the award-winning Flowerland Show on NewsRadio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM for 30 years, earning seven Michigan Association of Broadcasters awards for broadcasting excellence. For 25 years, he also appeared as “Mr. Green Thumb” on WZZM TV 13, the West Michigan ABC affiliate, helping viewers grow healthier, more beautiful gardens.

Rick’s roots in the garden center industry go back 50 years, when he started working with plants as a teenager. That lifetime of experience—combined with an unshakable curiosity and enthusiasm—shows in everything he does, from educating home gardeners to speaking at events and industry gatherings. A fanatical plant lover at heart, Rick is also a stand-up comedian, and fitness enthusiast, bringing energy, humor, and storytelling to every stage he steps on. He can even be found behind a camera capturing the natural beauty of the Lake Michigan shoreline near his home in West Michigan.
Natalie Carmolli

Natalie’s roots run deep in horticulture. Her love of plants started early in life, growing up on a mid-Michigan farm where dirt under her fingernails was just part of daily life. From helping in her mother’s seasonal flower business to working in the family florist shop, she learned the art and science of horticulture from the ground up: planting, nurturing, designing, and presenting plants in ways that tell a story.

While Natalie went on to earn a degree in theatre and fine art, she never left the garden behind. Instead, she found ways to blend creativity with hands-on horticultural experience, deepening her expertise with a Certificate of Mastery in tree and shrub identification from Longwood Gardens. Today, she brings all of that together as a public speaker—part artist, part educator, and lifelong avid gardener. With enthusiasm and a genuine passion for growing things, Natalie delights in sharing the art of gardening and helping audiences see just how expressive and joyful Proven Winners® ColorChoice® flowering shrubs can be.