Using the Kid Quest guide and mapping skills, families solve clever clues and find their way to a hidden treasure in the Garden. Along the way, children and their adults are encouraged to record the names of plants they encounter. Once the Quest is completed, children receive a collectable button. New editions are printed every two months and are available at the Garden's admission desk in the Robins Visitors Center.

Available year-round, free with Garden admission.

Kid Quest is sponsored by:

Regular Garden admission

This summer Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden serves up "A Feast for the Senses" -- displays and containers throughout the Garden designed to engage the five senses.

What to Expect: A Feast for the Senses will progress through the summer as different plants flower and mature in special plantings along the main walkway and in the Children's Garden. Visitors will be made aware of each week's highlights through summaries provided in the Visitor's Center and by bright banners -- Look, Smell, Listen and Touch -- that will rotate weekly among different areas of the Garden.

Summer adult education classes are themed around the senses and there are some "tastings" planned during Flowers After 5 evenings. Please scroll down to learn more.

Here are some examples of sensory experiences:

• Sight: Eye-popping and unusual color, including displays using new hybrid "green-eyed" Susans (also known as Irish eyes).  These large yellow-orange daisies with green eyes will be complemented by maroon and red foliage along the main garden pathway.
• Touch: Plantings to tickle the imagination including grasses such as the red fuzzy heads of Pennisetum; the smooth trunks of dwarf crape myrtle; and the spiky form of yellow-edged yucca in juxtaposition with the delicate textures of small succulents.
• Taste: Flavorful herbs to please the palate such as oregano, parsley and mint in the Children's Garden. Some of these herbs are used in our Tea House.
• Smell: The fragrance of sweet-smelling blooms from trumpet lilies and Oriental hybrid lilies contrasting with the odor of "stinky" plants such as Stapelia. In order to attract flies for pollination, Stapelia emits a stench similar to rotting flesh.
• Sound: Rustling seed heads from ornamental grasses such as sea oats against a melodic background of gurgling water and the soothing tinkle of wind-chimes.

In addition, the central border in front of the Conservatory will feature different themes including "cool" and "hot" color combinations; a cutting garden with plants including zinnias and Jewels of Opar; and a water garden display.

Summer Adult Education Classes: Advance registration required; $20 members; $30 non-members.

• Sight -- "Nature's Palette: An Artist's Perspective on Color in the Garden" with Ann Chenoweth, July 18, 9 - 10:30 a.m.
• Smell -- "Fragrance in the Garden" with Holly Shimizu, executive director of the United States Botanic Garden, Aug. 2, 9 - 10:30 a.m.
• Touch -- "Texture in the Garden" with Don Haynie of Buffalo Springs Farm, Aug. 7, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. followed by a Garden Walk.

Tastings: Held on Flowers After 5 evenings; there is no advance registration, but regular Garden admission applies (free admission for members) and each tasting fee is $5 per person (including members).

• July 17, 6 - 8 p.m. Australian olive oils
• Aug. 21, 6 - 8 p.m. Heirloom tomatoes  

Full list of adult education opportunities:

• July: http://www.lewisginter.org/calendar/index.php?eventType=ea&month=7 August: http://www.lewisginter.org/calendar/index.php?eventType=ea&month=8