Pink and yellow tulips along the path with bright trees surrounding it

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Kids can always find something fantastic to explore at NYBG. Pique their interest in plants at our new pop-up across from the Native Plant Garden, where the Garden’s Teen Explainers are eager to share seasonal activities, hands-on programs like crafts and potting up plant seedlings, and other family-friendly events throughout the year. Elsewhere at NYBG, you can dive into registered programs with your little ones, including camps that focus on vegetable gardening, scientific discovery, and more.

Season Galleries

  • 2 children with stuffed animals at the Children's Puppet Theater
  • 2 girls looking at leaves with a magnifying glass
  • Girl looking into a microscope
  • Boy with flashlight looking into a jar of top soil
  • Children playing with soil
  • The Discovery Center with icicle lighting and green wreaths
  • Visitors walking along the ECAG path with green trees surrounding them
  • Children studying leaves in water
  • White, green and pink flowers on trees and tulips along the path
  • Girl taking notes and studying plants
  • Student studying a white flower
  • Children looking at purple/blue flowers
  • Girl taking notes and studying plants
  • 2 girls looking at leaves with a magnifying glass
  • Detailed image of hands touching soil
  • Girl tree climbing with harness
  • Children playing and climbing rocks
  • 2 girls looking out into the wetlands with binoculars
  • Students with magnifying glasses looking at roots in soil
  • Children in a field of plants with a bucket of soil
  • Children playing and looking at the many pumpkins around them
  • Family sitting on hay bales with pumpkins above them
  • Several pumpkins with faces in the grass
  • ECAG entrance during fall with pumpkins all around
  • Aerial image of ECAG and the wetlands
  • Various shapes and colors of pumpkins and gourds

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