Children's Garden - Queens Botanical Garden
Children's Garden - Queens Botanical Garden
Children's Garden - Queens Botanical Garden
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The HSBC Children’s <strong>Garden</strong> at the<br />
<strong>Queens</strong> <strong>Botanical</strong> <strong>Garden</strong> (QBG)<br />
offers hands-on discovery for children<br />
ages 5 - 12. The program encourages<br />
fun and learning about plants,<br />
gardens and nature—in a<br />
beautiful environment.<br />
SPRING<br />
Each spring, children’s imaginations<br />
and learning blossom as they:<br />
• Plant vegetables and flowers<br />
• Harvest lettuce, spinach and radishes<br />
• Visit the bee garden and design a<br />
fantasy garden space<br />
• Make Mother’s Day cards with paper they’ve<br />
made seeded with parsley and basil<br />
March 28 - June 13<br />
Saturdays, 9:30 am – Noon<br />
Fee: $325 (10% discount for<br />
family members)<br />
Questions?<br />
718-886-3800, ext. 229<br />
rwolf@queensbotanical.org<br />
SUMMER<br />
When summer arrives, fun and learning<br />
heat up, as children:<br />
• Make salads from their spring vegetable plantings<br />
• Bake cookies in a solar oven and learn about<br />
climate and environment<br />
• Raise and release butterflies;<br />
• Plant healthy and delicious summer vegetables<br />
• Conduct scavenger hunts, build planters<br />
and terrariums and lots more!<br />
SESSION I July 6 – August 19<br />
Mondays & Wednesdays, 9 am – 4 pm<br />
Fee: 7-week fee: $900<br />
Fee: July only: $520<br />
Fee: August only: $390<br />
(10% discount for family members)<br />
SESSION II July 7 - August 20<br />
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9 am – 4 pm<br />
Fee: 7-week fee: $900<br />
Fee: July only: $520<br />
Fee: August only: $390<br />
(10% discount for family members)<br />
NOTE: Children must<br />
bring a box lunch<br />
(refrigeration is available);<br />
QBG provides a healthy<br />
afternoon snack.<br />
FALL<br />
The leaves changing color doesn’t signal the end<br />
of discovery at QBG. In the fall session, children<br />
learn seasonal gardening, such as how to:<br />
• Put a garden to sleep<br />
• Plant garlic bulbs, and harvest tomatoes, peppers<br />
and spinach—Yum!<br />
• Make food from our crops, such as hummus<br />
• Learn about the red tail hawk & other <strong>Garden</strong> animals.<br />
September 5 – September 26<br />
Saturdays, 9:30 am – Noon<br />
Fee: $160 (10% discount for family members)<br />
Children’s <strong>Garden</strong> enjoys lead support<br />
from HSBC Bank USA, N.A.<br />
Additional support has been provided by the New York City<br />
Department of Cultural Affairs; the Zoos, <strong>Botanical</strong> <strong>Garden</strong>s, and<br />
Aquariums Grant Program of the New York State Office of Parks,<br />
Recreation, and Historic Preservation; and the Walter Kaner<br />
Children’s Foundation.