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Olbrich Botanical Gardens presents seven unique gardens in Sun Prairie. Many gardens incorporate hardy native plants, focus on pollinator friendly flowers, and offer bird habitats.

Presale ticket sales starting June 18 in Olbrich's Lobby. Day of tour ticket sales - July 12 & 13 offered at a designated home garden.

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General Admission -$16 Olbrich Members - $14 Child (Ages 6-12 ) - $7 Ages 5 & under - FREE

Member Level Ticket Allowances at the discounted price

Garden Friend - 1 ticket Garden Friend Plus One - 2 Garden Family - 2 Garden Family & Guests - 4 Garden Contributor - 4 Garden Patron - 6 Garden Benefactor - 6 Garden Angel - 8 Circle (Lifetime) Member - 8

Know Before You Go Featured gardens can be viewed in any order; tour-goers do not need to start at #1 Tour-goers must carry their ticket to each garden site for check-in Be sure to utilize the Home Garden Tour App (scan the QR code on ticket) to learn more about the garden stories and native plant highlight

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Best Buds Landscaping & Greenhouse Goodwin LLC - Arboricultural Services Midwest Japanese Gardens Jung Garden Center Lundin Tree LLC Klein’s Floral & Greenhouses The Bruce Company

This annual two-day fundraiser supports the mission and daily operations of Olbrich Botanical Gardens.

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Online perennial plant sale.

Spring marks the beginning of a new cycle of seasons and would not be the same without Olbrich Gardens' annual Perennial Plant Sale! Curated plug trays are currently on sale, while individually potted perennials will go on sale April 16 at 10 a.m.

Member Appreciation Family-friendly Yoga Session

Join Madison yoga instructor Kaila Pooler for a FREE member appreciation family-friendly yoga session! Explore creative play in nature-inspired poses, practice breathing and mindfulness within relaxed flow, and have fun with partner poses perfect for parent and child. The yoga session is intended for ages 6 and up, and will run for 40 minutes with time before and after class to chat with Kaila and get to know your fellow members. No pre-registration required; simply join the session on Olbrich's Great Lawn. In the event of inclement weather, the session will move indoors to the Learning Center. Please bring your own yoga mat. If you use one, you can also bring your own yoga block. For this event, all children under 18 are welcome when accompanied by member guardian. Suggested donation for additional adult guests above membership level.

Member Appreciation Bee Bingo

Join us in Olbrich's Frautschi Family Learning Center for a FREE member appreciation bee-themed bingo night! Did you know Olbrich Gardens is home to over 55 species of bees!? Discover the buzzing world of bees and play for a chance to win a sweet-as-honey prize pack!

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What to do in Madison this weekend: Olbrich Home Garden Tour, art fairs weekend, and more Isthmus Picks

by Isthmus Staff

July 6, 2023

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A close-up of Holly Near.

National Women’s Music Festival, July 6-9, Marriott-West, Middleton: Featuring four days of music, comedy, theater, workshops, a marketplace, and more, the 2023 National Women's Music Festival also spotlights a very special returning artist: Holly Near, whose five-decade-plus career has seamlessly blended music and activism. Near will perform a Saturday concert, and on Friday present the fest keynote and lead a workshop. Near is joined in the lineup by other legendary voices and new favorites during a packed long weekend; find tickets and schedules at nwmf.info .

Monty Little, through July 9, Chazen Museum of Art: Monty Little is of Diné heritage, and the mixed media works in the exhibit “Premonitions: New Works” explore attitudes toward Indigenous identity. Little draws from the texts of 18th-20th century “Indian treaties,” here inscribed on handmade paper; uses school desks from Indigenous boarding schools to highlight a damaging history; and manipulates Indian portraits originally by the 19th century white photographer Edward Curtis. Little, a UW-Madison MFA candidate, is the winner of the 2023 Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize.

Kiltro, Thursday, July 6, The Bur Oak, 8 p.m.: A haunting, sometimes melodic, sometimes danceable indie/Latin mashup from Denver, Kiltro is touring in support of their sophomore effort, Underbelly . This show could be the sleeper hit of the summer. Madison’s NØÅ, a side project of The Earthlings' Noah Gilfillan, opens. Tickets at seetickets.us .

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A summer garden scene.

Diana Cooper's home garden will be part of the 2023 Olbrich Home Garden Tour.

Olbrich Home Garden Tour, July 7-8, Shorewood Hills, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.: It takes a lot of work to have any kind of garden, much less a beautiful one, and every year Olbrich Botanical Gardens shines a spotlight on area residents who have set the bar high. This year the featured neighborhood is Shorewood Hills, with six gardens on display in this self-guided tour. Download the Home Garden Tour app (link with your ticket purchase) for the backstories on these green getaways. Tour-day tickets at UW Credit Union, 3500 University Ave.; find info at olbrich.org .

EcoSquared, through Aug. 31, Hatch Art House; reception July 7, 6-9 p.m.: See what Wisconsin artists can do with upcycled materials in this annual show that proves that reuse sparks joy and that it’s hip to be square (all the art works are, yes, square). Approximately 90 pieces of art by 25-plus Wisconsin-based artists are featured.

