Wisconsin Garden Expo - Top Picks

It's finally here; the Wisconsin Garden Expo at the Alliant Energy Center presented by Wisconsin Public Television is this weekend. Last year's expo included a number of seminars on native plants and green gardening. This year's expo has fewer sessions along these themes, but I thought I'd share which sessions we plan on attending and which ones we almost chose. Note that we are only planning on attending sessions on Saturday.

Hr	Top Choice	Back-up
9 am	Make Your Garden and Landscape Sustainable	Rich's Good Old Conifer Chat
10 am	Birdscaping in the Midwest	Controlling & Preventing Invasive Insects
11 am	The Good, the Bad, & the Hungry: Wild Things in Your Garden	Seed Starting
12 pm	Native Plants for Any Garden	Gardening for Hummingbirds
1 pm	Elements of Natural Stone	Basics of Permaculture
2 pm	Water Features in Your Yard	Going Green in Landscaping
3 pm	Edible Native Plants	Successful Seed Starting
4 pm	Butterfly Gardens	Energy Efficient Landscaping

Note that there are sessions which we did not list that are good to attend. Speaking from last year's experience we would recommend Attracting Bluebirds by BRAW. We have also been to Gardening for Hummingbirds multiple times. It's presented by the Rocks, they have a website here.

The Expo also brings in a number of vendors. We have a number of booths we plan to check-out. We recommend the following:

1. Agrecol
2. Bluebird Restoration Association of Wisconsin
3. The Bruce Company
4. The Flower Factory Nursery
5. Invasive Plant Association of Wisconsin
6. Madison Audubon Society
7. The Prairie Enthusiasts
8. Tallgrass Restoration
9. Wild Ones

Next Monday, I'll recap what we learned, what was exciting, and what was a dud. Hope to see you there!