Children's Garden & Education
Green Adventures Summer Camps
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Join us every summer for Green Adventures, our week-long day camp programs for children. Each week campers explore the Garden to learn more about the plant kingdom and their connection to it. Keepsake crafts, field studies, garden games, and botanical snacks are all part of the daily activities.
Campers meet Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – noon. Advance registration is required.
$100 per week member/$120 non-member.
Register online or by phone at 804.262.9887 ext. 322.
Growing Minds | Pre-school, 4 years of age (must be potty trained)
June 18 - 22, 2012
Storytelling, music and creative play inspire the daily gardening activities, hands-on crafts and botanical snacks that help young minds grow! This camp emphasizes the five senses and helps young children make meaningful connections with nature in the playful setting of the Children's Garden.
Wow Your Senses! | Rising Kindergarten
June 25 - 29, 2012
In the Children's Garden, come see a rainbow of color, hear seeds rattle, smell sweet fragrances, be a taste-tester, and tickle the roots of young plants! Daily garden exploration, activities and crafts wake up the senses and connect campers to the plant world.
register online
Flowers, Fins and Feathers | Rising 1st grade
July 9 - 13, 2012
Discover the natural world through a collection of the Garden's favorite books. Creating flower color wheels, making fish kites, investigating plant parts under a microscope and weaving feathers into headbands are among the story-related crafts slated for the week.
Roots, Shoots and Other Plant Parts | Rising 2nd and 3rd grade
July 16 - 20, 2012
Where would you be without plants? You use plants everyday! Plants are in your cookies, crayons and even in your toothpaste! In this action-packed week you'll explore forest, field and garden gathering roots, stems, seeds and leaves for weaving, games, crafts, snacks, musical instruments and more.
Young Scientist at Work | Rising 4th and 5th grade
July 23 - 27, 2012
Did you know that you can help the environment by participating in real science projects? Dig into the magic and mystery of science by exploring gardens, marsh, forest and fields. We will collect and share valuable data about the butterflies, bees, birds, and amphibians that we find living among the plants, flowers and trees that are growing at the Garden. Discover that real science is really fun!
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