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The band Faun Fables.

Faun Fables

Faun Fables, Friday, July 7, Dark Star Art Bar, 9 p.m.: Fans of Faun Fables have been waiting since 2016 for a follow-up to Born Of The Sun …but the wait may soon be over, as the duo of Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl teased a new album on the page for a 2022 Bandcamp-only live release . Here’s your chance to perhaps hear some of those new songs ahead of the record. Opening are two of Madison’s most eclectic and unpredictable players, Stephanie Rearick and Bucky Pope. Tickets at darkstarart.bar .

Dane County Farmers' Market Cookbook launch, Saturday, July 8, Breese Stevens Field, 7 a.m.-noon: The Dane County Farmers' Market celebrates 50 years in counterclockwise foraging with The Dane County Farmers’ Market Cookbook: Local Foods, Global Flavors , a fun, celebratory, user-friendly compilation of recipes from local chefs and area home cooks. Recipes have a global scope but a local focus on ingredients sold at the market. Longtime local food writer Terese Allen wrote the text and pulled the massive project together ; Allen will be signing copies starting at 9 a.m. at the market (moved to Breese Stevens because of Art Fair on the Square). All proceeds from the cookbook benefit the DCFM.

Floyd Newsum, through Oct. 8, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: ‌ Lovers of color and pattern will be drawn to the exuberant mark making in the work of Floyd Newsum. MMoCA is the site of the Memphis-born artist’s first large-scale retrospective, called “Evolution of Sight.” Often the works are mixed media, including collaged family photographs and other imagery personally significant to Newsum, but his allusive figures are universal and reward careful looking. Newsum will also be working with kids during Art Cart programs this summer. Find more info at mmoca.org .

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Fitchburg Festival of Speed, Saturday, July 8, Agora Pavilion, Fitchburg, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.: Add together the Wisconsin Cycling Association State Criterium Championship races (starting 10:30 a.m.-7:45 p.m.), a bike ride and run/walk open to all, lawn games for all ages, music and fireworks and you have the Fitchburg Festival of Speed. Music features Swing Crew at noon, Frank Martin Busch & the Names at 2 p.m., Lower 5th at 4 p.m. and SuperTuesday at 6 p.m. Find more info at fitchburgfestivalofspeed.com .

Art Fair on the Square + Art Fair Off the Square, July 8-9, Capitol Square and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.: Summer brings not one but two huge gatherings of visual artists to downtown Madison. The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art offers Art Fair on the Square, featuring more than 400 juried artists from around the U.S., three performance stages, a kids' activity area, and much more ringing the state Capitol. The Wisconsin Alliance of Artists and Craftspeople presents Art Fair Off the Square, with about 140 artists from Wisconsin. Both fairs run 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday. More info at mmoca.org and artcraftwis.org .

Bartell Theatre open house, Saturday, July 8, 113 E. Mifflin St., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Ever wonder what’s behind the scenes at a working theater? The nonprofit Bartell Theatre Foundation, which maintains the building that is home to Madison Theatre Guild, Mercury Players, StageQ and Strollers, is hosting its first-ever open house. Along with building tours on the hour from 10-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m., learn about the resident companies and volunteer opportunities at the theater. Info at bartelltheatre.org .

Madison Makers Market, Saturday, July 8, various venues, noon-5 p.m.: This free, family-friendly event showcases local artists and artisans at bars, breweries and venues on the near east side of Madison. Shop everything from soaps and handmade cards to jewelry, plants and baked goods. Vendors will be set up at The Deliciouser, Giant Jones Brewing Co., Imaginary Factory, State Line Distillery, The Sylvee, Vintage Brewing-Capitol East and Working Draft Beer. For more information on vendors, visit madisonmakersmarket.com .

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Kids from Wisconsin in masks.

Kids from Wisconsin

Kids from Wisconsin, Saturday, July 8, Overture Center-Capitol Theater, 1:30 & 7 p.m.: Kids from Wisconsin provides performance education to underserved communities, and the youth participants maintain a busy schedule of shows across the Midwest. In celebration of its 55th anniversary, Kids from Wisconsin presents their latest production, “Star Struck,” with a ticketed concert at 7 p.m. Earlier in the day, the troupe presents a free instrument petting zoo and sensory-friendly performance at 1:30 p.m. ( RSVP here ) along with a performing arts workshop for ages 7-14 at 4 p.m. ( RSVP here ).

Hayden Pedigo, Saturday, July 8, Arts + Literature Laboratory, 7 p.m.: If a character based on Townes Van Zandt starred in a Wes Anderson movie, he would be played by Hayden Pedigo. Then again, the 28-year-old Texan is as original as Anderson and in most ways more authentic than Van Zandt. He’s a charming songwriter, Amarillo politician, model, and avant-garde artist. Musically, he mainlines equal spoonfuls of Ry Cooder and Miles Davis, in a unique fashion. Tickets at haydenpedigo.bpt.me   (Note: This concert is at Arts + Literature Lab at 7 p.m., rather than the Bur Oak at 8 p.m. as stated in this month's print edition.)

