House plant level up

Designer pots often can be expensive and not quite what you need for your houseplants whether they lack drainage or they don’t have the color you want. Instead come learn with us how to make your own designer pots from the containers you know and trust! Learn how to marble paint pots, drill custom drainage holes, and propagate new houseplants. Marble an old pot and spice up your plant corner by painting it with a mixed and swirled array of color. We will show you how to make custom planters out of any mugs, bowls, or vases so you can apply this to any container you have lying around. Then, we’ll teach you all the strategies you will need to propagate some house plants which you then get to pot up and take home. This project was designed for those aged 18 and up. 60 minutes.

General Information:

We recommend navigating to the Observatory Drive and Babcock Drive corner. Plan to head north on Babcock Drive. The entrance to the garden is on Babcock Drive. You are welcome to drop off in the circle but we are not allowed to park there. Google maps will sometimes confuse the garden’s address (620 Babcock Dr, Madison, WI 53706) and navigate to Leopold Residence Hall.

Street parking is free on the weekend. Consider near the Garden on Babcock Drive (lot 34), near Porter Boathouse on Babcock Drive (lot 35), and near Babcock Dairy (lot 40). There is paid parking in the Observatory Drive Ramp next to Steenbock Library (lot 36). Lot 36 costs $4 for the first two hours. More information about parking on campus can be found here: https://transportation.wisc.edu/visitor-parking/

Workshops are held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, we will move inside the DC Smith Greenhouses and do things there. Should this need arise before the start of our program, then participants will be notified via email two hours prior to the event. If the weather looks unfavorable please check your email before heading out. All the needed plant materials will be brought to DC Smith Greenhouses (465 Babcock Dr, Madison, WI 53706).

Host or Publisher Friends of Allen Centennial Garden