Week of Events
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape is an annual exhibit in the tropical Bolz Conservatory, featuring hundreds of orchids including specimen from Olbrich's collection. The 2025 exhibit theme reveals the secrets of the canopy! Admission: $10 - General Admission $6 - Child (ages 6-12) FREE - Ages 5 & under FREE - Olbrich members (adult/child) Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 […]
Scenic Stroll @ the Arboretum
Scenic Stroll @ the Arboretum
This gently paced stroll through the gardens is well-suited for a multi-generational outing. Learn about plants, animals, and fungi; phenology; and ecology. Wear sturdy closed-toe shoes and come prepared for weather and insects. Walks take place rain or shine, except in unsafe weather. Routes are wheelchair accessible when weather allows. Free, no registration required. Meet […]
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape is an annual exhibit in the tropical Bolz Conservatory, featuring hundreds of orchids including specimen from Olbrich's collection. The 2025 exhibit theme reveals the secrets of the canopy! Admission: $10 - General Admission $6 - Child (ages 6-12) FREE - Ages 5 & under FREE - Olbrich members (adult/child) Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 […]
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape is an annual exhibit in the tropical Bolz Conservatory, featuring hundreds of orchids including specimen from Olbrich's collection. The 2025 exhibit theme reveals the secrets of the canopy! Admission: $10 - General Admission $6 - Child (ages 6-12) FREE - Ages 5 & under FREE - Olbrich members (adult/child) Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 […]
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape is an annual exhibit in the tropical Bolz Conservatory, featuring hundreds of orchids including specimen from Olbrich's collection. The 2025 exhibit theme reveals the secrets of the canopy! Admission: $10 - General Admission $6 - Child (ages 6-12) FREE - Ages 5 & under FREE - Olbrich members (adult/child) Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 […]
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape is an annual exhibit in the tropical Bolz Conservatory, featuring hundreds of orchids including specimen from Olbrich's collection. The 2025 exhibit theme reveals the secrets of the canopy! Admission: $10 - General Admission $6 - Child (ages 6-12) FREE - Ages 5 & under FREE - Olbrich members (adult/child) Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 […]
All that Buzz: Looking Back at the 2024 Periodical Cicada Emergence @ the Arboretum
All that Buzz: Looking Back at the 2024 Periodical Cicada Emergence @ the Arboretum
A Winter Enrichment Lecture PJ Liesch, Entomologist, UW–Madison Extension and Department of Entomology. In the spring of 2024, Wisconsin saw the emergence of Brood XIII periodical cicadas. These insects have a fascinating natural history and only emerge once every seventeen years. In this talk, we'll take a closer look at the biology of these amazing […]
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape is an annual exhibit in the tropical Bolz Conservatory, featuring hundreds of orchids including specimen from Olbrich's collection. The 2025 exhibit theme reveals the secrets of the canopy! Admission: $10 - General Admission $6 - Child (ages 6-12) FREE - Ages 5 & under FREE - Olbrich members (adult/child) Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 […]
Dane County Late Winter Farmer’s Market
Dane County Late Winter Farmer’s Market
Saturdays, January 4 thru April 5, 8:00-noon The Garver Feed Mill behind Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3241 Garver Green (access off Fair Oaks Ave.) The Late Winter Market runs each Saturday from January 4th until the beginning of the outdoor season. Get your market fix all year long. You will still find many of your favorite […]
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape @ Olbrich Gardens
Orchid Escape is an annual exhibit in the tropical Bolz Conservatory, featuring hundreds of orchids including specimen from Olbrich's collection. The 2025 exhibit theme reveals the secrets of the canopy! Admission: $10 - General Admission $6 - Child (ages 6-12) FREE - Ages 5 & under FREE - Olbrich members (adult/child) Olbrich Botanical Gardens 3330 […]
Madison Reads Leopold: Voices of a Land Ethic @ the Arboretum
Madison Reads Leopold: Voices of a Land Ethic @ the Arboretum
Join us for a community reading of selections from "A Sand County Almanac" by Aldo Leopold and writings by other environmental thinkers, including Robin Wall Kimmerer, Joy Harjo, and Camille T. Dungy. Listeners may come and go throughout the event. Free, no registration required. Meet at the Visitor Center. University of WI Arboretum 1207 Seminole […]