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A station at the 2022 Environmental Fun Fair.

Environmental Fun Fair, Sunday, July 9, Lake Farm County Park-Lussier Family Heritage Center, 1-4 p.m.: Dane County Parks is encouraging families to get outside and connect with nature at the annual free Environmental Fun Fair. Hands-on activities for children of all ages including a rainfall simulator, mobile trash lab, solar experiment, camping demo, live reptiles, prairie walks, nature crafts and more. The fair will take place at the Lussier Family Heritage Center, home to native prairie, freshwater marsh, and oak savanna habitats. Find a schedule at danecountyparks.com .

Ken Lonnquist & the Moonshine Band CD release, Sunday, July 9, Harmony Bar, 4 p.m.: One of Madison’s most eclectic and prolific songwriters, Ken Lonnquist has had a busy 2023, with big shows so far including an album release for the band O’Darby and a tribute to the late Gordon Lightfoot. And now, a concert focusing on Lonnquist’s double album Rededicated , released during the pandemic era of few shows; a limited number of CDs and flash drives will be available. Joining Lonnquist will be an all-star player lineup including guitarist Doug Brown, percussionist Tony Castañeda, multi-instrumentalist Chris Wagoner and others.

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Olbrich’s Home Garden Tour

July 9, 2022 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm.

Olbrich’s 2022 Home Garden Tour features seven charming rural garden gems and a native prairie restoration in a county park, nestled in Oregon, WI. Take a serene 20 minute drive south from Madison’s city center to an inviting neighborhood community away from the hustle and bustle. A plethora of pollinator-filled gardens brimming with native plants and down-to-earth gardeners awaits you. From a farmette filled with flowers to a shady sanctuary with a cascading rock waterfall, these rustic garden retreats provide a quiet paradise for all of nature’s creatures.

NEW! A Wisconsin native plant is highlighted in each garden along with some of the insects it supports. Olbrich Botanical Gardens’ 2022 annual theme, Native Plants. Natural Wonders., emphasizes the importance of incorporating native plants in garden designs to support local Wisconsin ecosystems.

Did you know the featured shagbark hickory tree (Carya ovata) supports 186 species of butterflies/moths as a caterpillar host plant including Luna and Cecropia moths!

Advance tickets available for purchase at Olbrich’s lobby thru July 7.

Tour Day tickets available at 898 Leeward Ln., Oregon, WI

*Garden site addresses are listed on the tour tickets, which can be purchased at Olbrich Gardens prior to the tour. The garden site addresses are only published on the tour tickets to protect the homeowners’ privacy.

Olbrich Botanical Gardens

3330 Atwood Ave., Madison

608/246-4550 or www.olbrich.org for details.

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2023 Milwaukee-area garden tours include Knockout Rose creator and other private spaces

There are so many ways to get new ideas for gardens these days.

You can flip through gardening books, watch garden shows on TV, scroll through websites or wander through garden centers.

But one of the best ways, one that’s also relaxing and fun, is to attend some of the garden tours scheduled in our area. You can stroll through gardens, see unique plants, take pictures and talk to the gardeners.

These events don’t just feature gardens. Some have plant sales, music, food, drink, artwork, and experts who give talks.

Here is a list of tours this year. Some may not have all their information on their websites yet, so watch for updates or changes.

Greater Milwaukee Rose Society Tour:  9 a.m. to noon June 10 at Rose Innovation, the 2-acre rosarium of Will Radler, creator of the Knock Out Family of Roses, 10020 W. Meadow Drive, Greenfield. A donation of at least $5 is suggested. All of the money goes to the Greater Milwaukee Rose Society. For more information email  [email protected] , or see  roseinnovations.org   or  milwaukeerose.org.

South Milwaukee Garden Club & Historical Society Garden Tour:  Tour five gardens in South Milwaukee from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 24. Some gardens will have live music and handcrafted items for sale. A destination garden will have more than 200 types of hostas to see and purchase. Tickets are $10 at Mari’s Flowers, Wine & Gifts, 905 Milwaukee Ave., South Milwaukee. For more information, contact Patti Bergeson at (414) 768-9549 or  [email protected] .

Friends of the Muskego Library Garden Walk:  Tour four Muskego-area gardens from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24. Lectures will be given by Rick Boyd of Rainforest Rick in Mequon, Paul Ruszkiewicz of Paul's Petal Pushers in Muskego and Waterford, and Jeff Trader, a Master Gardener volunteer in Brookfield. Also planned are tea in a private garden, a perennial plant sale, garden boutique, pre-owned art sale, garden-related craft fair, raffle baskets and a gift card raffle. Tickets are $15, children 14 and under are admitted free. The “Exclusive Garden Tea” is an additional $30. Tickets are available at the library or though their website. Cash or check only. For more information:  cityofmuskego.org/library .

