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Twilight  Garden Tour

2024 Twilight Garden Tour
​Featured speakers in 2024 were:
 Jason Fischbach, UW-Madison Extension Emerging Crops Specialist and Co-Leader of the Upper Midwest Hazelnut Development Initiative 
Amaya Atucha, UW-Madison Extension Fruit Crops Specialist 
Leslie Holland, UW-Madison Extension Fruit Crops Pathologist

For more information click here for our blog post

2023 Twilight Garden Tour​​
Featured Speakers:  
Danette Hopke, Youth and Family Educator at UW-Extension, Shell Lake on wellbeing
Emerging Crops Outreach Specialists - Jason Fischbach and Steffen Mirsky will present on hazelnuts & emerging crops
​For more information click here for our blog post.
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2022 Twilight Garden Tour

Links & Handouts
UW – Plant Disease and Diagnostic Clinic  (Twitter: @UWPDDC;  Facebook:  UW Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic)
UW Seed to Kitchen - F
ield Map of the Trial Plots
Bio for Renae Essenmacher
Highlights in the 2022 Teaching & Display Garden

​Recipes
Tomato Salsa & Melon Salsa
 Fresh Corn and Tomato Salsa


2021 Twilight Garden Tour

​Map of Children's Garden
​Grapes and Hops
Vegetables Map
Pinwheel Plots
Sensory Garden
Monarch and Pollinator Sanctuary Garden Layout

Handouts/Resources
​​Seed to Kitchen Collaborative Handout


 2020 Twilight Garden Tour
Join us for our Virtual Tour
​Spooner Agriculture Research Station Teaching and Display Garden


Handouts/Resources
www.midwesthazelnuts.org/
​Participatory Beet Breeding Outreach Model
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Introduction to UW Madison's New Beet Varieties (Video​)
​Seed to Kitchen Collaborative Website


Picture

2019 Handouts/Resources 
Butterfly Host Plants
Gardening Resources
Cutting Garden Tips & Tricks
The Pleasure of Herbs
Organic Gardening - a publication from North Carolina 
Dahlia Instruction Sheet (from Swan Island Dahlias)
Grow Bags​
Buckwheat & Mooregold Squash 2019
Photo Succession of Buckwheat & Squash
Rattlesnake & Monte Gusto Pole Beans

UW – Department of Entomology Insect Diagnostic Lab​   (Twitter:  @WiBugGuy)
UW-Online Insect Identification Tool: http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/insectid/
Wisconsin Bee Identification Guide: http://labs.russell.wisc.edu/insectid/files/2017/05/WI-BEE-IDENTIFICATION-GUIDE.pdf

UW – Plant Disease and Diagnostic Clinic  (Twitter: @UWPDDC;  Facebook:  UW Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic)

Wisconsin Fruit News e-newsletter (oriented towards commercial growers) 



Spooner Agriculture Research Station Teaching & Display Gardens 
Includes:  Monarch and Pollinator Sanctuary, All-American Selection Display Beds, Children's Garden, Vegetable Display Garden

Layouts and Plant lists


Recipes

Twilight Tour Fresh Salsa Recipes
Farmhouse Cabbage Slaw​
Pickled Green Beans
Quinoa Salad
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Location

Visit the Teaching & Display Gardens

The Teaching and Display Gardens  are a joint effort between the Spooner Agriculture Research Station, operated by the University of Wisconsin - Madison College of Agriculture and Life Science, the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension and area UW-Extension Master Gardener Volunteers.  

Open to the public for self-guided tours during day light hours seven days a week mid-May through mid-September. 

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  • Home
  • Teaching Gardens
    • Twilight Garden Tour >
      • 2020 Virtual Twilight Garden Tour
  • Archives
    • Members >
      • Meetings
      • Committees
      • Member Handbook
      • Presentation Resources for Members
      • Volunteer Opportunities
      • Continuing Education
      • Onboarding
    • Press Releases
    • Plant Sale
    • Kids in the Garden
    • 2021 Handouts
    • 2020 Handouts
    • 2019 Event Handouts
    • 2018 Handouts
    • 2017 Handouts & Slides
    • 2016 Handouts & Slides
    • Archive Photos Pinwheels
  • About/Contacts
    • Speakers Available
  • Helpful Links
  • Training
  • Blog
    • Videos