By Janie Hodny, Marketing & Communications Intern Trees are one of the most helpful plants on Earth. They are an important part of ecosystems everywhere, providing habitats as well as food for numerous animals and organisms, including humans. They help clean the air around us, provide us with breathable air, and give shade during the […]
By Janie Hodny, Marketing & Communications Intern This month, the Garden has partnered with ASPIRO and No Limits on their “More Alike Than Different” Ability Awareness Campaign. You may have seen the signs in the Garden! The No Limits Ability Awareness Campaign, led by ASPIRO, was started in 2016 with a goal of achieving greater […]
By Janie Hodny, Marketing & Communications Intern Creepy crawlies in your garden can seem alarming, but a surplus of certain bugs and insects in your garden is a good thing! It shows that your garden is healthy, well versed in plant species, and also a place for bugs to thrive. Many bugs help your garden. […]
By Janie Hodny, Marketing & Communications Coordinator Last week, we dived into what makes a dragonfly a dragonfly, but did you know that dragonflies are widely used by the scientific community as an indicator species? What is an indicator species exactly? Well, let’s dive into the meaning behind them and why they’re important! What is […]
By Janie Hodny, Marketing & Communications Intern Dragonflies are more than just an insect that can fly backwards. They are an important factor in habitats and ecosystems. Worldwide, there are approximately 6,500 different species of dragonflies! Out of the 6,500 species, 164 of them are native to Wisconsin. Some of these species include the ZigZag […]
By Janie Hodny, Marketing & Communications Intern Earlier this year, Green Bay Botanical Garden successfully donated more than a thousand plants to the New Leaf Foods Garden Blitz and the Extension Brown County Community Gardens Program for the second year in a row! The 1,248 plants donated are considered winners from the All-America Selections (AAS) […]
By Janie Hodny, Marketing & Communications Intern In part one, we looked into urban nests, mud nests, and scrape nests. If you have not checked out last week’s blog yet, we recommend that you take a peek at it before you read any further! In the second part of our nest series, we’re going to […]
By Janie Hodny, Marketing & Communications Intern Now that summer is ramping up, there are new things beginning everywhere. Specifically, birds are working hard on building their habitats, nests, to raise their young. We see nests everywhere, but how can you tell what types of nests there are and what types of birds are living […]
With our summer blooms growing, we have also been growing our Garden Team for our busiest time of the year! Recently we have hired 17 new team members in a variety of areas for the summer and beyond: Horticulture James (Jimmy) Van Meter Position: Horticulturist College: Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) and George Mason University […]
By Peter Martin, Marketing & Communications Intern Warm weather signals when gardeners and homeowners are able to turn their attentions back to their lawns, with regular mowing transforming a scrappy patch into an orderly sea of green. To promote and educate the community about the critical period of pollinator emergence, the month of May has […]