By Brittany Fetterly, Marketing & Communications Intern With the holiday season ramping up, it may be hard to find the time to do anything other than wear fuzzy socks, eat sugar cookies and watch Hallmark movies. Going outside doesn’t seem too enticing for a lot of us as it gets colder, but what if it […]
By Rachel Mueller, Marketing & Communications Coordinator For many families, the holidays mean get-togethers, quality time and a coming together after months or years apart. For the Swelstad clan, the season also includes an annual trip to opening night of WPS Garden of Lights on Black Friday. For close to 20 years, this has been […]
Having a holiday party is a joyful way to show appreciation for your employees, celebrate with friends or bring your clients along for a fun time outside of the office. While parties are a fun and easy way to end the year on a high note, sometimes planning them can seem like a daunting task. […]
By Ta’Leah Van Sistine, Marketing & Communications Intern The absence of wildlife during the winter season begs the question, where do they all go? We know that some animals, including certain pollinators, hibernate when the cold months of the year arrive, but where are the rest of the pollinators that do migrate? Below, we’ll explore […]
By Kelle Hartman, Children & Family Educator Underneath the June, July and August sun, bright blooming flowers are always visited by busy pollinators. Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds constantly remind us during the summer months that they’re making themselves at home, for now. Once the calendar flips from August to September, summer’s warm temperatures start to […]
By Lindsay Hendricks, Assistant Director of Horticulture When the first killing frost arrives, summer swiftly bids us goodbye and autumn gets comfortable and settles in. The memories of your colorful and vibrant flowers are still so fresh in your mind, which makes the sight of your dying blooms that much harder to witness. However, hope […]
By Brittany Fetterly, Marketing & Communications Intern It’s been a little over a month since our very first Butterflies & Blooms exhibit closed for the season, but we love that we’re still hearing about all the lovely ways it impacted you this summer. One of our favorites so far involves 12-year-old Allison. When her parents, […]
By Brittany Fetterly, Marketing & Communications Intern Here in northeast Wisconsin, we’re all about green and gold. So much so that even our leaves are starting to get the memo! Fall colors are beginning to pop up but as we near the middle of October, shouldn’t we have seen more color by now? How come […]
By Lindsay Hendricks, Assistant Director of Horticulture Bright and colorful blooms are one of the first signs that spring has finally arrived. Spring flowers like tulips and daffodils remind us that winter is in the past (for now!) and that even after months of brutal temperatures and mounting heaps of snow, life can still flourish […]
By Ta’Leah Van Sistine, Marketing & Communications Intern Some of our most memorable winter moments are made at the foot of a fireplace, underneath heaps of blankets or with sips from a warm cup of hot chocolate. This is how we avoid freezing cold temperatures winter brings. Interestingly enough, pollinators react similarly to this weather! […]