Field Trips
General Field Trips
Guided Field Trip
- $45 per class
- 60 – 90 minutes
- 1 – 3 classes
- Led by tour guide
- Subjects may cover vegetables, plant adaptations, life cycles, butterfly gardening, native plants, and cool plant facts while enticing the senses and walking through the 12 theme gardens.
Station Field Trip
- $55 per class
- 90 minutes
- 3 – 6 classes
- Rotate through stations
- Students will learn different Earth Science and Environmental Science activities and lessons throughout each garden. Lessons and activities cover caterpillar camouflage, freshwater resources, animal habitats, greenhouses, and more!
Butterfly Field Trip
- $65 per class
- 90 minutes
- 3 – 4 classes
- Rotate through stations
- Similar to the Station Field Trip, one station is in the Butterfly House. The Butterfly House station will cover the butterfly life cycle, host and nectar plants, and includes a walk through the Butterfly House. Other stations will be over caterpillar camouflage, pollination/pollinators, animal habitats, and more! Butterflies are most active May – September.
Self-Guided Field Trip
- $40 per class
- At your own pace
- Guided by tour pamphlet
- Walk your group through the Garden using the provided map and tour pamphlet to learn about each of the 12 theme gardens.
Specialized Event Field Trips
Be Green Field Trips
- $80 per class
- 90 minutes
- 1 – 6 classes | There is a limited number of spots!
- Typically the week of Earth Day in mid to late April
- Classes will rotate through community partner booths
- Each booth is a local environmental or kids’ organization with a short educational activity or craft
Butterfly Days
Field Trips
- $80 per class
- 90 minutes
- 1 – 6 classes | There is a limited number of spots!
- Typically in late September or early October
- Classes will rotate through butterfly stations in the Garden
- Each station is a butterfly lesson. The Butterfly House station will cover the butterfly life cycle, host and nectar plants, and walking through the butterfly house. Other stations will be over monarch migration, caterpillar camouflage, butterfly defenses, pollination/pollinators, and more!
Registration link typically available mid-August
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