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 experience? We’ve gathered some feedback from our interns that we hope will help answer your questions. Our goal is to support the professional development of our interns through many hands-on …
Blog post by ACG Intern Lydia Pulsinelli On a beautiful Saturday in October, I laid out my table for the Harvest Festival with plants freshly harvested from the Kitchen Garden a few feet away. Throughout the day, I cut into squashes and melons to unveil the seeds within to visitors. People rubbed and smelled the …
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 holiday table, dried plants, a wire form, and plenty of wire to pull it all together. Hand pruners, shears, and …
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 live performances this year, starting at 12:45pm on October 4. Founded in November 2012, our group now includes members from …
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 life full of technology and Zoom calls. Sitting by the window in my bedroom, I found solace in the repetition …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 or blanket and enjoy the show. The show will be directed by Bex Schmitt and feature UW students in the …
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 a vase on your kitchen counter, but the garden returns year after year to provide blooms from when the tulips …