The Novi Home Show

October 11-13, 2024

Patrons come to a home show expecting to see home improvement exhibits, but our show offers a robust lineup of features to add to your experience! Click the buttons below to learn more about each feature!

Fall Show Features

Backyard Prize Package

Manufactured Home Showcase

Gardening Seminars

Inside Outside Guys

Kids Zone

Painting Giveaway

Michigan Marketplace

Backyard Prize Package

Our partners at Great Lakes Ace have put together a great Backyard Prize Package valued at $900! Come to the show and you can win the following…

19.5″ Solo Stove (smokeless fire pit)
91″ Propane Patio Heater
Feit Bird Genius Feeder
(2) 20 lb. Bags of Ace Wild Bird Food
(2) Folding Rocking Chairs

Promotional image for a backyard prize package from Great Lakes Ace. The package includes outdoor items such as a bird feeder, wild bird food, a fire pit, a patio heater, and folding rocking chairs.

Manufactured Home Showcase

Tour 6 Manufactured Homes inside the show!

The Michigan Manufactured Housing Association (MMHA) will feature 6 complete, professionally decorated homes on display inside our show! Here you can see the quality of design and luxury offered in an affordable manufactured home! All homes are tour-able and will have ADA access.

MMHA member builders include:

AJR Development and Skyline Homes
Cambio Communities and Clayton Homes (2 homes)
Sun Communities and Skyline Homes (2 homes)
YES! Communities and Skyline Homes

Illustration of a blue house with a porch and landscaping, accompanied by the word "Showcase" in bold letters beneath it.

About the Michigan Manufactured Housing Association

MMHA is dedicated to educating the public about the benefits of manufactured and modular home living and connecting people interested in finding a community or home with its members. MMHA is one of Michigan’s oldest trade associations, founded in 1941. MMHA is a nonprofit association representing the manufactured and modular home industry in Michigan. MMHA works to improve the image of manufactured and modular housing by educating consumers, media and government about the quality, affordability, design and beauty of the homes.

Gardening Seminars

Gardening experts will be on-sight, courtesy of the Michigan State University Extension, to help you with a variety of garden related topics and questions! Check out the seminar schedule below!

Friday, October 11
1:30 pm | Caitlin Splawski | Smart Gardening to Deter Deer: Using Barriers
3:30 pm | Caitlin Splawski | Smart Gardening to Deter Deer: Using Repellents

Two people stand behind a table with "Smart Gardening" materials in a greenhouse, surrounded by blooming flowers and plants. The table displays brochures and a sign indicating Michigan State University Extension.

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Lindsey Kerr

Seminar Title: Preparing your vegetable garden for winter

Bio: Lindsey Kerr is the MSU Extension Consumer Horticulture Educator and Extension Master Gardener coordinator for Wayne County. She enjoys teaching gardening topics such as gardening with plants native to Michigan, garden planning and maintenance, and vegetable gardening.

Kristine Hahn

Seminar Title: The Importance of Shoreline Buffer Gardens

Bio: Kristine Hahn is an MSU Extension Natural Resources Educator in Oakland County. She first realized her passion for natural shorelines and native plants at her first job after graduating college at a native plant nursery on Sanibel Island, Florida. Kristine has had a variety of positions at Michigan State University Extension since 1999 and is happy to be where she can combine gardening and natural resources outreach education.

Caitlin Splawski

Seminar Title: Smart Gardening to Deter Deer

Bio: Caitlin Splawski is a Floriculture Educator with Michigan State University Extension. She received her MS from the Ohio State University in Horticulture and Crop Science and has worked as a perennial grower, garden center manager and has an interest in weed management as well as cut flowers.

Seminar Descriptions

Smart Gardening to Deter Deer: Using Barriers

MSU Extension brings you science-based solutions to help make smart choices in your own backyard. Protecting your garden from white-tailed deer is key in most areas of Michigan. We’ll explore strategies to keep deer from damaging your beloved garden plants using physical barriers.

Smart Gardening to Deter Deer: Using Repellents

Part 2 of MSU Extension’s science-based solutions for deterring deer damage. This presentation will focus on protecting new plantings of trees and other ornamental plants by using a mix of proven repellents and deterrents like sprays or granular products that impact taste and smell, along with other tactics that can help you manage deer browsing.

Grazyna Cumming

Seminar Title: Nitchy to Normal: Natural, Native Gardening for Everyone

Bio: Grazyna Cumming started gardening at a young age alongside her parents in the unforgiving soil of Western Africa. After giving her first plant related presentation on how to grow a banana plantation in 6th grade and being met with blank stares she realized there was a strong need for more education on plants and perhaps knowing your audience. She has since learned a few more things about plants mostly by killing many of them. She has tried to absorb as much as possible through the Extension Master Gardner and Master Composter training and generally hanging around smart older people.

Inside Outside Guys Pavilion

The Inside Outside Guys will be broadcasting LIVE from the show on Saturday and Sunday mornings from 10 am – 12 pm and taking questions from the audience following each broadcast.

Visit the Inside Outside Guys Pavilion in aisles 900 and 1000 to speak with their builder / remodeler / specialist partners.

You can listen to The Inside Outside Guys each weekend on WJR 760 AM, WTKA (The Ticket) 1050 AM, and WLBY 1290 AM!

Kids Zone sponsored by AV Imagined

Families are welcome at the Novi Home Show and we have created a Kids Zone where everyone can relax, refresh and take a break for a little fun!

Our Kids Zone features include…

A home theater with family-themed content playing throughout the show, sponsored by AV Imagined!
A FREE small gourd for the first 350 kids visiting the Kids Zone!
Inflatables / Bounce Houses!
Hallboy BBQ Food Truck