Habitat Exhibit | Green Bay Botanical Garden

About the Exhibit

The exhibition Habitat explores the critical need for varied habitats, how interconnected and fragile they are, and what we can do to protect them.

Plants, animals, and other organisms have adapted to each other and their habitats over time, creating a delicate ecological balance. This balance faces many threats, including pollution, deforestation, and climate change, but humans can protect habitats for the future by learning to be better stewards of the environment.

This experience showcases the unique habitats throughout the gardens and landscapes of Green Bay Botanical Garden and of northeast Wisconsin.

Included with Garden Admission
Free for Garden Members

About the Displays

Nests

The diversity of nests and the ingenuity of the birds that build them.
Created by Garden Team of staff and volunteers, including Kathy Amenson and Bob Yashinsky

Life Underground

Mushrooms and the hidden relationships under our feet that support healthy habitats.
Created by Ben Buschke, Buschke Carving

Dead Wood is Life

When a tree dies, it’s not the end of the story – it’s just the start of a new home.

Monarchs & Meadows

Meadow habitats are often overlooked, but they are critical homes to many wildflowers and pollinators.
Created by Garden Team of staff and volunteers, including Kathy Amenson, Bob Yashinsky, and Amanda Hatton

Bug B&B

Bugs are everywhere, and they need places to live, just like us.
Created by Naomi Moes-Jenkins and Casey Early-Krueger

Homes

Your garden and landscape at home is more than a pretty place.
Created by Garden Team of staff and volunteers, including Don Jensen, Dave Sorenson, and Dave Barkow

Sign of the Dragonfly

Dragonflies are an indicator of a healthy environment. How healthy is your wetland? Ask a dragonfly.
Created by Garden Team of staff and volunteers, including Kathy Amenson, Bob Yashinsky, Ashley Barkow, Alyssa Giese, Lindsay Hendricks, Rebecca Justiniano, and Kate Miller

Habitat of Flight

Discover how birds and seeds adapted to fit their habitats and inspired humans in their dreams of flight.
Created by Garden Team: Rebecca Justiniano

Habitat was developed by Smithsonian Gardens and is made available by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

Thank You to our Local Sponsors

Presenting

Children & Family Activities

Sculpture

Community Partner

Funded in part by grants from Green Bay Packers Foundation, Cellcom Green Gifts, Kimberly-Clark Cares, Garden Club of Des Peres, and Rotary Foundation of Green Bay Inc.

Print Sponsor

Sponsorship Opportunities

For more information on opportunities for corporate partnership including sponsorship, contact our Director of Development, Cindy Berton, at 920.491.3691 ext. 104 or cberton@gbbg.org.

Contact Us

For details on group discounted rates, contact our Events Team at 920.491.3691 ext. 113 or rentals@gbbg.org.

For more information, contact us at 920.490.9457 or info@gbbg.org.

About the Exhibit