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Take a walk through the gardens this week and you'll find a lot to love. Here's what's in bloom right now. Surprise Lily The Surprise Lily (Lycoris squamigera) has arrived. The first blooms are just popping now, with more on the way in the coming days. Don't blink, because they won't stick around long, lasting less than three weeks. Surprise Lily is a perennial bulb in the amaryllis family. It produces a fragrant, pink, lily-like flower on a leafless stalk that reaches 3 to 4

If you have ever walked through our Holiday Light Show and admired the soft, glowing luminaries lining the paths, the answer behind them might surprise you. It is not fancy glassware or custom-made lanterns. It is milk jugs. Thousands of them. A Tradition Since 1998 Since 1998, our grounds crew has turned plain plastic milk jugs into glowing luminaries by stringing light strands through them, lining the paths of the gardens with a soft, warm glow. Last year alone, the team us

World Nature Conservation Day falls on July 28 every year, marking the anniversary of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, where world leaders first came together to prioritize protecting our planet's natural resources. Nearly 50 years later, that mission is just as urgent, and just as personal, right here in Janesville. At Rotary Botanical Gardens, conservation isn't just a once-a-year conversation. It's the work we do every single day. F