Green Bay, WI
Two shockers in this post! First, somehow I coerced Jeff, a lifelong Bears fan, into spending a day in Green Bay. Secondly, in one of these photos, I’m going to like a bit of a fairy garden for the first (and last?) time. We visited the Green Bay Botanical Garden! This was a “bleak, forgotten orchard dotted with telephone poles and power lines” before it opened in 1996. That means we could do this here too! Anyway, the gardens were another amazing find on this quest into Wisconsin. See individual photos for oh-so-many details.
Perfection! 
Fernleaf peony looks good even when it’s not in bloom. 
Shredded umbrella plant will be a great addition to my woodland garden. 
Too formal for my own garden but fun to visit! 
A fairy garden of sedums! 
Mother Nature didn’t read the sign and sent a storm to do her pruning. 
Jeff loves this stone structure. 
The maze is made of grapevines! 
Always check out the children’s garden for clever ideas! 
What a great container. 
Dragon’s Breath leopard bane 
Artemisia ‘Parfum d’Ethiopia’ smells divine and likes hot, dry exposures.
Green Ball Dianthus! 
Can’t get enough of this poofy Dianthus. 
Sweet amphitheater– and if the show is boring, the landscaping is not! 
Ha! BougainFeelYa shrub rose looks like a bougainvillea. Hort humor! 
Selfie station! 
Green Bay is lucky to have this place! 
A labeled conifer garden is the stuff of dreams! 
Love, love, love. 
White pine ‘Tiny Curls’ 
Aurea Korean Fir 
Cis Korean Fir 
Lanark European Tamarack 
Beautiful! 
They’re so cute in other gardens! 
Sweet!