Admission & Pricing
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
- Child 2 and under: Free
- 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..
2026 GARDEN SEASON – GARDENS OPEN MAY 1
May 1 – August 31 Garden Hours
Sunday – Thursday – 9:00am – 8:00pm
Friday & Saturday – 9:00am- 4:00pm
September 1 – October 31 – Late Garden Season
Daily 9:00am – 4:00pm
Contact Us
Boerner Reception Front Desk (414) 525-5601
Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens (414) 525-5653
Zilli Hospitality Group (414) 525-5631
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