Greenhouse Tour Guidelines Botany Greenhouse University of Wisconsin-Madison Botany Department

The University of Wisconsin Botany Greenhouse welcomes visitors to participate in educational tours. Here are some important steps to a meaningful facility visit.

• Please allow 4 weeks to schedule the tour and arrange for the appropriate tour guide(s) to be assigned.
• Tours are limited to groups of 15 or less and are scheduled during the following times based on availability:

Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00 to 10:30 am

• One adult chaperone should accompany every 3 children who are between 2 and 10 years of age.
• One adult chaperone should accompany every 5 children/students who are between 10 and 12 years of age.
• Greenhouse tours start at the main entrance of Birge Hall (Botany Department) on Lincoln Drive. The building is wheelchair accessible.
• Parking is generally available in the public ramps at Lake or Francis streets. For more information, please check Campus Map and Visitor Guide.
• Please note that the greenhouse is a working teaching and research facility. As such, some hazards such as wet floors, hard bench edges, and spiny or poisonous plants may be present.

 

Please take these facility rules seriously:

• Look at the plants, but do not touch them.
• Move carefully in the greenhouses.
• Stay on the walkways.
• Keep doors closed! Birds and other animals may escape if doors are left open.
• Please stress the importance of these facility rules to students and chaperones before the visit.

Teachers/chaperones are responsible for the behavior of their children/students.

If your class has special requirements, please contact us in advance of your visit.

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