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The Children's Garden

Children's Garden Fall Classes

Fall is a great time to garden: Gourds are growing, flowers are showing, and there is still time for seed sowing! Kids reap the rewards of bountiful harvests from the summer in addition to planting cool-season crops and bulbs for next spring's spectacular show of color. Where else are children actually encouraged to put their hands in the dirt, touch an earthworm, or spend a morning looking at butterflies? Learn firsthand from our best instructors: the plants and animals of the Children's Garden!

Scholarships are available based on need; call the Registration Office at 718-623-7220 for information.

KinderGarden: Trees and Saplings

For three- and four-year-olds with caregiver

Caregivers can learn alongside their three- or four-year-old to enhance their youngster's experience at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Learn about the Garden while fostering a love of plants, gardens, and the outdoors in children and adults. Listen to gardening stories, participate in fun planting activities, and, weather permitting, go on sensory tours of different parts of the Garden. This program is open to one adult and one three- or four-year-old per family only. No infants, please.

Section A: 4 Wednesdays: September 17, 24; October 1, 8 | 10–11:30 a.m.
Section B: 4 Saturdays: September 27; October 4, 18, 25 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
$100 member, $120 nonmember
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KinderGarden: Seeds

For four- and five-year-olds

Our youngest gardeners work side by side and learn basic gardening skills, both indoors and out! Structured play, games, and arts and crafts are used to teach the basics of gardening. This is a drop-off program, and all children must be toilet trained. Please make grouping requests early as groups will not be changed after registration.

5 Saturdays: September 20, 27; October 4, 18, 25 | Noon–1:30 p.m.
$80 member, $95 nonmember
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KinderGarden: Seedlings

For kindergarteners and first graders

Seedlings work in pairs to learn more advanced gardening skills. Each pair spends time planting and maintaining their own plots, growing cool-season crops from seeds or transplants. Children listen to garden-related stories and participate in structured play, games, and arts and crafts activities to learn the fundamentals of gardening. Please make grouping requests early as groups will not be changed after registration.

Section A: 5 Fridays: September 19, 26; October 3, 17, 24 | 4–5:30 p.m.
Section B: 5 Saturdays: September 20, 27; October 4, 18, 25 | 10–11:30 a.m.
$80 member, $95 nonmember
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City Farmers

For second through eighth graders

City Farmers work on their own garden plots in pairs within small, age-based groups. Nature investigations, science projects, cooking, nature journals, and crafts are often part of the day's program. Fall is a great time to learn about gardening and nature!

Section A: 5 Fridays: September 19, 26; October 3, 17, 24 | 4–5:30 p.m.
$80 member, $95 nonmember
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Section B: 5 Saturdays: September 20, 27; October 4, 18, 25 | 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
$120 member, $140 nonmember
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