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Located a few miles north of Sturgeon Bay on Highway 42, The Garden Door opened in 2005 at the University of Wisconsin Peninsular Agricultural Research Station. The members of the Door County Master Gardeners Association designed the garden and are maintaining it. The garden includes a fairie garden, pond with koi, a children's play area, double kaleidoscope, pollinator garden, ornamental grass area with strange bottle trees, memorial tunnel, winces and annual and perennial beds. There is also a community garden where the staff of the Door County Master Gardener Volunteers, Research Station and UW Extension plant and harvest crops s every summer.

Address: 4312 WI-42, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

See the fairie garden at The Garden Door
© The Garden Door

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

See an exhibit at the Door County Maritime Museum Go hiking in Whitefish Dunes State Park See the fairie garden at The Garden Door See a play at Third Avenue Playhouse Step back in time at Heritage Village at the Creek Work out at the Crossfit Armati Check into the Inn at Cedar Crossing Have dinner at Door County Fire Company

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