University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: August 2025

Intern Project – Miniature Cranberry Bog

Post by Fernando de la Torre, ACG horticulture intern for summer 2025. As a PhD student in  plant breeding and plant genetics at UW-Madison, my specialization has been in breeding intersectional hybrids of Vaccinium – which is the family of plants that contains blueberry, cranberry, and lingonberry, among others. For summer 2025, I wanted to …

Intern Project – The Science of Dyeing

This post was written by Allen Centennial Garden Programs Apprentice Ava Jeffery. The best place to teach science isn’t a classroom, but a garden full of curious children with hammers! As the Community and Educational Programs Apprentice at ACG, my goal was to infuse approachable science lessons into the pre-existing workshops the Garden was already …

Intern Project – Folklore Tour

Blog post written by Allen Centennial Garden Horticulture Intern, Mia Homan When I started my internship this summer, one of my goals was to narrow down my career options. I have a wide range of interests, so trying something out as part of my intern project was experimental. I was in the midst of my …