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Indoor/Outdoor Science
Exploration The
Everett Children's Adventure Garden is a 12-acre indoor/outdoor science
exploration wonderland for kids at The New York Botanical Garden. Forty
hands-on nature discovery activities, mazes, galleries, topiaries, plazas,
a sparkling waterfall, natural wetland, glorious gardens, and more make
it the ideal place for families to enjoy and learn about plants and nature!
The Everett Children's Adventure Garden has been made possible by the leadership generosity of Edith and Henry Everett.  is the Principal Underwriter of Science Education at The New York Botanical Garden. |
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FOR FAMILY FUN EVENTS
 What's in a Flower?  Bendheim Kids Herbarium  The Heckscher Foundation for Children's Wonder Gallery  The Con Edison Pond Gallery  Wild Wetland Trail |
The New York Botanical Garden is growing a fresh crop of
scientists, all under the age of 12: the kids who delve into the mysteries
of the plant kingdom at the new Everett Children's Adventure Garden. A
fun-filled museum of plants and nature, the new garden with 40 discovery
activities is the only facility of its kind in the United States: an indoor
- outdoor wonderland where young people (along with parents and teachers)
learn about the world of plants through hands-on exhibits and romps through
landscapes filled with activities. Meadow Maze A romp through a fragrant, flower-filled meadow, with plants taller than a toddler, is the perfect welcome to the plant-filled fun of the Everett Children's Adventure Garden. Boulder Maze The path leads next to Boulder Maze. Children explore its winding trail, where large boulders make up the maze walls and low-growing plants spill out of every crevice. Once on top of the maze, kids gaze through a discovery scope at Lookout Point and see the wetlands wonders below. Beth's Maze Leaving Boulder Maze, children are drawn towards Beth's Maze where they wander under plant-covered arches as they find their way around the labyrinth of hedges. The Vincent Astor Foundation Sun, Dirt and Water Gallery At the entrance to The Vincent Astor Sun, Dirt and Water Gallery, visitors are greeted by a giant frog topiary leaping from a splashing fountain. As children sit or step on the oversized lily pads around the fountain's edge, sprays of water shoot up into the air. In this gallery children discover how plants make food, move water, and use sunlight. Giant test tubes, a Lean Green Food Machine, and a huge rhubarb leaf help children learn about how plants live and make their own food. William and Lynda Steere Discovery Center Giant topiary caterpillars lead visitors toward the William and Lynda Steere Discovery Center. Inside are the Texaco Kids Lab, Bendheim Kids Herbarium, and Bendheim Teacher Center, where kids are real scientists. They join in laboratory experiments, examine plants through microscopes, and press plants like botanists in the field. Activities galore include examining unusual plants and plant parts, assembling plant jigsaw puzzles, and watching discovery videos. The Heckscher Foundation for Children's Wonder Gallery The Heckscher Foundation for Children's Wonder Gallery encourages children to imagine. They can invent their own plants by mixing up different plant parts, or discover how kids around the world use plants by exploring the Bendheim Global Greenhouse. This child-scaled garden allows kids to explore as they wander among vine-covered tunnels, tiny bridges, and a mini-pond. Arthur Hays and Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger Meadow Gallery The Sulzberger Meadow Gallery is designed to help children understand the life cycle of flowers. The colorful, bigger-than-life flower models, enormous monarch butterfly, and puppet pollinators give children the chance to pollinate like insects. Kids look through a huge bee's head to see how flowers appear to bees. They test different ways that plants move seeds. Using their knowledge of plants, they embark on a Detective Trail to search for clues to find the plant that cures Napaloo (the disease that makes children fall asleep while they watch television). The Beker Family Adventure Point At the splashing waterfall, families enjoy a cool spray and an exhilarating sight. The Con Edison Pond Gallery Beyond a splashing waterfall is The Con Edison Pond Gallery, where children build their own giant bird's nests and compare their results with real birds' nests. They pretend to be wetland animals searching for the right kind of lunch, and touch aquatic plants and test their adaptations. They explore life in a pond, using hand lenses to see the tiny living things in pond water. From a fun bouncing bridge, they can see across the whole pond. Mitsubishi Wild Wetland Trail and Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden The Garden's Children's Adventure Project includes the Everett Children's Adventure Garden, the adjacent Mitsubishi Wild Wetland Trail, and the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden. The Mitsubishi Wild Wetland Trail traverses a fascinating ecosystem where kids get a close-up view of a lush natural environment, using scopes on the boardwalk to zoom in on the birds and plants that thrive here. They follow the trail into the heart of the wetlands, discovering What Stinks and how wetlands are important for recycling old plants. In the Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden, people of all ages can dig in and garden - or explore ponds, investigate insect and plant life up-close, and meet gardeners from around the world. |