The Botanical Club of Wisconsin, the state's only organization dedicated to the study of our native flora, was founded in 1968 by John Thomson as an affiliate of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. The BCW serves the interests of amateur and professional botanists toward the common goal of learning more about our state's plant biodiversity.
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2025 Sphagnum Ecology & ID Workshop August 25 – 29, 2025
Registration is full!
Instructor: Jon Shaw, PhD. - Professor of Biology at Duke University
Assistant Instructors: Mary Ann Feist and Keir Wefferling
Organized by: Botanical Club of Wisconsin
Cost: $550 Members, $600 Non-Members, $275 Student
Location: Kemp Natural Resources Station, Oneida County, Wisconsin. Lodging & food included.
August 25 – 29, 2025
Upcoming Virtual presentations (webinar links sent via member email)
January 22nd - Briana Smorstad, Seed Bank Manager at Seed Savers Exchange
February 19th – Katrina Degenhardt, 2024 BCW Thomson Award winner
April 16th –Andrew Hipp, Author of Oak Origins: Acorns to Species and the Tree of Life
July - Field classes
August – Botany blitz
Over 70 digitized back-issues of "The Flora" and "The Bulletin" (1969-1993) now fully indexed!
Join the Facebook discussion group!
Maianthemum racemosum - June 01, 2025 in Dane County. ©Chris Noll 2025
4/27/2022 - Mary Ann Feist presents the origins, accomplishments, and future of the Wisconsin Botanical Foray.
Click here to watch the recording on YouTube
The Mission of the Botanical Club of Wisconsin
To promote the preservation of native plants through restoration projects, natural area identification, and rare plant protection.
To educate the public as to the value of Wisconsin's plants and the natural communities in which they grow.
To foster research on the life history and biology of members of our native flora.
To provide a means for fellowship and information exchange among Wisconsin's plant enthusiasts.
Click here to view the BCW Constitution and By-laws
Membership Benefits
The Botanical Club of Wisconsin is a charitable 501(c)(3) organization that depends on your membership and tax-deductible donations to fund research and conservation activities that benefit the flora of Wisconsin. BCW membership benefits include:
Educational and recreational opportunities, including guided field trips, botany blitzes, workshops, and evening presentations
Subscription to The Flora, the biannual BCW newsletter
Annual meeting that features social gathering, a guided field trip, lunch, and a botanical presentation by educators and scientists
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