The 2025 season at the Edwardsburg Area Historical Museum will get underway on April 15, when the first exhibit, “Everyone Loves a Parade,” opens. The display features a variety of pictures from past Edwardsburg parades, along with parade memorabilia such as commemorative plates and mugs. The Edwardsburg High School band department has loaned several instruments which will be housed in the museum’s glass cases.

The second exhibit, “Sauk Trail: Echoes of the Past,” will be front and center from July 22 to November 1. That display will be highlighted by two glass cases of artifacts that the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians will loan to the museum and set up. Other museum areas will showcase items that would have been used when the Village of Edwardsburg was first settled in the 1820s, such as grinding wheels and stones, woodworking tools, and old axes.

“Tis the Season,” will end the year. It will highlight all items that revolve around the holidays, with trees, garlands, and many ornaments. That display will run from Nov. 4 through Dec. 13.

The museum opens a month early this year. Hours are 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. It also will be open on the second Wednesday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. It will close Dec. 13 and re-open in mid-spring, 2026.

The theme is vegetable and floral gardening, and the presenter is Mark Dussel of Cassopolis, who will lead a workshop Tues, April 22, at the Ontwa Township Hall, 26225 U.S. 12, Edwardsburg.

The event will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Admission is free. The appearance is held in conjunction with the Edwardsburg Area Historical Museum.

Dussel is a veteran farmer who has owned Dussel’s Farm Market and Greenhouses for nearly 28 years. He will cover four topics. The first is general gardening, which focuses on vegetable gardening and landscaping around the home. Details will include plant height and locations. Secondly, weed control will center on identifying and controlling annual and perennial weeds.

Growing cut flowers, the third topic, covers which species work best for long-term cuts. Lastly, container gardening suggestions will highlight the best soil media for growing containers of both flowers and vegetables.