Fantastic
Fall Festivities in Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, NY Botanical Garden
This
fall surround yourself with the orange, yellow, and red leaves of the trees
in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden and experience the beauty and excitement
of nature in the one-of-a-kind, 12-acre indoor/outdoor science museum where
children can explore, discover and learn how plants live and function. There
are so many things to do–from ballet dancing to building scarecrows. Participate
in our specially designed inquiry-based programs that stimulate a child’s enthusiasm
for science, ecology and conservation.
ONGOING
ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES
Tuesday, Sundays and Monday holidays: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Throughout
the season, children dissect plant parts such as seeds and flowers, experiment
to find out if plants make sugar to use as food, investigate bugs that help
plants grow, use microscopes to see plants up close, press flowers and plants
to take home, and much more. We encourage children to explore, examine, inquire
and question just like scientists. A few of the many things children discover
include, what’s in a flower by taking it apart and putting it back together
— and children have an opportunity to look at things through a bee’s eye view!
Budding
Botanists Every Tuesday–Friday, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Join
us for activities specially designed for the early learner (2-5 year olds).
Nature crafts featuring recyclables and experiments abound. Using washed juice
boxes, milk cartons, soda bottles, or egg cartons create an instrument, garden
pet, or experiment to take home. Activities change regularly and are complemented
with a colorful story each week. Drop in!
September
Ballet
Among the Blooms–Saturday, September 21, 3 - 5 p.m.
Delight in an afternoon of ballet in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden.
The New York City Ballet’s education department along with the School of American
Ballet dancers will introduce children to ballet steps and choreography.
Scarecrow
and Harvest Weekend–Saturday and Sunday, September 28 and 29,
Adventure Garden 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and Family Garden 1 - 5:30 p.m.
Come
enjoy Scarecrow and Harvest Weekend at the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden and
the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden. At the Family Garden, build a scarecrow
to live at the Family Garden, make corn husk dolls, and sip apple cider. Then
stop by the Adventure Garden where children can dissect apples and make fruit
prints, create a fall field notebook with autumn leaves, decorate gourds, participate
in a fruit and seed hunt, and much more. For more information please call (718)
817-8700. The Everett Children’s Adventure Garden has been made possible by
the leadership generosity of Edith and Henry Everett.