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Everett Children's Adventure Garden

The Everett Children's Adventure Garden is a 12-acre garden designed especially for children. Changing landscapes, a dynamic wetland and pond, and lush plantings provide a living and vibrant stage for hands-on learning about plant science. The Adventure Garden includes outdoor and indoor learning galleries, each focusing on a different aspect of plant science, filled with interactive exhibits and colorful inquiry-based signs to promote active discovery.

Each guided exploration rotates through several different galleries:

Outdoor Galleries
Adventure Trail
Gather your tools for a sensory-filled exploration of the Adventure Garden.

The Arthur Hays and Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Meadow Gallery: Life Cycle Lane
Journey through the life cycle of plants.

The Heckscher Foundation for Children Gallery: Plant Part Paradise
Discover what parts make up a plant.

The Con Edison Gallery: Habitat Hub
Explore an ecosystem and discover plant-animal interactions.

Vincent Astor Foundation Gallery: Sun Central
Investigate how the sun helps plants live and grow.


Indoor Galleries
The Kids Lab
Participate in a variety of plant explorations,make observations, and discover that all science starts with asking questions.

The Bendheim Kids Herbarium
Learn about plant parts and examine them under a microscope.
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