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Post written by (recently graduated) UW-Madison Student Mason Borchardt My first memory of Madison was at the Allen Centennial Garden. It was summer orientation, and my future dorm, Leopold Hall, was located directly next to the grounds. During our tour, we stepped into the fourth-floor den where the bay windows offered a bird’s-eye view of …
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 …
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 …
Sempervivum's plant profile is brought to you by our Horticulture Apprentice, Tori Lopez. Learn all about this hardy, beautiful plant!
Plant Adoption Day bring hundreds of students to the Garden to adopt their very own plant. Our Plant Parent Intern, Sam Wood, shares his experience preparing and running an event this big for UW students.
Hear about the successful 2019 Grandparents University Program from our former Programs Intern, Tolu Igun.
Learn about our Czech Crevice Garden from former Horticulture Apprentice, Ryan Drake.