The University of Wisconsin's West Madison Research Station in conjunction with the Commercial Flower Growers of Wisconsin (CFGW) holds a field day each year in August for commercial greenhouse growers and garden centers at the West Madison Research Station on Mineral Point Road Madison. Tours of the gardens are provided. The field day offers an excellent opportunity to see how new varieties perform in Wisconsin's climate. This is a must see for all growers, garden center operators, suppliers, sales persons and others who order and grow annuals for sale plants. New flyer/brochure will be posted later in the spring.
Horticulture will be a Technicolor experience at Family Horticulture Day. Purple, red, and yellow potatoes, red popcorn and green caterpillars will be the features of the day Families can learn how to develop a back yard kitchen garden in a small space: tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, and eggplant seedlings will be provided, along with instructions for growing them and directions for sowing vegetable and flower seeds will be available from master gardeners.
Want to make your green thumb even greener? Join us for the annual Urban Horticulture Field Day at the University of Wisconsin - Madison's West Madison Agricultural Research Station's - Trial and Demonstration Gardens, held, every year, on the third Saturday, in August.
It's is a great place to 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.
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. The West Madison Agricultural Research Station is located at 8502 Mineral Point Road, about a mile west of the beltline. Admission and parking are free.
