The Children's Garden is home to a hands-on gardening program where children maintain the plots. Access to the garden is limited to children enrolled in the program. The Discovery Garden is open to the public and contains places for play and discovery.
Edible Plant Education Greenhouse
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 10:34 am
Education Greenhouse - Tropical Plants
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 10:36 am
Gift Shop - Children's Section
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 11:00 am
Gift Shop - Plants for sale
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 11:01 am
Gift Shop - Garden Tools
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 11:11 am
Self-guided school group completing a scavenger hunt in conservatory
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 11:27 am
Spinning interpretive sign with three sides
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 12:50 pm
One side of spinning sign
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 12:50 pm
Identification sign - mango was described on a close by interpretive panel
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 12:53 pm
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 1:06 pm
Weeping juniper with a great hiding spot underneath
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 1:12 pm
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 1:13 pm
Japanese Garden - the gate points towards a temple on the hilll
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 1:19 pm
Willow branches formed for climbing vines
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 1:21 pm
Stepping stones across the water
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 1:27 pm
The Children's Garden House - used for storage and as classroom space
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:04 pm
Pavillion in Children's Garden - used for activities
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:04 pm
Image of tool storage inside the House
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:05 pm
The beds, each 3'x8', are shared by two kids.
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:06 pm
Compost bins with a cartoon on composting
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:07 pm
Cold frames and greenhouse used for winter and spring programs
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:07 pm
Signage outside Discovery Garden advertising Drop-in Program
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:09 pm
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:10 pm
Binoculars for looking into the Children's Garden
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:12 pm
Laminated signs on rigns flip up to show a new page/plant
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:14 pm
Touch Tank
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:15 pm
All of their touch bins have wood tops so the bins can serve double-duty as a table
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:15 pm
Laminated signs flip open like a book and are changed out regularly.
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:17 pm
The Wild Woods
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:17 pm
A balance that kids had previously placed sticks on
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:19 pm
A path through the bamboo
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:20 pm
A wooden boardwalk through the woods - in places it is too narrow for an adult to easily maneuver.
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:21 pm
Boardwalk crossing a shallow stream
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:22 pm
Narrow pathway through the woods
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:23 pm
A water feature in the woods - kids pump water at the top and it flows through the bamboo to the stream at the bottom
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:23 pm
Photo by Lisa Davis
2-24-2009 2:24 pm
A sculpture with cast bronze seed pods that move on the wire.