Atzinger Gardens
Horticulture
The Mitten
Christmas
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Co-workers
100

This employee has worked the longest at Atzinger  Gardens and is not an owner.

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Who is Kim Alley?

100

These plants complete their life cycle in two years, with vegetative growth in the 1st year (leaves) & reproductive growth in the 2nd year (flowers).

What are biennials?

100

This is the only state with more coastline than Michigan. 

What is Alaska?

100

Children who misbehave may find a lump of this black rock in their stockings on Christmas morning.

What is coal?

100

This client provides our gardeners with homemade chocolate candies at each visit.

Who is Tom Urquhart?

100

This Dungeon Master co-worker has built their own D&D game table complete with cup holders and built-in interactive tv screen.

Who is Brian Alley?

200

This property is Atzinger Gardens' largest monthly gardening property tended.

Who is Thiry?

200

This is the 3rd nutrient following nitrogen and phosphorus on certain fertilizers.

What is potassium?

200

This is the only US president from Michigan.

Who is President Gerald R. Ford?

200

This is the piece of clothing that brought Frosty the Snowman to life.

What is an old silk hat?

200

This client has the most cacti and boots in their garden.

Who is Lisa Amador?

200

This co-worker found time to work 7 days a week, work 2 or 3 jobs, and still play over 40 rounds of golf this year.

Who is Scott Behler?


300

This is Atzinger Gardens' first year in business and also the the year that Pokemon Go first had gamers walking in front of traffic to catch Bulbasaurs.

What is 2016? 

300

There are 2 major groups of plants. Grass-like plants are part of the monocot group, and broad-leaf plants like dandelions are part of the dicot group. The term 'cot' refers to this.

What are Cotyledons? Also acceptable: leaf, or seed leaf.

300

This is the only one of the five Great Lakes that does not connect to Michigan.

What is Lake Ontario?

300

This is the mythical winter sprite that is nipping at your nose in “The Christmas Song.”

Who is Jack Frost?

300

This client job is closest to Atzinger Gardens' World Headquarters

Who is Ben Singer?-

300

This co-worker is the 131st fastest runner in Saline Cross Country High School history with a fastest 5k time of 17:31.  Neil Atzinger was also this co-worker's coach!

Who is Colin Burnett?

400

This document organizing tool was Atzinger Gardens' first expense.  

What is a filing cabinet?

400

This is the botanical name for petolaris hydrangeas - hydrangeas that have stalks that allows the the flower to face the sun.

What is a Climbing Hydrangea?

400

This is the name of residents of Michigan's Upper Peninsula who live in the Lower Peninsula because they live below the Mackinac Bridge, which connects the peninsulas over the Straits of Mackinac.

What are trolls?

400

This is the classic Christmas tune that has sold more than 50 million copies and holds the Guinness World Record for the all-time best-selling single.

What is White Christmas?

400

We helped this client avoid a citation from the Ann Arbor City Government.

Who is Dan Slater?

400

This co-worker owns a business that creates artful embroidery, quilting, and needle felting artwork and gifts.

Who is Chelsea Maylone?

500

This is the cultivar name of Jeff Good's patented weigela.

What is 'Bubbly Wine'?

500

This tree loves swampy soil and its roots produce "knees".  Also, the botanical name of of this deciduous conifer is Metasequoia Glyptostoboides.



What is Dawn Redwood?

500

This is the Native American name for Michigan.

What is Great Water?

500

These two items traditionally appear at the tops of Christmas trees.

What are stars and angels?

500

These are Atzinger Gardens two largest irrigation jobs of 2024.

Who is Bruce Genthe & Dennis Webster?

500

This co-worker was working security at Michigan Stadium during the tunnel melee between MSU and UofM football players that saw players arrested.

Who is Brian Fox?

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