The Wet Garden is situated on the east side of the Dane County Extension office building.
Visitors enter the garden on a fieldstone path, through a vine covered
archway. A foot bridge lies at the north of this garden path spanning the
wettest area of the garden. Much of the
garden has heavy clay soil resulting in a wet stretch of ground from
the stone path up to the sidewalk. Areas that are less “wet” are found
near the foundation and along the south side of the bed. Wet tolerant
plants found in this garden include, astilbe, iris, bald cypress, black gum,
hibiscus, Japanese burnet, Joe Pye Weed, milkweed, Queen of the Prairie,
spiderwort, turtlehead, willow, etc. Due to the wet nature of this garden
area, watering requirements are minimal.
Wet Garden Team
Team members working in the Wet Garden learn about plants that thrive under wet conditions (including standing water in Spring and after heavy rainfalls) and their care & maintenance requirements. Specific learning opportunities include:
Wet Garden Team
Team members working in the Wet Garden learn about plants that thrive under wet conditions (including standing water in Spring and after heavy rainfalls) and their care & maintenance requirements. Specific learning opportunities include:
- plant division and transplanting (timing and techniques)
- pruning techniques (numerous specimen trees and shrubs in the garden)
- how to cut back different species of hydrangeas
- diagnosing and managing pest problems (viburnum leaf beetle)
- diagnosing and managing disease problems (powdery mildew on ninebark)
- controlling plant chlorosis (nyssa)
Joan Boll, 9 years
Maureen Ryan, 2nd year
Tim Watkins, 3rd year
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