Garden Conservancy Open Days:  Tours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 24 and 25 at three gardens: one in Port Washington, two in River Hills. Tickets are $10 per person per garden. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult admission. Advance purchase is required, and tickets are limited. For more information and tickets, go to  gardenconservancy.org/open-days/milwaukee  or  gardenclubgreatermilwaukee.org . (A second Open Days event is listed for Aug. 19 and 20.)

Lake Country Art & Garden Tour:   Garden-related events held throughout the summer.  June 24:  Sculpture in Bloom at Joel Pfeiffer’s Garden, Hartland;  June 27 : Bookworm Gardens Bus Tour & Lunch, Pewaukee to Sheboygan;  July 27 : Fused-Glass Garden Flowers at Soul Fire Art Studio, Delafield;  Aug. 5 , Create Art with Nature at Sue’s Moose Lake Garden, Stone Bank:  Sept. 9:  Autumn Floral Design Workshop at Stone Bank Farm Market, Stone Bank. For a complete list and more information:   pewaukeearts.org .

Olbrich’s Home Garden Tour:   Visit six gardens in the wooded village of Shorewood Hills on the south end of Lake Mendota from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 7 and 8. Tickets will be available for purchase at Olbrich Botanical Gardens starting June 15. Tour day tickets at UW Credit union, 3500 University Ave. General admission is $15, Olbrich members are $13, children 6 to 12 are $7, and those 5 and under are admitted free. For more information call (608) 246-4550, email  [email protected]  or see  olbrich.org.

Cudahy Garden Tour:  Tour six gardens in the Cudahy area from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 8. Music at some of the gardens. Free. Maps available the day of the tour at Jen’s Sweet Treats, 4745 S. Packard Ave., Cudahy. For more information, call (414) 747-9190.

Greendale Historical Society 27 th  Annual Garden Tour:  Tour seven gardens and a new children’s garden and rose garden from 8 a.m. to noon July 8. Free, but donations are appreciated. Tour starts at Gazebo Park on Broad Street. Programs and maps available. Gardens are all within walking distance. Live music, food and beverages, free raffle tickets for gift basket, children’s crafts. Master Gardener volunteers on hand to answer questions. For more information email  [email protected] .

Kenosha Secret Garden Walk, by the Four Seasons Garden Club:  Tour five private gardens and an innovative community garden in the Kenosha area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 8. Tickets are $10. Accompanied children under 12 are admitted free. Advance tickets are available June 1 at some area garden stores. Tickets will be sold at gardens the day of the walk. See website for garden addresses beginning June 1: 4seasonsgardenclub.org .

Menomonee Falls Community League 2023 Garden Tour:   Tour five gardens in the Menomonee Falls area from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 8. Advance tickets are $10 at Shady Lane Greenhouse, W172 N7388 Shady Lane, or Art Lounge, N88 W16567 Main St., both in Menomonee Falls. Day-of-tour tickets are $12 at the gardens or the businesses listed above. The tour will include a raffle and garden art. Call (414) 581-0352, see  communityleague.com  or email  [email protected] .

Random Lake Garden Walk:  Tour four gardens in the Town of Fredonia, Adell and Random Lake from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 8. Tickets are $8 at any of the homes. Food, drink and entertainment will be available at the Town of Fredonia location. For locations and more information, call (920) 994-9930, or visit  randomlakewigardenclub.org.

Oshkosh Garden Walk: Tour six gardens with owners on hand to answer questions from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 9. Tickets are $8 in advance at House of Flowers or UBloom in Oshkosh or on the Oshkosh Garden Club website. $10 the day of the event at any of the gardens. Free for those under 18. For more information see  oshkoshgardenclub.org/garden-walk.html or call (920) 237-0416.

Riverwest Secret Garden Tour:  A self-guided tour of more than 15 gardens in the Riverwest neighborhood from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 9. Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions. Tickets, with maps, are $5 the day of the tour at Garden Park, at the corner of Locust and Bremen streets. For more information see  RiverwestSecretGardenTour.com  or call (414) 562-9025.

26 th   A nnual Sheboygan Area Garden Walk:   Tour five gardens, both public and private, in Sheboygan, Sheboygan Falls and Oostburg from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 15. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for teens 13 to 18 and free for children 12 and under. No credit or debit cards accepted. Tickets with a map will be available at the gardens the day of the walk. Sponsored by the Lake Shore Garden Club and the Ivy League Garden Club. Proceeds go to Peace Garden and Elwood H. May Environmental Park. For more information, call Doris Weber at (920) 467-3266.

A Day at Radler’s Botanic Garden:  The tour of Will Radler’s rose garden will be put on by the Greenfield Beautification Committee. Radler, who developed the Knock Out family of roses, has a two-acre extensively landscaped property with a rose test garden, raised garden beds, ornamental areas, streams, ponds, pools and fire pits. All plants are labeled. The tour is from 9 a.m. to noon July 15 at 10020 W. Meadow Drive, Greenfield.  Tickets are $10 in cash or check at the gardens. For more information, call (414) 545-3381 or see  gbcinfo.org.

