Native by Design: Gardening for a Sustainable Future

Name: Native by Design: Gardening for a Sustainable Future
Start: 2025-09-14T08:45:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-14T16:30:00-05:00
Location: UW-Madison Arboretum

Schedule

Sun Sep 14 2025 at 08:45 am to 04:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

UW-Madison Arboretum | Madison, WI

The Arboretum's annual Native Gardening Conference promotes sustainable gardening practices and use of native plants in home landscapes for biodiversity, habitat, beauty, and sustainability. Expert-led workshops inspire and inform gardeners, homeowners, and landowners to create and maintain native gardens or small-scale restorations where they live. The program welcomes people with a range of gardening interests and experience levels.
The all-day event features expert-led workshops, lunch, a keynote speaker, tours of the Wisconsin Native Plant Garden, a resource packet, and ample time for questions and conversations. This year’s presentations cover topics such as: garden design, native trees and shrubs, gardening challenges and solutions, garden planting and management, nature journaling, native plant identification, and native bees. The keynote by Micah Kloppenburg, Arboretum restoration outreach coordinator, will explore native plant gardens as insect habitat.
To see the full conference program, visit: https://arboretum.wisc.edu/learn/adult-education/native-gardening-conference/
The registration deadline is September 4 but the conference may sell out sooner. Some sessions have limited capacity. Early registration is recommended.
Registration rates:
Early bird: $65, through July 21
Regular rate: $70, starting July 22
Students (with ID): $35
Please note: Registrations are not transferable and can only be refunded by contacting the Arboretum. Any comments claiming to sell or give away tickets are spam.