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Summer dates to remember!

Mark calendars for plant sales, flower shows and garden tours…​​​​
  • Sunday, July 12, 2026, Summer Magic Garden Tour – Join the Racine Garden Club’s 2026 Summer Magic Garden Tour from 10am to 4pm and visit seven gardens and a National Wildlife Habitat Award winner. Explore an urban wildlife retreat, an Oriental-themed space, a lush community garden tended by 33 gardeners and more in the Racine area. Tickets are $10. Questions? Contact Ruth Mandala or visit racinegardenclub.org.
  • ​Saturday, July 25, and Sunday, July 26, Open Days – Sponsored by the Garden Conservancy and the Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee, this year's tour features four gardens in Waukesha County and two Digging Deeper sessions. For more information download a flyer HERE. Buy tickets HERE.
  • Thursday, Aug. 6, Milwaukee District Garden Clubs Membership Motorcoach Tour – You do not want to miss this bus tour to the Lake Winnebago area. All garden club members in the Milwaukee District are invited to attend. We are visiting a restored farmstead and gardens, enjoying great food and touring a family farm and distillery. Save the date and watch for more information. Download the save the date flyer HERE.
  • Thursday, Aug. 13 to Sunday, Aug. 16, Wisconsin State Fair Flower Show – Floral Designers of Wisconsin invites garden club members to exhibit floral designs and horticulture at its patriotic flower show: "250 Years of Tradition". Download the schedule HERE. Contact Liz Murken to enter a floral design.
  • Aug. 29 and Sept. 2 to 4, Flower Show School – Course 2 – Plan to attend Course 2 of the NGC Flower Show School which will start with a Zoom session on Saturday, Aug. 29 followed by all-day, face-to-face design and horticulture lectures on Wednesday, Sept. 2 and Thursday, Sept. 3. Learn more HERE. Download the registration form HERE.
  • Oct. 23 and 24, Environmental School – Course 4 – The final course of the Environmental School will be at Mayfield Environmental Park in Sheboygan. Learn more HERE.

"250 Years of Tradition" theme of Wisconsin State Fair Flower Show

Floral Designers of Wisconsin is celebrating "250 Years of Tradition" at its Wisconsin State Fair Flower Show. The NGC Patriotic Standard Flower Show is set for Aug. 13 to 16 in the Grand Champion Hall. All Wisconsin garden club members are invited to enter floral designs and horticulture.

To enter a floral design, contact Liz Murken by July 15. Plan to enter horticulture at the fair from 6 to 9am, Aug. 13.

This year, the Wisconsin State Fair's theme is "Rooted in Tradition." Everyone is invited to celebrate  the 175th anniversary of the fair and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Click HERE to download a page-by-page flower show schedule.
  • If you prefer printing a the schedule as a booklet, then click HERE.    

Town & Country Petite Flower Show celebrates Gimbels
Town & Country's one-day, all petite flower show was held May 15 at ThriveOn King. The show celebrated Gimbels Department Store which closed in 1970. The 4-story department store building has been redeveloped as ThriveOn King, an inclusive community hub.

Designs included the Tea Room, Sweet Shop, Home Goods, Window Displays and the Dressing Room. Botanical arts featured the Hat Shop, Cosmetic Department and gift boxes.The two educational exhibits explored how to restore habitat for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumblebee and how the Harambee neighbood is becoming an ECO Neighborhood to reduce environmental impacts. There were 65 entries in the horticulture division. 

Judges and floral designers were from Wisconsin and Illinois. Town & Country thanks everyone for helping to make the show a success.

MDGC members honored at WGCF Convention

Garden club members from across the state attended the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation's 98th Convention in April in Neenah. Milwaukee District garden club members took part in the business meeting and were involved in a roundtable discussion about ways to help the organization grow.

Festive Time at the Schlitz Mansion

The Milwaukee District Garden Clubs and their friends celebrated in the Victorian style at the Schlitz Mansion. The rooms were decked out in their finest for everyone to enjoy.

A big thank you to all of the garden club members who volunteered and helped made the event a success.
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The privately-lowed mansion is decorated by its owners and was open to the public for the first time during the holiday season on Dec. 20. Proceeds from the event will help support the Milwaukee District Garden Clubs Habitat for Humanity plant share project and various districtwide educational projects​.
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Milwaukee District Garden Clubs (MDGC) was founded in 1932 as a part of the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation which is a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc. and its Central Region. A not-for-profit educational organization, we are proud to serve garden clubs who are gardening for good in southeastern Wisconsin.