The Bruce Company

05/31/2026

Consider more than the flowers when you're planning your garden borders. Think about foliage, form and texture, too. And there are few plants that provide more interesting textures than today's Star of the Garden, ornamental grasses.

05/31/2026

A Blue Moon is an extra full moon in a calendar month. They're pretty rare, usually occurring every 2 1/2 to 3 years. The last one was in August of 2024. So look up tonight! This year's Blue Moon rises at 9:28.

05/31/2026

This week's Nature word!

05/31/2026

It is said that the sense of smell unlocks memories. Make your garden unforgettable with fragrant, ever-blooming roses, today's Star of the garden.

05/31/2026

Adorable!

Snapshot Wisconsin volunteer trail camera hosts enjoy finding photos of young wildlife this time of year, such as this red fox kit racing its mother through the forest in Vilas County.

If you’re interested in learning more about Wisconsin wildlife, you can explore images like this on a crowdsourcing website called Zooniverse: www.SnapshotWisconsin.org.

Thousands of Snapshot Wisconsin wildlife photos are classified on Zooniverse every day. A welcoming online community and field guides are available to help you sharpen your identification skills.

05/30/2026

If you're headed to the American Family Insurance Championship tournament next weekend, stop and admire the hard work of our talented staff. We've partnered with American Family for almost 10 years and our teams do a wonderful job landscaping for the event.

05/30/2026

Looking for a reason to plant a few veggies? Our bloggers has some thoughts.

https://www.brucecompany.com/vegging-out/

05/30/2026

For all of you plant nerds out there!

The 5/29/26 Wisconsin Disease Almanac (a summary of the week’s disease diagnoses at the PDDC) is now available on the PDDC website at https://pddc.wisc.edu/wisconsin-disease-almanac-2026/.

05/29/2026

05/29/2026

Congratulations to Doreen Ebanks, Amy Kelly, Joy Gelller Dyer, Brandi Taylor, Lindy Penn, Linda Krantz, Tamara Ellis and Julie Rothamer Cruz. Their names were randomly drawn as winners in our Name That Puppy Contest! And if you'd like to meet the doggos, stop by the Garden Center on June 13 between noon and 2PM as Fetch Wisconsin Rescue will be in the house.