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Badger Rock Neighborhood Center is a project of Rooted.

Badger Rock Neighborhood Center, a project of Rooted, is open to all, but primarily serves residents of the Moorland-Rimrock, Indian Springs, and Highland Manor neighborhoods of South Madison and the Southdale neighborhood of the Town of Madison.

06/03/2026

Badger Rock Middle School students culminating project of the year is creating board games! The Rooted Farm & Education team were one of the community partners invited to test out games and we were beyond impressed with the creativity, the detail and the thoughtful critiques of society they chose to explore through their games!

Come to our June End of School Year CommUnity Dinner this Friday June 5th where you can get a chance to play the games they created, too!

06/02/2026

We are busy harvesting this week with Rooted's Gardening & Culinary Art Classes with Badger Rock Middle School and Lori Mann Carey Elementary School for the student run Badger Rock Farmstand we will have set up for the End-of -Year Badger Rock CommUnity Dinner this Friday!

Come on out for farm fresh:

🥚 Eggs
🌱 Spinach
🥬 Bok choy
🍴 Mustard Greens
🥬 Asian Cabbage
🥕 Carrots
🍅 Tomato Sauce
🌶️ Hot Sauce
👩🏼‍🍳 Badger Rock Cookbooks
🌿 Herbal salve and lip balm
..and more! Hope to see you Friday!

06/01/2026

This Friday June 5th is our End-of-School-Year CommUnity Dinner, hope to see you!!

The theme of the year at Badger Rock Middle School is land, so this year students painted a mural with artist Paola Mayorga, a self-taught artist from Puebla, Mexico connected to that theme as part of our Earth Day partnership with Madison Gas and Electric. Paola will be at the dinner for the unveiling of the finished mural so come out to see it and learn more about her art!

Paola says her paintings are shaped by her culture, history, memories and dreams and that her work often explores nature, the human figure and cultural elements--rooted in her Mexican heritage with a magical touch...you can see this expressed in the gorgeous mural she co-created with our students.

05/30/2026

Come on out to the Badger Rock Food Pantry open today 10am-noon!!

Park in the back service parking lot off E Badger Rd (517 E Badger Rd), and walk around the building past the garden and chickens to Door 4! Rooted staff are here to assist!

05/29/2026

Badger Rock Middle School Student Senate representatives Ejaaz and Luke helped organize the Badger Rock Mental Health Resource Fair this morning for both Badger Rock Middle School and Lori Mann Carey Elementary School students! La Follette graduates (many of them BRMS alums) made an appearance too!

Rooted represented with garden-based activites to support mental wellness including samples of herbal stress relief tea, fresh carrots, lavender bath salts, and climbing roses for beauty from the farm as well as opportunities to connect with other living beings like the chickens, get your feet in the grass, get your hands in the soil and make some garden art!

Many other community orgs tabling too, including Dean Health who brought service dogs to connect with, the Badger Rock Middle School Wellness Class, Behavioral Health Resource Center, MMSD Student Senate, 5toThrive, National Alliance on Mental Wellness (NAMI), Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health and Nature Everywhere!

Way to go Ejaaz and Luke and the rest of the MMSD Student Senate for bringing this to your community!

05/28/2026

We want to give a huge shout out to Ann Bell and the other volunteers she has been coordinating including Janet Kelly, John Boyne, Carolyn Lipke, Jeff Mossen and Bill Sethares to pick up the food each week for our pantry and deliver to Badger Rock! You all have been an INCREDIBLE help and we deeply appreciate all you do to support the Badger Rock Food Pantry!

Swing by for our next Food Pantry Pick-up this Saturday 10am-12pm at the Badger Rock Neighborhood Center at 517 E Badger Rd! Park in the back service parking lot off E Badger Rd, walk around the building past the chickens to Door 4 where food will be out and staff will be available to assist!

