Boerner Botanical Gardens

Later additions included trial, herb, lily and shrub rose gardens, as well as the Bog Walk.

[4] Within the gardens and adjacent to them in Whitnall Park, and along the Root River Parkway is the arboretum, which showcases arranged groves of trees and shrubs.

Nearby are the Wehr Nature Center and the historic Trimborn Farm estate, which are also maintained by the county park system.

[5] The land for the gardens was purchased between 1929 and 1930 for $376 an acre, leaving Milwaukee County with little money to start the development of the park.

[6] Federal employment programs implemented during the Great Depression helped provide a workforce for developing the gardens,[6] including the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA).