Admission & Pricing
2022 Garden Admission Season
May 1 – October 31, 2022
Open Daily 8:00am – 4:00pm (The Gardens and Margie’s Garden close at 4:00 during China Lights, which run through October 30).
Pricing:
- Milwaukee County Resident Adults : (ages 18 & up): $8.00
- Non-Resident Adults (ages 18 & up): $9.00
- Seniors (Milwaukee County Resident, ages 60+): $6.00
- Disability (any age): $6.00
- Junior/Child Resident: $6.00
- Junior/Child Non-resident: $6.00
- Students (with ID): $6.00
- Group Adult Resident:$7.00
- Group Adult Non-Resident: $8.00
- Milwaukee County Resident Group Children: $5.00
- Non-resident Group Children: $6.00
Groups
Visit our Guided Garden Tours page for rates and information.
For Education & Visitor room rentals and catering, please contact Zilli Hospitality Group.
For other in-garden permits/other County fee, please visit the Boerner Botanical Gardens front desk.
Garden Hours
2022 Garden Season
May 1 – October 31, 2022
Gardens open daily from 8:00am – 7:00 pm (please note, admission will be taken up until 7:00pm. After 7:00pm, the Gardens will remain open until 8:00pm).
Education & Visitor Center Hours
The Education & Visitor Center is open year-round.
Check out FBBG’s Events Calendar for upcoming classes and events –
offered year-round!
April – October (building hours follow Garden admission season)
Open Daily 9:00am – 4:00pm
November – April
Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday: Closed (open as needed for classes and special events)
Sunday: Closed (open as needed for classes and special events)
Please note, hours may vary during admission season and are subject to change. Please feel free to contact the front desk to verify building hours at (414) 525-5601.
Contact Us
Boerner Reception Front Desk (414) 525-5601
General Information (414) 525-5653
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens (414) 525-5653
Zilli Hospitality Group (414) 525-5631
UW Extension Horticulture Center (608) 298-6945
ADA Accessibility
The Education & Visitor Center and most of the grounds are ADA accessible!
In 2015, through a partnership with Milwaukee County Parks, the Whitnall Park Rotary and FBBG, an ADA accessible walkway/path was added west of the Daylily path, extending down to the Bog Walk.
Driving Directions
From Downtown Milwaukee and the Northeast
(Sheboygan, Green Bay)
- Take I-43 to 894 West
- Exit at Forest Home – Exit 5A
- Turn left onto South 92nd Street (signage will direct you)
- Continue to intersection of 92nd and Grange (4-way stop sign)
- Continue on 92nd Street through Grange intersection (signage will direct you)
- Continue to the entrance of Root River Parkway (at College Avenue)
- Turn right onto College Avenue (into the Parkway)
- Turn right at the stop sign then turn right at the entrance to the Gardens
From the South (Racine, Kenosha, Chicago)
- Take I-94 to Exit 320 (West Rawson Avenue/Hwy. BB)
- Turn left (west) onto West Rawson Avenue and proceed to South 92nd Street (about 5 miles)
- Turn right onto South 92nd Street and follow signs to the Gardens (about 1 mile)
- Turn left onto College Avenue (into the Parkway)
- Turn right at the first stop sign then turn right at the entrance to the Gardens and proceed up the hill
From the Southwest (Beloit, Rockford)
- Take I-43 toward Milwaukee
- Take the Layton Avenue exit, Exit 59, on the LEFT toward WI-100
- Stay straight to go onto West Layton Avenue
- Turn right onto South 108th Street/WI Hwy. 100 South (Walgreens on diagonal corner)
- Go through the intersection of Hwy. 100 and Forest Home (McDonalds on left)
- Proceed to College Avenue and turn left (go through residential area then into the park)
- Turn left at the first stop sign then turn right at the entrance to the Gardens and proceed up the hill
From the West (Waukesha, Madison, Minneapolis)
- Take I-94 to 894/45 South
- Take the WI Hwy. 100 exit, Exit 60, on the LEFT
- Stay right and merge onto South 108th Street (Hwy. 100) heading South
- Go through the intersection of Hwy. 100 and Forest Home (McDonalds on left)
- Proceed to College Avenue and turn left (go through residential area then into the park)
- Turn left at the first stop sign then turn right at the entrance to the Gardens and proceed up the hill
From the Northwest (Fond du Lac)
- Take Hwy. 41 South (becomes Hwy. 45 in Milwaukee County) to 894/45 South
- Take the WI Hwy. 100 exit, Exit 60, on the LEFT
- Stay right and merge onto South 108th Street (Hwy. 100) going South
- Go through the intersection of Hwy. 100 and Forest Home (McDonalds on left)
- Proceed to College Avenue and turn left (go through residential area then into the park)
- Turn left at the first stop sign then turn right at the entrance to the Gardens and proceed up the hill