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  • Wreath made up of multiple different colors and textures of evergreen including spruce, arborvitae, boxwood, and juniper. Wreath also includes red dogwood, birch catkins and other seed heads.

    2025 Wreath Workshops

    Support the Garden and join us for our festive yearly tradition of wreath making! Sign up for an in-person workshop or take home a DIY-kit. Both include enough evergreens to freshen up any door or …

  • Drum group seated under a white tent performing on stage at Allen Centennial Garden

    2025 Harvest Folk Festival Lineup

    Meet our performers for the 2025 Harvest Festival on October 4.  (Listed in order of appearance) Beni Daiko We are excited to welcome Madison’s Japanese Taiko group Beni Daiko to kick off the Harvest Festival’s …

  • Round embroidery hoop with embroidered flowers : blue flowers made from bunches of french knots, light orange flowers made from satin stitches, yellow flowers made from lazy daisy stitches, and pink flowers made from rose stitches.

    Intern Project – Embroidery with Garden Colors

    Post written by Lila Becker, Allen Centennial Garden Programs and Education Intern I first started embroidery during the pandemic, when the days often blurred together. I craved something slow, tactile, and grounding to contrast my …

  • On left: Fernando sitting in the back of the cranberry bed with his feet on the bottom. He is wearing a green shirt and a bucket hat. A layer of sand, clay, gravel, and clay is visible in the bean-shaped hole.

    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 – …

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Bird bathing in waterfall