Allen Centennial Garden

Quiet gem on campus

Fantastic little hidden oasis on campus. Well taken care of. Places to sit. Beautiful plants and flowers. Koi pond. Stream running over rocks. Tables and chairs available for meetings or studying. Onl...

The house came first, then the garden

The Allen Centennial Gardens at 620 Babcock Drive in Madison didn't exist the first time I visited the University of Wisconsin campus in 1959. In fact, groundbreaking for the public garden didn't take...

Beautiful garden

This is a hidden gem on campus. We enjoy walking around and viewing the manicured garden. The flowers are beautiful - spring, summer and fall. Great place for wedding and graduation pictures!

Hidden jewel

Wow. This is not someplace that you’d just happen upon unless maybe you’re wandering through the UW campus, and even then it would be easy to miss. But it’s worth finding. Not as big as Olbrich but wi...

A must-see campus garden

Located near the Lakeshore dorms and the Steenbock Library at the corner of Babcock and Observatory Drive is the always lovely Allen Centennial Garden. The garden architects have packed a lot into a s...