Sauk County Master Gardeners Association

05/24/2026

Many thanks to all who volunteered today at Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public Library of Baraboo garden cleanup. We got alot done and it looks fantastic!

05/22/2026

The Friends of the Library, along with the Baraboo Area Literacy Council, is planning a day to help clean up the gardens in the front of the library. As you know, last year's failed city referendum resulted in budget cuts to all departments, therefore we are looking for volunteers to help with this project. We will be working on the morning of May 23rd, from 9-noon, digging up weeds and spreading mulch. Mulch will be provided. If you can help, for any amount of time, please bring gloves, rakes, shovels, dandelion diggers and buckets and just show up at the library. All help is very much appreciated and the results will be beautiful!

05/16/2026

05/05/2026

We are looking forward to collaborating with the Sauk County Master Gardeners Association this summer at the Sauk County Farm Community Gardens (S4555 County Road CH, Reedsburg). We hope you can join us!

May 16th - Planting Workshop, 3:30pm
May 27th - Weeding Workshop, 3:30pm
July 15th - Harvest Workhop, 3:30pm

Learn more about the Sauk County Farm by visiting https://arcg.is/0y85Hv

Any person who has a qualifying disability that requires the program materials of this event to be in an accessible location or format should contact Sauk County Land Resources and Environment Department (608) 355-3245 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. and at least 1 week in advance of the event so that reasonable arrangements can be made to accommodate each request.

04/29/2026

The second session of our new Let’s Get Green & Growing (On the Road) program will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 9:30-11:45 AM at the Kilbourn Public Library at 620 Elm Street in Wisconsin Dells, WI. It will feature “Plant Responses to Climate Change,” presented by Professor Jack Williams from the UW-Madison Department of Georgraphy and Center for Climatic Change, and “Container Gardening: Garden Places in Small Spaces,” presented by Columbia County Master Gardener Volunteers Kate Rietmann, Lori Richter, Ardyce Piehl, and Becky Gutzman.

Our aim is to deliver current, research-based information in a welcoming and accessible manner. The events will be hosted by the libraries, and we are working closely with them to ensure a seamless experience for all attendees. Participation is free, but we ask participants to register for the sessions.

We look forward to seeing you at the second session and hope you will continue to participate in this informative and enjoyable series.

04/18/2026

A big thank you to those individuals who helped at the Van Orden Mansion today. It was a brisk day for working outside, but we persisted and got alot done. New mulch on everything and it looks great! (The picture is from last summer, not today. I forgot my camera today!)

04/14/2026

SCHS is looking for volunteers to help wake up our garden beds for the spring!
Tasks will include spreading a lot of mulch, raking, weeding and other gardening tasks.

🗓️ April 18, 2026
🕰️ 9 - 1
📍Van Orden Mansion, 531 4th ave, Baraboo.

If you are able to help please contact us at the history center 608.356.1001 or shoot us an email at [email protected].

We are always so grateful for our volunteers and we hope to see you there!