National Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators and spread the word about what you can do to protect them. This is a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations.
As part of National Pollinator…
Dane County Parks, Madison Parks, Middleton and Sun Prairie are offering a permit-free dog park day on Saturday, June 15 for all licensed dogs. The Cooperative Dog Program includes 18 dog parks that provide off-leash areas where dogs can run and…
Thanks to Goodman's Jewelers the first 500 kids will receive FREE ADMISSION to the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Pool beginning at noon on Thursday, June 13. Honoring Irwin and Robert Goodman, John and Catherine Hayes, owners of Goodman’s Jewelers…
The tradition of a free event, promoting a healthy, active lifestyle continues at the11th annual Ride the Drive on Sunday, June 2 from 11:00am to 3:00pm. Each of three downtown area parks offers activities, food, and entertainment.FOUR MILESNo…
Beginning Saturday at 10:00am, all three Madison Parks splash parks are open for the season. Each is open with new extended hours for this year – 10:00am to 8:00pm.
Beaches are also opening this weekend and two will provide lifeguard service. B.B.…
Madison Parks and Dane County Parks are offering a permit-free day on Saturday, May 25 at four local disc golf courses. Each course offers its own unique landscape and features:
Goodman Pool is a place for everyone. Thanks to the generous donations of the Madison Parks Foundation and the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Foundation, we are pleased to offer scholarships for general pool admission, lessons, lifeguard…
For over 20 years, Madison Parks and the City of Madison have hosted the Earth Day Challenge honoring Earth Day and recruiting volunteers to assist in cleaning up a park. This year, on Saturday, April 27 more than 900 volunteers will be picking up…
The City’s expansion project with Olbrich Botanical Gardens moved forward after crews poured part of the future learning center foundation Tuesday morning.
Winter recreation enthusiasts are encouraged to take advantage of these last days to enjoy concessions and equipment rentals at the Madison Parks staffed winter shelters. We are rounding the corner to spring and staff will be getting our parks and…
Join us Saturday, February 9 for ice skating and a movie at Skate Cinema! We'll have fun music for ice skating and giveaways on the Tenney Park lagoon from 4:00 to 5:30pm followed by an outdoor movie! We'll begin the showing of Smallfoot at 5:30pm…
In the interest of public safety, all Madison Parks ice rinks and ski trails are CLOSED Wednesday, January 30 and Thursday, January 31. In addition, Warner Park Community Recreation Center and Olbrich Botanical Gardens will be closed on Wednesday…
Thanks to the winter weather Madison Parks is open for winter fun. We are open early at Elver and Vilas shelters today - Monday, January 28. All cross-country ski trails are open. Elver, Odana Hills and Yahara Hills trails are groomed for skate and…
Residents should not place additional sandbags to the curb for pickup at this time. The deadline to place sandbags to the curb for pickup was November 25.
Collection crews will cycle through the City picking up sandbags that were placed to the curb…
Flood waters are receding leaving behind trash, debris, seaweed and more. On Sunday, November 4 – for just two hours, from 12 - 2pm, Madison Parks is hosting the Flood Cleanup Challenge at 11 area park shorelines and volunteers are needed!…
The City of Madison, the Building Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin (BTC), the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) and Madison Parks invite the public to a dedication ceremony at 1:00pm on Friday, September 14 at the new accessible fishing pier…
4:00pmWe are incredibly fortunate that, although we had a severe weather forecast for our area last night, the majority of the rain went to the north and south of Madison. That meant that although there were some minor lane closures on the isthmus…
