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Mission Statement

Green Bay Botanical Garden connects people with plants by providing year-round educational and recreational experiences for everyone in an environment that engages, inspires, and refreshes.

Vision

Green Bay Botanical Garden will be the leading educational, recreational, social, and horticultural destination enriching the quality of life in the upper Midwest.

About Us

Green Bay Botanical Garden welcomes more than 209,000 visitors on average every year.

We’re located on 47 acres of a historic Green Bay apple orchard with about half currently developed into 33 specialty gardens.

We have more than 92,000 perennial plants, 19,000 annual plants, and 4,000 species and cultivars.

Popular annual fundraising events include WPS Garden of Lights, Grand Concert Series, Sanimax Concert Series, and more.

Learn more about the Garden, including how we started, the history of our founders, and the location they choose for a community garden.

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Rooted in Community

Our roots grow deep in northeast Wisconsin:

  • 602 people volunteer to serve our community through their work at the Garden, totaling more than 7,600 hours last year.
  • More than 6,700 households support the Garden by being members.
  • 2,111 vegetable plants were donated to New Leaf Garden Blitz, Brown County Community Garden projects, and Juneteenth Celebration in partnership with We All Rise and All Seasons Transformation House
  • 505 native plants grown for city-wide Pollinator Corridor Project (Danz and Red Smith Parks)
  • More than 1,600 pounds of produce and 258 heads of lettuce (Fork Farms Hydroponics Station) was donated to Paul's Pantry in partnership with Aspiro
  • More than 14,000 guests received free admission last year.
  • More than 3,800 guests celebrated the traditions of culture of Oneida Nation during Fall Family Festival
  • About 300 guests enjoyed WPS Garden of Lights on special nights for nonprofits.

A well of knowledge, the Garden’s education programs branch out:

  • Nealry 8,200 students, teachers, and adult chaperones participated in guided nature-based learning.
  • More than 2,700 family members participated in educational programs.
  • 1,392 adult learners signed up for adult programs from workshops to lectures.

We help sustain our local community by sustaining the Earth:

  • Transitioned 12,200 sq. feet of turf to sedges, meadows, and natives
  • Catalogued entire collection and officially determined 41% or 38,070 of perennial plants in the Garden are native to Wisconsin
  • 65% of members downloaded digital membership cards for their households

Facts & Figures

Our collections include:

314,093

Bulbs in the Ground

92,576

Perennial Plants

19,687

Annuals

8,019

Permanent Plant Labels

4,236

Species/Cultivars

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Partnership with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC)

The land on which the Garden is located is made available to the organization through a long-term lease from NWTC. The Garden and its board are legally independent of NWTC, but the two organizations mutually benefit from the relationship.

NWTC students and staff enjoy free general admission to the Garden, and their staff utilizes the Garden for meetings and events. Students in programs from Photography and Early Childhood Education to Sustainable Agriculture and Security utilize the Garden as a living laboratory. A portion of our general admission revenue helps to support student scholarships too.

The college also prints a majority of the Garden’s marketing materials throughout the year.  

Awards, Accreditations, & Trial Gardens

Rated #3 on Trip Advisor’s “Top Things to Do in Green Bay”

Wisconsin Landscape Contractors (WCLA) and Mayor’s Beautification Awards, including gold award for the King Shade Garden and Jenquine Overlook Garden

American Hemerocallis (Daylily) Society Display Garden

American Hosta Society Display Garden

American Conifer Society Reference Garden – one of only two in Wisconsin

Magnolia Multisite Nationally Accredited Plant Collection™ Member – the Garden’s magnolia collection is the first and only Nationally Accredited Plant Collection™ in the state of Wisconsin, accredited through the American Public Gardens Association

All-America Selections: Ornamental Seed Trial (1 of 45 sites)

All-America Selections: Ornamental Non-Seed Trial (1 of 25 sites)

American Rose Trials for Sustainability (1 of 23 sites) – shrub rose trialing

Contact Us

Rachel Mueller

PR & Content Coordinator
920.593.5685
rmueller@gbbg.org

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920.490.9457
info@gbbg.org
2600 Larsen Rd
Green Bay, WI 54303

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Sounds of Nashville on August 11

will be moved indoors with limited seating due to Friday’s weather forecast. Tickets are no longer available. We apologize for any inconvenience!

NOTICE: Due to a power outage on Thursday, Dec. 19, WPS Garden of Lights has been CANCELED. Have tickets for Dec. 19? Watch your email.