UW Family Gardening Day
Event Details
Date
Saturday, May 2, 2026
Time
10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Description
Free, Annual Event! April showers bring May flowers—and this opportunity to explore campus gardens, greenhouses, and related facilities. Visit the DC Smith Greenhouse, Allen Centennial Garden, Steenbock and BioCommons, and Wisconsin Energy Institute. Explore hands-on activities with seeds, plants and soil. Ask questions of Master Gardeners. Discover books for all ages about gardening, plants, soil, water and more. Take home plants and seeds for your own garden (while supplies last).
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-890-0946 to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Saturday, April 18, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.