In 2023, we will have three types of interns: Horticulture, Floriculture and Programs, and Education and Community Programs. Is it for you? Our interns have run the gamut of majors and minors at UW like …
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Welcome (Back) Isaac!
Welcome (Back) Isaac! After being without a full-time horticulturalist for all of the 2022 growing season, we are excited to announce that Isaac Zaman will be filling that position starting in January. Many of …
Winter Class Series 2023
Enjoy our winter series!
Welcome Week 2022
Students! Join us for free events in the Garden, every week day from Thursday, September 8 through Friday, September 16. Bring your WISCARD and your friends. Here’s what we’ll be up to each day: …
Our Afro-Diasporic Garden
Post by Ryan Dostal, based on research by students in UW-Madison Religious Studies course “Food, Meaning, Religion”. What is an Afro-Diasporic Garden? As people of African descent found themselves in new places, they resisted the …
Three Sisters Garden
Guest post by Lina Martin and Lauren Cornelius from the Native American Center for Health Professionals who collaborated on our Three Sisters Garden this year (2022). The NACHP 3 Sisters garden was started in 2014 …
Hmong Kitchen Garden
Post by Garden Director, Reba Luiken with photos by Intern, Lauren Jenny This summer, our kitchen garden features plants from three local communities: Hmong, American Indian, and African Diaspora. Today’s post features the Hmong part …
The Indigenous History of the Garden
By ACG History Intern, Samantha Hertel. Burial Mounds and the University of Wisconsin Is Allen Centennial Garden a place with Indigenous history? There are no burial mounds located directly on the grounds of Allen …
A History of the the Agricultural Dean’s Residence
By ACG History Intern, Samantha Hertel The Victorian Gothic mansion nestled within the grounds of the Garden has been referred to as Lake Dormer, the E.B. Fred House, the Agricultural Dean’s Residence, or simply 10 …
From Plants to Tie-Dye
Earlier this month, I (Martha) collaborated with both Wisconsin Hoofers and the Wisconsin Union Directorate Art Committee to host a natural plant-based tie-dye event open to all UW-Madison students. ACG was excited to take part …