Youth & Children's Programs

In-person We will take a tour of art in the garden! Then we will do some painting, play a game, and create a mini-garden to take home. Garden fun patch included. Recommended age: 6-9 years old. This workshop fulfills requirements for the GS Brownie Outdoor Art Creator badge, but you do not need to be a scout to participate. $17.50 BBGS Member or Scout/$25 nonmember; chaperones free.

Sunday, June 12, 2022 1 – 3pm In-person This workshop will focus on a couple of the common birds that we find at the botanical garden and the jobs they do related to plants.  We will have activities, a craft project and a tour of the garden. Recommended age: 3-7 years old. BBGS Members: $17.50. Each additional child is $10. Non-Members: $25. Each additional child is $10.

In-person We will tour part of the botanical garden, do some plant identification, make a scale drawing, and design a landscape for a local building. We will also talk about careers in the field and meet with a landscape professional. Garden patch included. Recommended age: middle/high school. This workshop fulfills requirements for the BSA Landscape Architecture badge, but you don’t need to be a scout to participate. Scouts may need to put in some additional time. $24.50 BBGS member or...

Online & In-Person Taught by Ray Pfortner. Do you love nature? Do you want to learn how to capture it through your camera? Then this workshop is for you! This is designed as a 3-part photography class focusing on the time-tested principles of composition, when to apply them, and even when not to. The class meets on July 7, 9 & 14, 6:00-7:30pm. The first and last meeting will be on Zoom; the second meeting will be in person photographing...

In-Person Come and celebrate National Moth Week with us! We will have moth related activities, a craft project and a tour of the garden.  Recommended age: 3-7 years old. BBGS Members: $17.50. Each additional child is $10. Non-Members: $25. Each additional child is $10.