{"id":3263,"date":"2009-07-03T08:30:19","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T12:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/wordpress\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2009-07-02T11:24:07","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T15:24:07","slug":"plan-your-weekend-map-unlocks-flower-power-adventure-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2009\/07\/exhibit-news\/plan-your-weekend-map-unlocks-flower-power-adventure-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan Your Weekend: Map Unlocks Kids’ Flower Power Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nAndrew Haight is Manager of the Everett Children\u2019s Adventure Garden.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Maps have always captured children\u2019s imagination. Growing up I had every intention of becoming the next Indiana Jones. I hunted down buried \u201ctreasures\u201d in my parent\u2019s basement and made my own maps. I carefully crinkled the sheets, even tearing the corners to make the paper maps appear from \u201colden times.\u201d The mystery and excitement seemed trapped on these sheets of paper; I felt they could lead me to new adventures.<\/p>\n

This summer as part of The Edible Garden<\/em><\/a>, maps will play a central role as we focus on the adventure in the Everett Children\u2019s Adventure Garden through Flower Power<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Visitors can embark on their own journey through a series of activities laid out as a map inside each child\u2019s field notebook. For instance, the map points out where a family can stop and make a pollinator puppet to take home and also guides children to several different activity and play stations, including a spot where they can mold their own flower out of clay.<\/p>\n

The map allows children to choose their own route. Along the way they can discover the larger-than-life flower models, detour through Beth\u2019s Maze, or simply take their time to explore each nook and cranny of the Garden. With the reins in each child\u2019s hands in the form of a map, the possibilities are endless.<\/p>\n

For more<\/em> Edible Garden events and weekend activities, <\/em>click here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew Haight is Manager of the Everett Children\u2019s Adventure Garden. Maps have always captured children\u2019s imagination. Growing up I had every intention of becoming the next Indiana Jones. I hunted down buried \u201ctreasures\u201d in my parent\u2019s basement and made my own maps. I carefully crinkled the sheets, even tearing the corners to make the paper… <\/p>\n

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