This week we have:

Non-dairy whole milk
Assorted milk (whole, 2%, half and half)
Cheese
Carrots
Lettuce
Salad, Cucumber Kimchi and Li hing Pineapple (donated by Lani and Tim of LT's Aloha Wagon...thank you Lani and Tim!!)
Lemon & Garden Herb Potatoes
Little Potatoes
Onions
Organic Bananas
Panera Tuscan-style Chicken Bowls
Frozen ground chicken
Assorted shelf stable items
Hot dog buns
Frozen assorted bread
Frozen biscuits
Dried beans..and more!

05/27/2026

It's the beginning of the season for the Badger Rock honeybees! We are getting suited up and checking out our hives this week with Badger Rock Middle School students in Rooted's Gardening & Culinary Arts classes!

We shared how bees can see in ultraviolet and the patterns they see on the flowers lead them right to where they can find the nectar. We saw the uncapped nectar in the hives, the capped nectar that has already been turned into honey, and the baby bees also called brood that look like little white grubs before they transform into adults!

1/3 of our crops depend on pollination to make food, so doing our part with the Badger Rock apiary and all the ways we support native bee populations!

05/26/2026

Saturday's Plant & Seed Giveaway was a beautiful scene as always of community, plants and joy! Thousands of plants grown with love went out into the community that will grow into thousands of pounds of fresh produce for families this season!

AND...there are some plants left!! Swing by and pick some up, they are along the hoop house next to the back service parking lot come grab some anytime! There is a QR code by them if you would like to make a donation!

Thanks to all who supported Lori Mann Carey Elementary School 5th grader's in Rooted's I Grew That Program in partnership with the USDA's NIFA program by purchasing marigolds they grew from seed as a fundraiser for Operation Fresh Start Conservation Corps!

And a shout out to all who supported Badger Rock Middle School 8th graders by purchasing the planting kits they created in their Social Entrepreneurship Class, a collaboration with Rooted, CEOs of Tomorrow, Inc. and Badger Rock Middle School!

A beautiful way to start the season in community! 🌱

05/24/2026

Tune in Sunday for the next in our AAPI Heritage Month workshop series with Yasumi Hanabusa! Yasumi Hanabusa was in Madison to visit and perform, and joined us for both a virtual workshop and in person at our May CommUnity Dinner to share about Traditional Okinawan Dance! We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to see her perform and learn more about her culture through the art of dance!

Yasumi says:

"I live in Okinawa, Japan.
Okinawan traditional
Dance teacher.
I have been learning the Okinawan dance for about 17yrs…
Okinawa used to be an industrial own country.
We call “Ryukyu “
Ryukyu had a relationship with China and the Chinese government came to Ryukyu.
After they landed in Ryukyu.
Ryukyu government held welcome parties.
Some of the young royal members performed a celebration dance at the main castle.
That is how they started Okinawan traditional dance.
What is the difference between the mainland dance and Okinawan dance?
Okinawan dance had
Karate based movements.
Characteristic hair styles.
Kimonos are just beautiful."
So much gratitude for Junko and Yasumi for coming to share their art with us! See less

05/23/2026

Tune in Sunday for our next AAPI Heritage Month workshop with Yasumi Hanabusa who is visiting from Japan and is joining to share about Traditional Okinawan Dance! Yasumi also came and performed at our May CommUnity Dinner, this workshop will include a video of one of her dances.

Yasumi shares:

"I live in Okinawa, Japan.
Okinawan traditional
Dance teacher.
I have been learning the Okinawan dance for about 17yrs…

Okinawa used to be an industrial own country.
We call “Ryukyu “
Ryukyu had a relationship with China and the Chinese government came to Ryukyu.
After they landed in Ryukyu.
Ryukyu government held welcome parties.
Some of the young royal members performed a celebration dance at the main castle.
That is how they started Okinawan traditional dance.
What is the difference between the mainland dance and Okinawan dance?

Okinawan dance had
Karate based movements.
Characteristic hair styles.
Kimonos are just beautiful."

So much gratitude for Junko and Yasumi for coming to share their art with us!

Address

517 East Badger Road
Madison, WI
53713

Telephone

(608) 960-4615

Website

https://rootedwi.org/badger-rock-neighborhood-center/

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