Archive for the ‘Gardening Events’ Category

Hopefully, you were able to make it to one of the many home improvement-related tradeshows this winter. If not, you can come and visit our exhibit at this weekend’s Madison Builders Home Products Show or MABA Show. We will be in booth #1022 March 2, 3, and 4th at the Alliant Exhibition Center.

Also, if you are thinking about having any spring clean-up or getting on our ‘early bird list’ for landscaping this season, give us a call to set up an appointment. With the lack of snow this winter, we have been able to do site visits, see the grade, do measurements and get estimates to our clients; so don’t delay in giving us a call, so you can ‘Sit Back and Enjoy the View’ for the whole summer and growing season. Please link to tradeshow dates, times, etc.

Madison Area Builders Association Tradeshow

UW-West Madison Agricultural Research Station Urban Horticulture Day – Saturday, August 20 10:00 am-3:00 pm

New Program: 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.  At 8:00am, a Beginners Bird Walk and Bird Survey will be held, hosted by David Drake, Extension Wildlife Specialist, and Marsha Lisitza, local bird expert. They will lead a morning walk and a beginning bird survey program—remember to bring your binoculars! Meet in the parking lot next to the garden. Park across the dumpster near the hay barn.  Then, stay and join the fun at the field day!

Get new ideas and answers to perplexing problems, sample fresh produce and tour one of the area’s most extensive collections of flower and vegetable varieties, including many that haven’t yet appeared in seed catalogs, listen to the Madison Flute Club perform their Spring Concert from 10:30 to 11:30, taste and watch sauerkraut being made, “Silly Soil and Crazy Caterpillar” Sundaes will be available for the kids, Rocket Balloons, Fortune Fish, as well as a treasure hunt, and UV Bead, bracelet making—all at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station, 8502 Mineral Point Road, Verona. More details to come! Admission and parking are free. The field day is sponsored by UW-West Madison Agricultural Research Station staff, researchers at the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Extension staff, and Master Gardener Volunteers.

Questions: 608-262-2257

Hey Ganshert Blog Readers

There are a lot of great gardening tours and walks coming up this summer. Keep an eye on the paper or our blog to catch the upcoming events.

For example, check out Olbrich Botanical Garden’s link below for time and locations of this year’s Olbrich Home Garden Tours. Find out how your garden can get chosen to be in a future tour and other exciting news from Olbrich.

Home Garden Tour