page_title: Allen Centennial Gardens
section_title: Gardens
hierarchical_section_title: Allen Centennial Gardens / Gardens
caption_attribution_description: English: Allen Centennial Gardens and Steenbock Library on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
context_page_description: The Allen Centennial Garden is a free public garden on the grounds of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The grounds feature the Agricultural Dean's House, the home of the first four deans of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
context_section_description: In 1979, the classroom gardens outside the Plant Sciences Building were destroyed to make room for an addition. In the early 1980s, the university decided to move these gardens to the former dean's house. Donations from university gifts and student groups provided for initial planning and design. Thanks to a gift from Ethel Allen, the widow of bacteriologist Oscar Allen, groundbreaking began in the spring of 1985. When completed in October 1989, the garden was named the Allen Centennial Gardens, commemorating Oscar Allen and the recent 100th anniversary of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The gardens continue to be independently funded.
caption: A section of the gardens
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