Upcoming Events

Tots in the Garden

Learn a bit more about the feathered critters that call the Gardens home, their nests, what they eat, and more. Bring binoculars if you have them.

Learn gardening techniques that help support garden polinators.

Learn about which species are commonly invasive in our area

Bring your kiddos to the gardens to start their own plants from seed. Choose to plant an herb, flower, or vegetable, learn how to care for it, then decorate your pot.

Learn how to grow healthier shrubs and trees with pruning techniques!

Tots in the Garden

Breath in fresh air as you practice yoga with Jena Miller for Yoga in the Gardens.   

Join Beth Paustian from Black Purl to celebrate the craft of knitting.

Wildflower Woods is growing! Over 300 new plants were installed in the fall of 2018. Learn more about the future of Wildflower Woods and the progression of the gardens.

Family Yoga with Tamera Hansen

Sculpt a tree, paint the pond with watercolors, sketch a flower, and hone your nature art skills! Using our artistic eye, campers will explore the Gardens as they create a variety of art pieces.

Dates: June 10-14

The Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you Foraging Wild Mushrooms in Central Wisconsin with Patrick Schmidt.

Tots in the Garden

Breath in fresh air as you practice yoga with Jean Miller for Yoga in the Gardens on Thursdays.

Have you ever seen pink and orange ribbons tied to the plants and trees in the Gardens? On this tour, you’ll learn more about what those mean to the Gardens and our plant mapping project.

Vinyasa Flow with Rebecca Blakeslee

Can you hop like a grasshopper, march like an ant, or build a web like a spider? Learn about all the amazing abilities bugs have while testing your skills.

Dates: June 17-21

Our Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you Coffee: From the Origin to the Cup with Beto Araya.

Tots in the Garden

Breath in fresh air as you practice Yoga in the Gardens

Learn more about the history of Monk Botanical Garden's yard art

Yoga for All with Jessica Halvorsen

Every day will start with a critter mystery that will be studied and solved!  After solving all the critter mysteries, the new “CSI” Agents will receive their official badge the last day of camp.

Dates: June 24-28

The Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you - Using and Infusing Plants in Skincare with Ashlie Zeidler.

Tots in the Garden

Breath in fresh air as you practice yoga in the Gardens.

Bees and insects are some of our greatest volunteers, learn more about the kinds of pollinators you can find in the Gardens and the important job they play.

Vinyasa Flow with Mary Fay, RYT-200

Start the day with yoga, then learn how to make your own natural soaps, bug repellent, scrubs, and teas. Use natural ingredients, including some we’ll collect from the Gardens.

Dates: July 1-3

The Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you Adaptive Gardening with Hannah Marti.

Tots in the Garden

You eat roots, stems, and leaves all the time - but what about flowers? Take a walk through the Gardens for a unique opportunity to taste some of the flowers being grown.

Slow Hatha Flow with Jean Miller, RYT-200

Get your hands wet to find out what calls the pond home at the Gardens. Use magnifying glasses and nets to see plants and critters up close.

Dates: July 8-12

Our Garden Gab Learning Series brings you Insects in the Garden: Common, Cool, and Creepy with Paul Whitaker.

Tots in the Garden

Practice yoga at the Gardens.

Every summer the Kitchen Garden follows a theme and serves a variety of purposes. Learn more about each garden bed and their uses in Monk Gardens’ education programs and events.

Beginner Yoga with Kerri Spromberg, ERYT-200

Explore the different ways animals build, and try it out yourself. We’ll learn about different wild construction projects, and see what we can make with the natural materials at the Gardens.

Dates: July 15-19

Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you Growing Backyard Berries with Sadie & Gerrid Franke.

Tots in the Garden

A night of cocktails, delicious food, and good music.

Practice yoga in the Gardens.

Get the inside scoop on the two new garden spaces being developed through 2019 and into the future. One with a focus on play spaces for kids and one being installed by Master Gardeners.

Family Yoga with Robyn Bretyl, RYT-200

What do birds, insects and bats all have in common?  They are pollinators!  Campers will discover the world of flowers, the critters that pollinate them and design and plant a small pollinator garden. 

Dates: July 22-26

Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you Illuminated Sculptures with Paul Klein.

Tots in the Garden

Practice yoga in the Gardens.

Though each spring we focus on planting seeds and pulling weeds, we should take a moment to appreciate the variety and importance of trees. Come learn a bit about the common and unique trees in the Gardens.

Make pizza as a family from ingredients in the kitchen garden. Make the sauce, choose the toppings, and bake your pizza in the brick oven.

Vinyasa Flow with Rebecca Blakeslee

Work as a group to build fairy and gnome worlds. Campers will create woodland creatures and their homes in the least explored parts of the Gardens.

Dates: July 29-August 2

Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you Front Yard Foraging with Sean Sullivan

Tots in the Garden

Bring your blankets or chairs and get comfortable for a lovely evening watching a theater performance of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream performed by Wausau's Out of the Woods theater group.  

Bring your blankets or chairs and get comfortable for a lovely evening watching a theater performance of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream performed by Wausau's Out of the Woods theater group.  

Bring the whole family along with blankets or chairs to get comfortable for the children's theater performance of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream performed by Wausau's Out of the Woods theater group. T

Bring your blankets or chairs and get comfortable for a lovely evening watching a theater performance of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream performed by Wausau's Out of the Woods theater group.  

Vinyasa Flow with Kate Coakley, RYT-200

Join us this week as we we prepare Guacamole and Ceviche with chef Luis Melendez, La Taquiera.

Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you  Natural Solutions for Healthy, Empowered Living with  Amy Garvey-Herrick.

Tots in the Garden

Practice yoga in the Gardens.

Play, learn and explore as a family in the Gardens. Each week we will explore a new topic including gardening, wildlife, bugs, birds, native plants, and more.

Vinyasa Flow with Mary Fay, RYT-200

This week we're making Arroz con Gandules (Puerto Rican Rice & Pigeon Peas) with Chef Eric Corbine, WOW.

The Garden Gabs Learning Series brings you - Slow Food with Sonja Gasper.

Tots in the Garden

Practice yoga in the Gardens.

Vinyasa Flow with Kate Coakley, RYT-200

Join us this week while we make Green Papaya Salad with Chef Chumpot Ratanawong from Hanuman Express
 

Tots in the Garden

Practice yoga in the Gardens.

Yoga for All with Kerri Spromberg, ERYT-200

Join us this week as we we prepare Jambalaya Pasta with Chef David Lorio of Thrive restaurant.

Tots in the Garden

Practice Yoga in the Gardens.

Play, learn and explore as a family in the Gardens. Each week we will explore a new topic including gardening, wildlife, bugs, birds, native plants, and more.

Join us this week as we we prepare a seasonally inspired Spanish dish with Nate Bychinski from Red Eye Brewing.

Tots in the Garden

Join us this week as we we prepare a traditional Hmong dish with Paj Ntshua Nplaim (The Roses).

Tots in the Garden

Tots in the Garden

Play, learn and explore as a family in the Gardens. Each week we will explore a new topic including gardening, wildlife, bugs, birds, native plants, and more.

Tots in the Garden

Play, learn and explore as a family in the Gardens. Each week we will explore a new topic including gardening, wildlife, bugs, birds, native plants, and more.

Tots in the Garden

Tots in the Garden

Play, learn and explore as a family in the Gardens. Each week we will explore a new topic including gardening, wildlife, bugs, birds, native plants, and more.

Tots in the Garden

Tots in the Garden