Olbrich Home Holiday Express

Bolz Conservatory Exhibits

Yesterday's Plants, Today's Energy
September 3, 2008 - March 22, 2009

Learn about the prehistoric plants that formed the coal we use for today's energy. Coal-forming plants have lived on Earth for the past 300 million years - since before the dinosaurs! Learn what it took to make these plants into coal, and discover why we need alternative energy sources since today's plants won't provide coal energy for tomorrow.

The Bolz Conservatory is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $1 for the general public. Admission is always free for Olbrich Botanical Society members and children 5 and under, and is free for the general public on Wednesday and Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon.

 

 

 

UPCOMING Events

Thai Fest
Quilts in Bloom
Yesterday's Plants, Today's Energy Conservatory Exhibit
Olbrich's Holiday Express

Holiday Concert Series

Olbrich Botanical Gardens is owned and operated by the City of Madison Parks Division in partnership with the non-profit Olbrich Botanical Society.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens | 3330 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI 53704. | Phone: (608)246-4550 | Fax: (608)246-4719