Community Calendar

Join us on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 8am for the 15th Annual Run for the Hills at Hidden Lake Gardens! Choose between a 1 mile walk or 5K run / walk along paved trails on the most scenic and hilliest course in Southeast Michigan. All participants receive a T-shirt, a participation medal, and admission to Hidden Lake Gardens—including the Reach for the Sky Canopy Walk! Registration for the 2025 race is now available at https://ipf.msu.edu/hidden-lake-gardens/runforthehills! Register by August 15 to receive the early bird pricing discount. Don’t miss this chance to enjoy a day of fitness and fun surrounded by nature’s beauty!

Now through October 31, families are invited to enjoy the Story Walk Trail at Hidden Lake Gardens! This 0.4-mile trail, full of twists, turns, gentle hills, and scenic views, is located near the Picnic Area, just west of the conservatory. Along the way, little ones can follow signs that bring a delightful children’s story to life.
This year’s featured book is Sip, Pick, and Pack by Michigan author Polly Cheney. Through playful rhymes and vibrant illustrations, this educational tale introduces children to seeds, plants, and pollinators in a fun and engaging way. Copies of the book are available for purchase in the Daffodil Gift Shop.

The Shelby Farmers Market returns to the Packard Proving Grounds from May 17 to October 18, 2025, running Saturdays from 9 AM to 2 PM. Shop fresh produce, baked goods, handcrafted items, and so much more while supporting local farmers, artisans, and small businesses.

This year, the Humane Society of Macomb will attend on the third Saturday of each month, bringing adoptable animals in search of loving homes. (weather permitting) As a high-save shelter, their mission is to find homes for 100% of adoptable animals in their care.

Join us each week at 49965 Van Dyke Ave, Shelby Township, MI to shop local, connect with the community, and make a difference. For more details or vendor inquiries, visit packardprovinggrounds.org/farmersmarket or contact Mary Anne Demo, Executive Director of the Packard Proving Grounds, at 586-739-4800.

This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from May 17, 2025 to Oct 18, 2025 and happens every:
Saturdays: 9:00am - 2:00pm Timezone: EDT

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Brower's Flowers and Matty Sunshine Sound Healing invite you to enjoy the unique experience of building your own beautiful bouquet of seasonal blooms before relaxing during a soothing sound bath for this Sound Baths & Bouquets event.

BUILD-A-BOUQUET: Before your sound bath, Marissa, owner of Brower’s Flowers, will help you choose your stems to build a stunning seasonal arrangement in a small vase and ensure the longest vase life for your blooms. 

SOUND BATH: A sound bath is a deeply immersive, full-body listening experience during which various instruments produce specific sounds, frequencies, and vibrations to shift brainwaves into a relaxed state. In this state, a person's innate healing abilities can work more effectively to bring them back into vibrational alignment while balancing the mind, body, and spirit. During this sound bath in the quaint, cozy, and rustic barn at Brower’s Flowers, Matty Makowski, a certified Sound Healing Practitioner and owner of Matty Sunshine Sound Healing, plays 8 crystal singing bowls, a Heng gong, tuning forks, Tibetan singing bowls, and Tingsha cymbals. The sounds produced by these instruments invite you into a deeper state of consciousness, serve as an opportunity to unplug from external stimuli, and promote self-inquiry/discovery. This sound bath lasts approximately 60 minutes. Following the sound bath, you are invited to enjoy light refreshments and ground yourself by casually strolling through a peaceful and stunning garden area.

LOCATION: Brower’s Flowers - 9320 Ramsdell Dr., Rockford, MI 49341

ADMISSION: $50 per person (includes Build-A-Bouquet experience + 60-minute sound bath + light refreshments)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
3:00 PM - Guests arrive and set up their sound bath stations in the barn
3:10 PM - Build-a-Bouquet with Marissa (outside barn, weather permitting)
3:50 PM - Guests transition to barn
4:00 PM - Sound bath begins
5:00 PM - Sound Bath concludes / refreshments / garden stroll

Now through October 31, families are invited to enjoy the Story Walk Trail at Hidden Lake Gardens! This 0.4-mile trail, full of twists, turns, gentle hills, and scenic views, is located near the Picnic Area, just west of the conservatory. Along the way, little ones can follow signs that bring a delightful children’s story to life.
This year’s featured book is Sip, Pick, and Pack by Michigan author Polly Cheney. Through playful rhymes and vibrant illustrations, this educational tale introduces children to seeds, plants, and pollinators in a fun and engaging way. Copies of the book are available for purchase in the Daffodil Gift Shop.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Consistently rated the best local scavenger hunt since 2016!

Puzzling Adventures are a cross between a scavenger hunt, an adventure race, and an informative self-guided walking tour. Each adventure consists of a series of locations that you are guided to where you are required to answer a question or solve a puzzle to receive your next instruction. Compete as a group, individually or create multiple teams and race each other. Almost all of our adventures are designed to be wheelchair and stroller friendly and all are carefully crafted to be entertaining and informative with something to appeal to all ages. Complete the adventure as quickly as possible to win first place or take your time and enjoy the journey. Price is per team, not per person. Groups can be any size, but small groups are recommended for the best experience.

Enter the code EVENTPASS on the payment page for a $10 discount!

Most locations are available daylight hours every day.

Now through October 31, families are invited to enjoy the Story Walk Trail at Hidden Lake Gardens! This 0.4-mile trail, full of twists, turns, gentle hills, and scenic views, is located near the Picnic Area, just west of the conservatory. Along the way, little ones can follow signs that bring a delightful children’s story to life.
This year’s featured book is Sip, Pick, and Pack by Michigan author Polly Cheney. Through playful rhymes and vibrant illustrations, this educational tale introduces children to seeds, plants, and pollinators in a fun and engaging way. Copies of the book are available for purchase in the Daffodil Gift Shop.