Wisconsin Public Gardens

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Gardens throughout Wisconsin bring peace and natural beauty to hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Prepare to spend some time while you enjoy these public gardens across the state.

Rotary Botanical Gardens

A 20-acre botanic garden of 18 themed gardens, such as the Japanese, Scottish, French Formal, Italian and English Cottage Gardens. Also, one of very few Fern and Moss gardens in the United States, as well as Shade, Prairie and Woodland Gardens. On-site is a visitor center, gift shop, and a rentable facility for wedding receptions, reunions, meetings, etc. The Gardens has made its mark in exuberant and creative seasonal displays of hundreds of thousands of annual, tropical, and perennial plants.
Call 608-752-3885 E-mail: Edward.Lyon@rotarygardens.org Web: www.rotarygardens.org
1455 Palmer Drive, Janesville, Rock County.

Monches Farm

Monches Farm has been providing plants and ideas to adventurous gardeners for over 25 years. Visitors are welcome to explore our display gardens and growing fields to view mature specimens of the plants we offer. Our selection encompasses over 1500 varieties of hardy fieldgrown perennials as well as rare and hard-to-find annuals. In addition to plants and garden art we feature a gift shop overflowing with dried flowers and unique new & antique garden related gifts. Come visit!
Call 262-966-2787 E-mail: zannah@monchesfarm.com Web: www.monchesfarm.com
5890 Monches Rd, Colgate, Washington County.

Boerner Botanical Gardens

These stately gardens, patterned after a typical English country garden, feature broad expanses of lawn and statuary and structures produced in the 1930s by artists and workers of the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps. The rose garden offers beautiful views of the 1,000-acre arboretum of Whitnall Park.
Call 414-525-5650.
9400 Boerner Drive, Hales Corners, Milwaukee County.

Green Bay Botanical Garden

These 47-acre gardens, opened in 1996 at the former site of an orchard, are particularly beautiful in spring, when tulips and other flowering bulbs bloom beneath the apple blossoms. The four-seasons garden is delightful even in winter.
Call 920-490-9457.
2600 Larsen Road, Green Bay, Brown County.

Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory (The Domes)

Experience a desert oasis, a tropical jungle and special floral gardens, all in one afternoon! Come to the deserts of Africa, Madagascar, South America and North America in the Arid Dome where one of the world's finest collections of cacti, succulents, shrubs and arid-land bulbs grow. Stroll the jungle-like trails of the Tropical Dome and see a diversity of plants from the rainforests of 5 continents. Enter a themed floral exhibit filling the Floral Show Dome with gardens of color. Daily 9-5pm.
Call 414-649-9800.
524 S Layton Blvd, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County.

Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Olbrich is famous for its Thai pavilion, a gift from the king of Thailand, and the surrounding Thai garden. There’s a great rose garden, too, among Olbrich’s 16 acres. The gardens won the prestigious Award for Garden Excellence of the American Association of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta in 2005.
Call 608-246-4550.
3330 Atwood Ave, Madison, Dane County.

Paine Art Center and Gardens

Revered as an "American Castle," the Paine features an exquisite 1920’s mansion with historic interiors, an exceptional art collection and breathtaking display gardens. Over three acres of twenty themed garden designs, the Paine’s extraordinary gardens change with every new season. Experience the living inspiration.
Call 920-235-6903.
1410 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, Winnebago County.