Intro to Dahlias

Intro to Dahlias – Session 1 Discover the beauty of dahlias in our Intro to Dahlias Workshop Series at Rotary Botanical Gardens. Join us for Session 1 as we dive into the essentials of growing and caring for these stunning flowers. Session 1: Dahlia Processing from Purchase to Frost, and Beyond 📅 Date: Tuesday, April 8 🕕 Time: 6:00 – 7:30 PM 📍 Location: Rotary Botanical Gardens What you’ll learn: How to source and select healthy dahlia tubers The best…...

Trees a Crowd: Watercolor Painting with Nancy McKinnon

A unique Watercolor Painting workshop with Janesville artist Nancy McKinnon Painting trees without any stress is what this workshop is all about! Watercolor is so exciting when paints collide and create the beautiful backgrounds in nature. No experience required and all supplies are included in this 3 hour project. You select your favorite colors and learn different techniques to achieve your own style. About the artist Nancy, an experienced instructor, has conducted workshops for various groups...

Speaker Series: Gardening with Climate Change in mind

Learn adaptive gardening techniques for unpredictable weather patterns with Lisa Johnson, UW Extension Dane County The first part of this presentation reviews the interconnected causes of climate change, patterns we are observing now, and projected climatic trends for the upcoming few decades. The second part presents a number of place-based suggestions for strategies to make gardens more resilient to weather trends and ways to shrink your carbon footprint in the garden. The many small actions o...