Root. Grow. Give!
Keeping a piece of Viroqua history alive, Thoreau’s Garden operates a small garden center, houseplant shop, floral business, and educational center for our local community, our mission is to inspire everyone to garden, grow medicine, and share the beauty of our natural world. Check out the Driftless Folk School website to find our workshops! https://www.driftlessfolkschool.org/classes
We are a small business going into our third season. We grow as many of our plants as we can from seeds and cuttings to reduce the “mileage” this also means you can let us know what you’d like to see growing, it also means we are not carrying trees or shrubs at this time.

Thoreau’s Garden Is A Social Enterprise Of Thoreau College
We offer a variety of houseplants year round, annuals, perennials, vegetable starts, herbs, medicinal, and native plants in the spring and summer, salad and micro greens in the winter, and more for our community. Come check out the shop!
To order flowers please call (608) 637-8200
Seasonal Specials
SUMMER 2023!!
SUMMER SALES ARE HERE! We grow a diverse selection of annuals, perennials, natives, tropicals, houseplants and more! NOW ON SALE!
REMAINING ANNUAL HERBS, VEGGIE, AND FLOWER STARTS 25% OFF!
PLANTERS, HANGING BASKETS, & TOMATO STARTS 50% OFF!
PERENNIAL FLOWERS, HERBS, & NATIVE PLANTS!
Our NEW summer hours are 10am-4pm Tuesday-Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday


HOUSE PLANTS
We carry a wide variety of all types of plants, from indoor plants and house plants to succulents. We've got them all! Fresh from our greenhouse.

BEDDING PLANTS
Most common are the summer bedding plants such as petunias and begonias. But there are so many species to choose from in our greenhouse.

VEGETABLES
Shop for high yield vegetable seeds and plants that are perfect for your home garden. We are a leading provider of plants for your vegetable garden or herb garden.

HERBS
We can help you find and grow herbs at home and which herb plants are best for herb gardens. Nothing beats cooking with home-grown herbs!