Every day at the Garden is a chance for kids and families to set out on an exciting adventure to discover the fascinating world of plants. Each season brings new opportunities to explore and make lifelong connections with nature, whether you’re getting hands-on with the vegetable harvest in the Edible Academy, planting up a seedling with our Teen Explainers to care for at home, or learning a new recipe that even little ones can prepare.
Bilingual Birdies®
Wednesdays in July 11:15 a.m.
Join us at the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden for Bilingual Birdies®, an early childhood bilingual education program for children birth through age six and their guardians! Enjoy music, movement, and puppetry in a play-based curriculum that engage children as they increase their vocabulary and celebrate diversity.
May 24 through October 26, 2025 Weekdays; 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. & Weekends; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
Vincent van Gogh was known for creating art full of emotion and energy—with vibrant colors and swirling brushstrokes. You and your little ones can go on an art quest at the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden as you create your own masterpiece to take home using stencils and a dabbing technique, pot up a marigold plant of your own, craft a flower sculpture to brighten up your room, and more!
Van Grow! Family Activities on Weekends
Potting Up a Marigold
Sunflower Print Making
Flower Sculpture Crafting
How Sunflowers Move: Phototropism
In the Garden with Van Gogh Story Walk
Art and the Environment in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
Dig! Plant! Grow!
April 5–November 2, 2025
Tuesdays–Saturdays; 1:30–5:30 p.m.
Sundays and Monday Holidays; 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Edible Academy
Roll up your sleeves and help tend the gardens in the Edible Academy! During each program, visitors can dig in the soil, sow seeds, and water the seedlings at the Digging, Planting, and Watering stations.
Get hands-on with healthy cooking using new recipes featuring plants grown in the Edible Academy. NYBG staff create these family-friendly recipes using seasonal vegetables, fruits, and herbs, and kids and adults alike can learn how garden-to-table cooking is not only nutritious, but fun, too.