Children’s Garden Classes
Summer Programs in the Children’s Garden Are Canceled
Summer programs, including all Children’s Garden programs through August 30, have been canceled. We will announce any updates to fall programs by the end of August. In the meantime, please enjoy online content and weekly activity emails.
If you would like a refund, please contact Registration at 718-623-7220 or registration@bbg.org. You may also apply your registration fee to a future class or donate it to help support the Garden. Every contribution helps ensure the future of Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s collections and programming.
Online Learning: Videos
Designed for the Garden’s Trees & Saplings and Seeds students (ages 2–6), these classes are full of songs, sensory explorations, and demonstrations. Watch at full frame!
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Trees & Saplings: Growing!
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Trees & Saplings: Animals!
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Trees & Saplings: Birds!
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Trees & Saplings: Compost!
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Trees & Saplings: Bugs!
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Trees & Saplings: Flowers & Pollinators!
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Kitchen Gardening with Greta and Mac: Planting Seeds
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s director of Youth Programs discovers some of the seeds we have in our kitchens and guides children on a planting project.
Weekly Activity Emails
While the Garden is closed, we’re sharing activities, games, recipes, and crafts to do at home. Projects are geared toward a variety of ages.
- Catch up on past emails:
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Signs of Spring
Make a garden journal, do a spring scavenger hunt, and create coffee filter peonies.Spring Trees
Explore street trees, learn about phenology, and make a paper bag bonsai tree.Seeds
Sort seeds, grow seeds at home, make a living-seed necklace, and make seedy granola.Growing
Check in on seedlings, grow carrot tops, and make carrot cookies.Animals
Learn about animal homes, make a fairy house, play Hawk & Mouse, and make carrot-top pesto.Birds
Go bird watching, make binoculars, build a bird’s nest, and make coconut “bird’s nest” cookies.Compost
Create a home compost bin, make black bean “compost” dip, and play the Compost Shuffle game.Insects
Learn an insect song, make a “worms in dirt” snack, play the In the Soil, On the Grass game, and make herbal bug spray.Flowers & Pollinators
Learn about pollinators, craft leaf or paper pollinators, play pollinator tag, make sweet sun tea, and blend a citrus sunshine smoothie.
Classes
Cultivate a love of nature and a connection to plants in your kids by signing up for a Children’s Garden class at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Children aged 2 to 13 can plant their own crops and flowers and harvest them under the guidance of garden instructors.
Check back soon for updates regarding registration for fall classes.
Registration
Select from the sections linked below to see class descriptions and fees. Be sure to note age requirements and other qualifications.
Registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis in the order that payment is received; note that Children’s Garden classes fill quickly.
Scholarships
A limited number of need-based scholarships are available for Children’s Garden participants, distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. To request an application, please contact Registration at 718-623-7220 or registration@bbg.org.
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Trees & Saplings
For 2- and 3-Year-Olds with a Caregiver
Learn about the wonders of gardening with your two- or three-year-old during this active, hands-on program. Our youngest gardeners work with their adult partner to tend to their garden plots, sing songs, taste new foods, and create nature crafts.
Consistent attendance of one adult per child is required. Fee includes one adult and one child. No infants or older siblings, please.
We recommend that first-time gardeners and early twos choose the 9 a.m. one-hour class section.
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Seeds
For students entering pre-K and kindergarten (4, 5, and 6-year-olds)
Seeds work together in small groups to care for their garden plots and participate in cooking, exploring the wonderful outdoors, crafting and other fun activities. This is a drop-off program.
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City Farmers
For students in 1st through 8th grades
City Farmers dig gardening! Students develop basic horticulture skills to bring garden plots to life with fresh, seasonal vegetables and enjoy crafting, cooking, nature exploration, and other hands-on activities.