Oconomowoc Woman’s Club Garden Tour:   Tour six gardens in the Oconomowoc area from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 15. Rain date July 16. Tickets are $12 in advance from Woman’s Club members and some area businesses. Day of tour tickets are $15 at the gardens. For ticket outlets and more information, call (262) 443-0251 or see  oconomowocwomansclub.com. 

East Side Milwaukee Garden Tou r: A free tour of about 20 gardens on the east side from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 16. For more information, see the East Side Milwaukee Garden Tour Facebook site, facebook.com/EastSideGardenTour.  

Burlington Area Garden Club Garden Walk : See five gardens in the Burlington area from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 16. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at some Burlington-area businesses or at the gardens the day of the tour. See  burlingtonareagardenclub.com  for locations. For information or to purchase tickets, call (262) 757-5727.

26th Annual Gardens of West Bend Tour-Roots and Branches:  Tour six gardens in the West Bend area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 15 and noon to 3 p.m. July 16. Tour begins at 1007 Schloemer Road and ends at the Cedar Community-Cedar Ridge Joy Garden, a strolling garden with a water feature and a monarch way station. The tour is a fundraiser for Roots and Branches, and it includes a boutique, food and beverages, vendors, music and en plein air painters. Advance tickets are $10 through the website and at Stein’s Garden and Gifts, West Bend. Day of tour tickets are $12. For more information, call (262) 335-5083 or see  rootsbranches.org.

Cedarburg Woman’s Club 11 th  Annual 2023 Garden Walk:  Tour four gardens in the Cedarburg area and Thiensville from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m .  July 15 and 16. Also tour the Cedarburg Art Museum’s gardens and museum from noon to 4 p.m. Advance tickets are $20 at: Olson’s Piggly Wiggly in Mequon and Cedarburg, Heyden’s Gardens in Cedarburg, Cornerstone Bank in Grafton, and Frenz Garden Center in Thiensville. Tickets also available at the gardens the day of the walk. A raffle is included. For more information, including the garden addresses, see  cedarburgwomansclub.org  or call (262) 375-4890.

62nd Annual Door County Home and Garden Walk:  Tour five homes, a gallery and gardens in Sturgeon Bay and Egg Harbor from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 25. Tickets, which cost $40 in advance or $45 the day of the tour, will go on sale July 1 at some area outlets and online. For more information see  dcmedical.org/volunteer/house-and-garden-walk ,  call Robin Hamm-Jackson at (920) 746-3609, or email her at  [email protected] .

North Central Wisconsin Master Gardeners Garden Walk:  Tour six gardens in the Rib Mountain area. Hosted by the North Central Wisconsin Master Gardeners Association from 1 to 7 p.m. July 28 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 29. Tickets, at $10 each, can be purchased at the UW Extension Office,  212 River Drive, Suite 3, in Wausau; at Clear View Garden Center, Weston; or at any of the gardens on the days of the tour. There will be a plant sale at one location. For more information, see  ncwmga.org.

Prairie Fest:  Free tours of a four-acre prairie in bloom at Redeemer United Church of Christ, W220 N4915 Town Line Road, Menomonee Falls, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 29. Guided tours are at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The tour also features food, kids activities, crafts, games, a scavenger hunt, face painting, videos, sustainability displays and demonstrations. For more information, see redeemerucc.org  or call (262) 246-6710.

Garden District Neighborhood Association Garden Tour:  A free tour of 12 gardens on Milwaukee’s south side from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 30.. Some will be open for visitors; some can be viewed from the sidewalk. Gardens are selected by area residents. A map with locations will be published on the website,  milwaukeegdna.com , or the Facebook page, Milwaukee Garden District . For more information or to nominate a garden, call (414) 481-1928.

Garden Conservancy Open Days:  Tour two gardens in Whitefish Bay and one in Brown Deer on Aug. 19 and 20. Tickets for the Open Days tours are $10 per person per garden. Children 12 and under are admitted free with a paid adult admission. Also, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Aug. 19, a special event will be held in River Hills, “Discover the Magic of Greenfire Woods.” The owner will talk about a lifetime in her garden and give a tour of an old growth forest, wild areas and a cottage garden with artisanal features. Admission is $40. Advance purchase is required for all events. For more information and tickets, go to  gardenconservancy.org/opendays/milwaukee  or  gardenclubgreatermilwaukee.org.

Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens Tour:  From 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 25 at Rose Innovation, the 2-acre rosarium of Will Radler, 10020 W. Meadow Drive, Greenfield.  A minimum donation of $5 is suggested. For more information, email  [email protected]  or see  roseinnovations.org or boernerbotanicalgardens.org.

Port Washington Garden Club Fall Garden Walk:  Tour about six gardens with water features, unique trees and dahlias in the Port Washington area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 9. Owners will be on site to answer questions. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 the day of the tour at the gardens. No charge for students or children. Proceeds benefit community projects and scholarships. For more information see  portgardenclub.org  or call (262) 268-1771.

