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Allen Centennial Garden 620 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
press release: By its nature, gardening builds communities. From sharing plants and experiences with neighbors to enjoying a bountiful harvest, gardens nurture our bodies and souls. Explore how gardening is shaping our communities for the better.
Welcome Chrysalis Inc. Chrysalis promotes mental health recovery in our community by supporting work opportunities that encourage hope, healing and wellness. They have been serving the Madison community since 1980. The founders believed that real-life experiences were more powerful and lasting than those consisting of isolated and confined interactions. Therefore, the Chrysalis Supported Employment and Vocational Peer Support Programs emerged and, to this day, Chrysalis focuses on providing community-based vocational support services.
Music: Kaia: She is a singer-songwriter of pop music, singing with piano accompaniment. Expect lots of originals and a few pop covers thrown into the mix (kaiakalise.com).
Vendors:
Buzzy's Lake House: They serve fresh, seasonal and homemade food, sourcing local product and organics whenever possible. Buzzy’s offers classic foods that are lighter in Summer and richer in the Fall and Winter.
*15% discount off order at food cart for Friends of Allen Centennial Garden members
CaliFresh: They are a mobile taqueria specializing in fresh and authentic flavors of the bold Mexican cuisine, all handcrafted with a Californian twist, by introducing flavor and ideas inspired from all regions of the Golden State.
*15% discount off order at food cart for Friends of Allen Centennial Garden members
Chrysalis Inc.: Relax and expand your knowledge base about mental health and healthy ways to cope with certain illnesses.
FREE
Chrysalis Pops: A program within Chrysalis Inc., it offers paid work opportunities that improve the mental health and wellness of individuals and the community through local, organic pops. They work hard to source the majority of the produce for our pops from local suppliers.
PAID
Wheelhouse Studios: Abstract Watercolor Flower Dishes
An open arts studio located in the lower level of Memorial Union. Enjoy a painting activity put on by the studio! FREE
Activities:
Flower Crowns: A stable of Allen Centennial Garden events, come on over and great a flower crown with greenery from the Garden itself. Stay wild, flower child. FREE
Plants in Pop Culture: Adding a horticulture spin to glass painting, paint a small window hanging design that features weird and wacky plants from pop culture. Like the mushroom from Mario that gives you life! FREE
Sensory Play-dough: Make a play-dough that exfoliates relaxing scents for those times when you just need a break from the stressors of life! FREE
Scavenger Hunt: Figure out our riddles and find the plants we have throughout the Garden that are found in some of your beloved movies and books, like our Dittany plant that is used in Harry Potter to heal Harry's snake bite. FREE
Lawn Games FREE
Sidewalk Chalk FREE
Marshmallows and Fire Pits: Roast a marshmallow, make a s'more or simply warm up by the fire! FREE *s'more packets are a suggested $2 donation to the Garden*
Come for the fun, stay for the Garden. *Please bring your own water bottle*
Thank you to our sponsors: Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Seed Grant, Ganshert Nursery & Landscapes
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