Margie’s Garden Ribbon Cutting at Boerner Botanical Gardens is this week!

Margie’s Garden Ribbon Cutting Details

WHO: Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, Milwaukee County Parks Executive Director Guy Smith, Milwaukee County Supervisor Patti Logsdon, Margie’s Smile Executive Director Tim Kezman

WHEN: Friday, July 8, 12:30pm

WHERE: Boerner Botanical Gardens, 9400 Boerner Dr, Hales Corners, WI 53130

WHAT: Margie’s Garden is a new 3-acre garden designed with kids in mind. The flower-themed garden includes an “enchanted village” with a playhouse, fiddlehead path, twig hut and mushroom chair rings; a sound garden, a secret garden, a bug garden with friendly bug sculptures; a storybook nook, a pollinator garden, sunflower garden, and prairie & wildflower zones.

The garden’s namesake is Margaret “Margie” Kezman, who passed away after a courageous battle with breast cancer in May 2019. Many of the ideas in the garden were inspired by Margie Kezman and her love of flowers and children. Forever motivated by how she lived her life, how she cared for others, and how she enjoyed her gardens, Margie’s family now honors her memory by gifting Margie’s Garden to the Milwaukee County community. In 2021 the Kezman family organized Margie’s Smile, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3), to work wholeheartedly with Milwaukee County to establish and maintain a place for children and their families to play, learn, and experience nature.

Additional Details

• Admission to Margie’s Garden is included with entry to Boerner Botanical Gardens: $8 adult, $6 juniors, $5 students, free for kids under 5. Milwaukee County residents get discounted entry with ID. Admission is free for Members of the Friends of the Boerner Botanical Gardens.
• Margie’s Garden will open 8am to 7pm May-Aug (garden will close at 4pm on concert nights), 8 am to 4 pm Sept & Oct. Closed Nov-Apr.

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