Wisconsin Hardy Plant Society Tour:  From noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 23 at Rose Innovation, the 2-acre rosarium of Will Radler, 10020 W. Meadow Drive, Greenfield. A minimum donation of $5 is suggested. All sales are donated to the nonprofit. For more information, email  [email protected]  or see  roseinnovations.org  or  wisconsinhardyplantsociety.org.

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Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Need a breath of fresh air? We’ve got just the thing. A 16-acre oasis of sprawling gardens and hidden treasures.

Olbrich Botanical Gardens is a year-round destination for nature-lovers, green-thumbers and respite-seekers. The Gardens, voted one of the top 10 most inspiring gardens in North America by Horticulture Magazine, sit on Madison’s eclectic, quirky eastside across from the expansive Olbrich Park.

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At Olbrich, take in 14 outdoor gardens within the grounds, including the Rose Garden, the Herb Garden, the Meadow Garden and Serenity Garden. Maps at the visitor's desk help visitor's stay on track, or get lost in the greenery and wander through the wildflowers and roses. Free tram rides are available for guests who would like a guided, non-walking tour. If you do chose to walk, the outdoor gardens have no stairs, and you'll find benches galore to rest and take in the beauty. Full details on accessibility in the gardens can be found here .

Looking for something really unique? You can search for a golden gift from Thailand's government that was also approved by their royal family. The Thai Pavilion and Garden is one of just four such pavilions to exist outside of Thailand. It contains gold-leaf etchings and, spanning 40 feet long, it was assembled with no nails or screws. 

Inside the Gardens

When it's time to head indoors, enjoy Olbrich's Bolz Conservatory, a year-round tropical oasis complete with a waterfall, birds and fish. You'll also find the gift shop and the Schumacher Library indoors. The library holds over 3,500 horticulture-focused books. There are also classes routinely offered for garden-goers of all ages. Olbrich Botanical Gardens was first envisioned in 1916 by Michael Olbrich. Under the design of John Olin, it came to fruition in 1952. 

Take a stroll. Take a deep breath. Take it all in. Olbrich is the perfect oasis to explore nature’s beauty.

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Russia could begin full mobilisation after 2024 presidential election, Kyiv official says – as it happened

Secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defence council says Russia has increasingly put its economy onto war footing. This live blog is now closed

• Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 635
• 20 Nov 2023 Closing summary
• 20 Nov 2023 At least 11,000 Ukrainian children are reportedly being detained at 43 re-education camps across Russia, says MoD
• 20 Nov 2023 Russia may begin full mobilisation after 2024 presidential election, says senior security official
• 20 Nov 2023 Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch meets Zelenskiy in Kyiv
• 20 Nov 2023 Ukraine sacks two high-ranking cyber defence officials, says government official
• 20 Nov 2023 US defense secretary vows support to Ukraine 'for the long haul' on surprise trip to Kyiv
• 20 Nov 2023 Morning summary
• 20 Nov 2023 Two killed by Russian shelling in Kherson, Ukrainian authorities say
• 20 Nov 2023 US defence secretary visits Kyiv
• 20 Nov 2023 Opening summary

Nato supports Bosnia’s territorial integrity and is concerned by “malign foreign interference,” including by Russia , in the volatile Balkans region that went through a devastating war in the 1990s, Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg , has said.

Sarajevo is the first stop on Stoltenberg’s tour of western Balkan countries that will also include Kosovo, Serbia and North Macedonia, the Associated Press reports.

“The Allies strongly support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina,” Stoltenberg told reporters. “We are concerned by the secessionist and divisive rhetoric as well as malign foreign interference, including Russia.”

There are widespread fears that Russia is trying to destabilise Bosnia and the rest of the region and shift at least some world attention from its war in Ukraine .

Morning summary

The US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, arrived in Kyiv on Monday for a visit. “I’m here today to deliver an important message: the United States will continue to stand with Ukraine in their fight for freedom against Russia’s aggression, both now and into the future.”

Two people were killed early on Monday after Russian forces shelled a parking lot in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, authorities said. Regional prosecutors opened a war crimes investigation into the artillery strike, which occurred at about 9am (7am GMT) and injured one other person, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.

A Ukrainian soldier and a woman have died after a grenade exploded in a Kyiv apartment, police in the Ukrainian capital have said, but the cause of the blast, which injured a second man, was not immediately clear. Explosives technicians and investigators were working at the scene of Sunday’s explosion in the Dniprovskiy district, Kyiv police said in a statement.

The Ukrainian army said it had pushed back Russian forces “three to eight kilometres” from the banks of the Dnipro River, which if confirmed would be the first meaningful advance by Kyiv’s forces months into a disappointing counteroffensive . Ukrainian and Russian forces have been entrenched on opposite sides of the vast waterway in the southern Kherson region for more than a year, after Russia withdrew its troops from the western bank last November.

A Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia from the occupied city of Mariupol during the war and prevented from leaving earlier this year has returned to Ukraine . Bohdan Yermokhin, who turned 18 on Sunday, appealed to Zelenskiy this month to help bring him back to Ukraine. “I believed I would be in Ukraine, but not on this day,” Yermokhin told Reuters while eating at a petrol station after crossing the border.

About 3,000 mostly Ukrainian trucks, including those carrying fuel and humanitarian aid, were stuck on the Polish side of the border on Sunday due to a more than 10-day blockade by Polish truckers, Ukrainian authorities said . Polish truckers earlier this month blocked roads to three border crossings with Ukraine to protest against what they see as government inaction over a loss of business to foreign competitors since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Air defence units in Moscow intercepted a drone targeting the city late Sunday, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said . Sobyanin, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said units in the Elektrostal district in the capital’s east had intercepted the drone. No casualties or damage were initially reported. Air defences had also thwarted a drone attack on the Russian capital overnight to Sunday, authorities said earlier.

Russia launched 20 Iranian-made Shahed drones targeting Kyiv and the Cherkasy and Poltava regions overnight into Sunday, the Ukrainian military said, of which 15 were shot down . The overnight strikes on Kyiv were the second attack on the Ukrainian capital in 48 hours, said the city’s military administration spokesperson, Serhii Popko.

Five people including a three-year-old girl were injured in Russian artillery shelling of Kherson on Sunday morning, the Ukrainian interior minister, Ihor Klymenko , said . “All of them sustained shrapnel wounds. The child and the grandmother were walking in the yard. Enemy artillery hit them near the entrance,” Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app.

The pro-war Russian nationalist Igor Girkin , who is in custody awaiting trial for inciting extremism, said he wanted to run for president even though he understood the March election would be a “sham” with the winner already clear . Girkin, who is also known by the alias Igor Strelkov, has repeatedly said Russia faces revolution and even civil war unless President Vladimir Putin’s military top brass fight the war in Ukraine more effectively. A former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer who helped Russia to annex Crimea in 2014 and then to organise pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine, Girkin said before his arrest that he and his supporters were entering politics.

The Kremlin, facing the prospect of a European Union ban on imports of Russian diamonds, said on Monday that EU sanctions tended to have a “boomerang effect” on those who applied them, Reuters reports.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was commenting on a proposed EU ban on diamond imports from Russia as part of a new sanctions package against Moscow over the conflict in Ukraine .

Russia is the world’s biggest producer of rough diamonds by volume. Peskov told reporters such a move had been anticipated for a long time, but was likely to backfire.

“As a rule, it turns out that a boomerang effect is partially triggered: the interests of the Europeans themselves suffer. So far, we have been able to find ways to minimise the negative consequences of sanctions,” he said.

EU diplomatic sources said last week the proposal under discussion was to ban direct diamond imports from Russia from 1 January and from March to implement a traceability mechanism that would prevent imports of Russian gems processed in third countries.

The Kremlin said on Monday that president Vladimir Putin will set out Russia’s view of what it sees as the “deeply unstable world situation” when he addresses an upcoming virtual G20 summit.

Russian state TV presenter Pavel Zarubin said on his Telegram channel on Sunday that it would be the “first event in a long time” including both Putin and western leaders.

According to the state RIA news agency, the G20 virtual summit will be held on Wednesday.

The Kremlin said on Monday it regretted Finland’s decision to shut crossings on its border with Russia , saying it reflected Helsinki’s adoption of an anti-Russian stance, Reuters reports.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov , speaking at a regular news briefing, also rejected Finland’s accusation that Russia is deliberately pushing illegal migrants towards the border and said that Russian border guards were following all instructions.

Finland, a member of the European Union and – from this year – also of the Nato military alliance, closed four crossings on its border with Russia on Saturday as Helsinki seeks to halt a flow of asylum seekers it says was instigated by Moscow.

The US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, arrives in Kyiv on Monday morning.

Two killed by Russian shelling in Kherson, Ukrainian authorities say

Reuters reports that two people were killed early on Monday after Russian forces shelled a parking lot in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, authorities said.

Regional prosecutors opened a war crimes investigation into the artillery strike, which occurred at about 9am (7am GMT) and injured one other person, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.

The Kherson governor, Oleksandr Prokudin, said the two dead were drivers for a private transport business.

Images posted on Telegram showed firefighters dousing cars that had been blasted apart, one day after a separate strike on the city wounded five people, including a three-year-old girl.

Russian forces have regularly shelled Kherson from across the Dnipro River since the regional capital was reoccupied by Ukrainian troops last November.

Ukraine said last week it had secured a foothold on the eastern bank of the Dnipro and that its troops were trying to push Russian forces further back.

US defence secretary visits Kyiv

The US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, arrived in Kyiv on Monday for a visit, he said on the X social media platform, Reuters reports.

“I’m here today to deliver an important message: the United States will continue to stand with Ukraine in their fight for freedom against Russia’s aggression, both now and into the future.”

The visit comes amid increasing division over Ukraine aid in the US legislature. A joint Ukraine-US military industry conference in Washington is due to take place next month.

