The setting for Boerner Botanical Gardens is reminiscent of an English country manor with glacial fieldstone walls and historic, handcrafted limestone statuary. The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens offers groups of 15 or more an opportunity to view Milwaukee County’s "Living" Museum with a one-hour, docent-guided tour at a special group rate of $7.00 per person.

• Tours available April 15 – October 15
• Forty plus acres of formal gardens
• Professionally labeled and evaluated plant collections
• Features one of the largest crab apple collections in Wisconsin
• Extravagant display of over 500 varieties of roses
• Visual links to surrounding 1,000 acre Arboretum
• Individual gardens featuring herbs, annuals, shrubs, daylilies and peonies
• Wheelchair accessible Garden paths
• Tour group receives 10% discount on Gift Shop purchases
• Special group luncheons can be arranged through Catering department

For your convenience we offer all inclusive tour packages with neighboring historic Greendale and Trimborn Farms.  These specially designed itineraries feature docent guided tours, lunch, visit to Reiman Publications and shopping discounts.

All-Inclusive Tour Packages Itinerary

 

9:30 am-10:30 am

Tour starts at historic Trimborn Farm. Slide presentation and guided

tour of the grounds.

 

11:00 am-12:30 pm

Docent-guided tour of the Boerner Botanical Gardens and shopping

(10% off gift shop purchases).

 

12:30 pm-1:30 pm

Lunch at Boerner Botanical Gardens, in one of the featured dining rooms with Garden view.

 

2:00 pm-4:30 pm

Trip to historic downtown Greendale and the Reiman Publications Visitor Center.  Twenty minute guided tour of historic Greendale.  Plus 10% off at the ReimanPublications/Taste of Home Outlet store

and complimentary gift bag from Reiman Publications.

  Option 1

Light lunch at Boerner Botanical Gardens:  gourmet box lunch from Bartolotta’s Catering-

choice of chicken noodle soup or mixed green salad; choice of chicken

salad sandwich, grilled vegetable sandwich or grilled chicken sandwich; dessert choice of lemon sorbet or ice cream sandwich and coffee or tea.

 

              Total fee is $29.00 per person

Option 2

Lunch at Boerner Botanical Gardens by prestigious Bartolotta’s Catering: choice of soup or salad; choice of cavatappi pasta with sautéed chicken, whitefish filet or grilled pork tenderloin; dessert choice of seasonal sorbet

or strawberry mousse and coffee or tea.

 

              Total fee is $33.00 per person

 

  Option 3

 Tour starts at Reiman Publications Visitor Center in Greendale and includes a light lunch in downtown Greendale at Heinemann's Restaurant: soup of the day; turkey breast sandwich and dessert choice of cobbler with ice cream or apple pie with cream and coffee or tea.

             

              Total fee is $26.50 per person

Option 4

Tour starts at Reiman Publications Visitor Center in Greendale and includes lunch in downtown Greendale at Heinemann's Restaurant: choice of roast turkey dinner, meatloaf, baked cod almandine, chicken stroganoff or beef burgundy. All choices include coffee or tea, garden salad, rolls and fruit cobbler a la mode.

              Total fee is $31.00 per person

         For more information on Reiman Publications click here!

Group Tour Reservations: (414) 525-5664

The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens are delighted to promote activities in our home town.

For More Information on Milwaukee click below:

Greater Milwaukee Convention and Visitor Bureau



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