Stories from the Garden

Boys and Girls Club garden transformed into an abundant vegetable garden by the children's garden club At first glance, the raised beds at the Boys and Girls Club look daunting. Every bed was completely overgrown by weeds. It was said there had been challenges with the garden in the past; terrible soil quality, the lack of a convenient water source and bunnies, lots of bunnies. But this year something magic happened! During the spring we worked with the children to explore th

After a 7 year hiatus, the Master Gardeners of Door County presented a fall seminar on October 25, 2025, titled “Gardening with Natives for Birds, Bees, and Butterflies.” Two presentations by Midwest horticultural experts focused on the interrelated life cycles of plants and pollinators. Crossroads at Big Creek - Collins Learning Center David Garison Stevens, Ed Hasselkus Curator of Longenecker Horticultural Gardens at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, gave a ski

Volunteering is defined as “the act of freely offering your time and services to a cause or organization without expecting financial...

Community service is a cornerstone of our mission as Door County Master Gardeners and our members volunteer at more than 25 organizations...

Door County Master Gardeners’ annual plant sale fundraiser is the public-facing culmination of many months of work in the greenhouse....