That event, due to be held on 6-7 December, is intended to boost Ukraine’s domestic arms production as its fight against a full-scale Russian invasion nears the two-year mark.

Reuters reports that a Japanese delegation led by senior industry and foreign ministry officials and including business representatives is visiting Ukraine on Monday for talks ahead of a reconstruction conference that Japan will host, the industry ministry said.

Japan, which has been supporting Ukraine with funds and by accepting refugees since Russia invaded in February 2022, has also been promoting support for Ukraine at the level of the G7, which Japan chairs this year.

Kazuchika Iwata , the state minister of economy, trade and industry (METI), and the state minister for foreign affairs Kiyoto Tsuji , are visiting together with representatives of Japan companies, METI said in a statement.

In Kyiv, the delegation, which includes members of Keidanren, Japan’s biggest business lobby, in charge of a committee on Ukraine’s reconstruction, plans talks with the prime minister, Denys Shmyhal , government officials and companies.

Shmyhal said this month Ukraine would need budget support of about $42bn this year and next year to plug a massive deficit and aid reconstruction from the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion.

METI said the visit was an opportunity to hear about Ukraine’s needs and to discuss specific projects and accelerate public and private efforts to help.

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy – who visited Japan in May during a G7 summit – and the Japanese prime minister, Fumio Kishida, agreed this month to hold a Japan-Ukraine Conference for promotion of Economic Reconstruction in Tokyo on 19 February.

Opening summary

Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine .

A Ukrainian soldier and a woman have died after a grenade exploded in a Kyiv apartment, police in the Ukrainian capital have said, but the cause of the blast, which injured a second man, was not immediately clear.

Explosives technicians and investigators were working at the scene of Sunday’s explosion in the Dniprovskiy district, Kyiv police said in a statement.

“A citizen contacted the police with a report that an explosion rang out in a neighbouring apartment,” they added.

The news came as Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed the commander of the military’s medical forces , Maj Gen Tetiana Ostashchenko, and said “new priorities had been set” in the operations of Ukraine’s military after a meeting with the defence minister, Rustem Umerov.

“There is little time left to wait for results. Quick action is needed for forthcoming changes,” the Ukrainian president said in his evening video address.

In other key developments:

Russia launched 20 Iranian-made Sha hed drones targeting Kyiv and the Cherkasy and Poltava regions overnight into Sunday, the Ukrainian military said, of which 15 were shot down . The overnight strikes on Kyiv were the second attack on the Ukrainian capital in 48 hours, said the city’s military administration spokesperson, Serhii Popko.

Five people including a three-year-old girl were injured in Russian artillery shelling of Kherson on Sunday morning, the Ukrainian interior minister, Ihor Klymenko, said . “All of them sustained shrapnel wounds. The child and the grandmother were walking in the yard. Enemy artillery hit them near the entrance,” Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app.

The pro-war Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, who is in custody awaiting trial for inciting extremism, said he wanted to run for president even though he understood the March election would be a “sham” with the winner already clear . Girkin, who is also known by the alias Igor Strelkov, has repeatedly said Russia faces revolution and even civil war unless President Vladimir Putin’s military top brass fight the war in Ukraine more effectively. A former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer who helped Russia to annex Crimea in 2014 and then to organise pro-Russian militias in eastern Ukraine, Girkin said before his arrest that he and his supporters were entering politics.

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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• Duration: 1 Hr 30 Mins
• Language: English
• Departure Details : Get to the Biblioteka imeni Lenina (Lenin's Library, Red Line) or Alexandrovsky Sad (Alexander Garden, Light Blue Line) metro station. Use any exit. Find the Kutafia Tower of the Kremlin. The guide .. read more

The Moscow Metro has a long history to it. Also, the city has an extremely beautiful subway. It is very well maintained and is also extremely decorated. Each station and spot has a different artistic aspect to it. On this tour, experience the efficiency of Moscow Metro.

• Roam around the Revolution Square, with magnificent sculptures of the Soviet people
• Visit the Kurskaya Station Lobby, the Hall of Fame of the WWII
• Be awestruck at the Komsomolskaya , with impressive mural mosaics of Russian glorious victories
• See the artistic side of Novoslobodskaya , with the stained glass, although under the ground.

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Take our Moscow Metro Tour and discover why our subway is recognized as the most beautiful in the world!

"They used to have palaces for kings, we are going to build palaces for the people!" said one of the main architects of the Soviet subway.

With us you will see the most beautiful metro stations in Moscow built under Stalin: Komsomolskaya, Revolution square, Novoslobodskaya, Mayakovskaya. Our guide will tell fascinating stories and secrets hidden underground, urban legends and funny stories.

How many babies were born on the Moscow metro? Where is the secret Metro 2? How deep is the Moscow metro? And where did Stalin give his speech in November 1941? Join out Metro tour and find out!

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• If you cancel between 1 days To 180 days before scheduled tour departure, the cancellation charge will be 0%
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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

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Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

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Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

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• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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