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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: Thursday, September 8 Dried Flower Bouquet – 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Use dried flowers from the Garden to make a …
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 hardship of slavery, often by keeping gardens. Despite numerous challenges placed on African gardeners, they built on their already substantial …
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 for our students to get an introduction to traditional foodways of Iroquois tribe. Seeds were donated by local tribes who …
Plants make people happy. Hear from our Director, Ben Futa, about the wonderful work our staff is doing during the pandemic.
You can’t cancel nature. Hear some good news from our Director, Ben Futa.
Hear about the successful 2019 Grandparents University Program from our former Programs Intern, Tolu Igun.
Thank you, from the Garden staff, for a 30th to remember.
Our Plant Adoption Day has been a huge success! Read about how the Garden is working to provide students with meaningful experiences that will help address plant blindness.
The Allen Centennial Rock Garden has been reviewed as one of the best by the President of the North American Rock Garden Society. Here some helpful tips if you’re thinking about starting your own.