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Think Spring!

Mark calendars for plant sales, flower shows and garden tours…​

• Saturday, May 9, 55th Annual May Market – Fox Point Garden Club will open Longacre Pavilion from 9am to 12noon for a plant share with perennials and garden plants dug and potted by their members. Proceeds support the club's community projects and local beautification efforts.
• Friday, May 15, Petite Standard Flower Show – Town & Country Garden Club is hosting a petite flower show at ThriveOn King in Milwaukee. Download the schedule HERE. To enter a floral design and/or a botanical arts artistic crafts, signup online HERE.
• Saturday, June 6, 21st Habitat for Humanity Plant Share – Garden clubs throughout the Milwaukee District volunteer and provide plants to make the district's annual Habitat for Humanity Plant Share Project a success. Last year we had 124 homeowners attend. Check it out HERE. This year, our District's Habitat for Humanity Plant Share Project Chairman, Susan Miller, says to expect 150 homeowners! Contact Susan and let her know how you can help. Download an informational flyer HERE.
• 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.

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Town & Country Garden Club to Hold
Petite Standard Flower Show on May 15 

Town & Country Garden Club invites garden club members to exhibit this spring in its Petite Standard Flower Show. The show is being held on Friday, May 15, at ThriveOn King which is an inclusive community hub located in the heart of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville district and where Town & Country holds its monthly meetings.

Nancy Gregory, Town & Country co-president and general chairman of the show, says, "Our flower show honors and remembers the Gimbels Department Store that has been redeveloped as a welcoming space for people to gather and work together toward a healthy and thriving community."

The schedule for the one-day show can be downloaded below. You can signup for floral design and botanical arts exhibits online HERE or click on the button below.

• Gimbels Petite Standard Flower Show Schedule – page by page
• Gimbels Petite Standard Flower Show Schedule – booklet

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Signup to Exhibit

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It's State Conveniton Time: April 26 to 28

Garden club members from across the state will be in Neenah April 26 to 28 for the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation's 98th Convention. The convention will include  business meetings, luncheon and dinners with various guest speakers, four engaging workshops and a long term strategic planning meeting to identify our members interests and passions to help the organization grow.

Click HERE for a special issue of Wisconsin Gardens with information about convention speakers and workshops.

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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​.