Horticulture Team Takes on Long-Term Magnolia Preservation Project

If you visit the Garden in spring, you’ll see one of the oldest flowering plants known worldwide, the magnolia. These beautiful flowering trees are older than bees! Yet, even more interesting is the Garden grows 14 unique magnolias breeds that don’t grow anywhere else. A collection of plants this rare is worth preserving! That’s why […]

25 Years of Volunteers: How Hours of Service Helped the Garden Grow, Then & Now

Looking back at the last 25 years since Green Bay Botanical Garden opened, we’re especially grateful for the garden lovers in our community who have dedicated their time to the Garden and its mission. Without their help, the Garden truly wouldn’t be the success that it is today. Let’s take a walk through the Garden’s […]

Fantasy, Whimsy, & Nature Inspired New Murals in Stumpf Hobbit House Restroom

Stop at the Stumpf Hobbit House during your next visit at the Garden and you will be transported to a fantastical world of tiny tree houses, fanciful foliage, and friendly woodland creatures. These marvelous murals are credited to Peter Koury, a talented artist and garden lover. Here’s Peter to tell you about his experience painting […]

The Partnership That Grew the Garden

Today, Green Bay Botanical Garden spans 47 acres full of natural Wisconsin scenes and features more than 60,000 breathtaking plants and flowers. 25 years ago, it was an undeveloped area with limitless potential. Nearly 25 years before that, it was an idea in the minds of a few passionate plant people. Here’s how almost 50 […]

Sustainability Efforts at the Garden: Part Two

Last week, we shared some of the sustainable actions we’ve been taking behind the scenes and how the Garden is committed to reducing our energy and resource use. This week learn more about how we’re bringing these environmental awareness initiatives and more to Garden visitors. Education is a large part of what we focus on […]

5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Green Bay Botanical Garden

If you haven’t heard… we’re celebrating 25 years of Green Bay Botanical Garden this year! After a challenging 2020, let’s just say we’re extremely excited to get the celebrations underway for this historic milestone, to reminisce on where we’ve been and to look ahead to the next 25 years and beyond. The Garden has a […]

6 Must-See Plant Collections at the Garden

The Garden has been alive with colorful and lush green flora for almost 25 years. With their backs craned over flowerbeds and their hands immersed in soil, our horticulturists, volunteers, donors and garden designers have been incredibly influential in creating and organizing different parts of the Garden during that time. As a result, our blooms […]

Keeping a Family’s Story Alive in the Nielsen Children’s Garden

Every person who walks within the Garden has a story to tell. For Bev and Tyler Jahn, that story started when they were married here on a ridiculously hot day in June of 2006. Since then they’ve enjoyed the Garden in a variety of ways including the annual WPS Garden of Lights, the 2018 Nature […]