Wednesdays*, May 14 – September 10, 2008
6:30 pm to sunset
Education & Visitor Center Atrium
Fee: $5 (Children under 5 are free)
(*June 26 Garden Walk is a Thursday Evening)
View the gardens with community experts and get in-depth information on the featured plant of the week from local and regional plant experts. Garden Walks are held rain or shine.
Wednesday, May 14 |
"Tiptoe Through the Tulips" - Art Van Zanten - Holland Beauty Flower and Bulb Company |
Wednesday, May 21 |
"Discover Boerner" - Shirley Dommer Walczak - Boerner Botanical Gardens Director |
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Wednesday, May 28 |
"Early Bloomers" - Paul Drobot - Perennial Landscapes |
Wednesday, June 4 |
"Irresistable Iris" - Karl Becker - The Southeast Wisconsin Iris Society |
Wednesday, June 11 |
"Peony Paradise" - Peony Society of America |
Wednesday, June 18 |
"Celebrate the Rose" - The Milwaukee Rose Society |
*Thursday, June 26 |
"Hot! Hot! Hosta!" - Marcia Wensing - The Southeast Wisconsin Hosta Society |
Wednesday, July 2 |
"Red, White, & Blue: Patriotic Flowers" - Jim Walczak - Leaf Land Nursery |
Wednesday, July 9 |
"Daylily Delights" - Harold Steen - The Daylily Society of Southeastern Wisconsin |
Wednesday, July 16 |
"Shady Characters: Shade Loving Plants" - Jeanne Christenson - Shady Acres Perennial Nursery |
Wednesday, July 23 |
"Sensational Scents: Fragrant Flowers" - Welody Wilson - Wonagrow Landscape Design LLC |
Wednesday, July 30 |
"Favorite Flower Combos" - Lori Yanny - Milwaukee County Horticulturalist |
Wednesday, August 6 |
"Rainbow Foliage" - Matt Singer - Four Season Landscape LLC |
Wednesday, August 13 |
"The Last Hurrah: Late Summer Perennials" - Mary Braunreiter - Milwaukee County Horticulturalist |
Wednesday, August 20 |
"The Best of Show: All About the Trial Garden" - Juris Krisans - Milwaukee County Horticulturalist |
Wednesday, August 27 |
"Sun Worshippers: Perennials" - Rosie Petroll - Hawks Nursery Company |
Wednesday, September 3 |
"Pleasures of the Evening" - Zannah Crowe - Monches Farm |
| Wednesday, September 10 | "Mother Earth's Hair: Ornamental Grasses" - Ron Bahling - Milwaukee County Horticulturalist |
In May see the 40,000 bulbs!
Splendor of a Boerner Spring - Crabapples!
June 4th - the versatile, the beautiful, the Iris!
September 10th - Ornamental Grasses!
Tour the Trial Garden on August 20th!
