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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 – …
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 …
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 …
Shakespeare in the Garden 2025
Mark your calendar for this year’s rendition of Shakespeare in the Garden! We’re looking forward to a fresh production featuring scenes from multiple Shakespeare plays nestled into areas throughout Allen Centennial Garden. Bring a chair …
Intern Project – Perennial Cut Flower Garden
Post written by student intern Josie Maahs. A perennial cut flower garden symbolizes an important paradox; how beauty can be both fleeting, and enduring at the same time? The flowers last a few days in …
Building an Islamic Garden – The Beginning Stages
Have you heard? Allen Centennial Garden is working on a project to transform part of our space into an Islamic-style garden. Naturally, you might have some questions about how this project, so here are some …
What is it like? Questions and Answers with Past Interns
The title “intern” can mean a lot of different things. You might wonder what it’s like to be an intern at Allen Centennial Garden. Will I mostly be making copies or actually getting practical work …