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Dane County Opens New Teaching Garden to the Public

Added Resources Will Allow Residents to Use Their Smartphones to Access Information About Plants

 

August 2, 2018

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi recently cut the ribbon for the new teaching garden at UW-Extension. The new teaching garden, open to the public, will allow training for the popular Master Gardener program and youth programing. Recently, labels for the 800-plus perennials and woody plants were added with QR codes that allow visitors to access information about the plants using their smartphones. 

"We invested in this garden for the wonderful Master Garden volunteers," said Dane County Executive Joe Parisi. "Without the assistance of Master Gardener volunteers, many projects simply woul...



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