Discovery Garden
The Discovery Garden Is Growing!
More than tripling the size of the existing garden, the expanded Discovery Garden will comfortably accommodate the next generation of naturalists and inspire them with exciting new experiences and activities.
Children and their caregivers learn about the natural world through open-ended exploration and interactive activities in the Discovery Garden. Children are invited to touch and smell incredible plants and experience different habitats: woodland, meadow, farm, wetland, and a nature center where families can dig for worms and investigate natural objects. The Discovery Garden also offers year-round workshops for families, free with garden admission. Workshops are on a drop-in basis and are appropriate for a broad range of ages. Children must be supervised by an adult.
The Discovery Garden offers nature workshops for families, free with Garden admission. Children and their caregivers learn about the natural world through fun activities, plantings, and open-ended exploration. Workshops are offered on a weekly basis from April through October and during February and spring school breaks.
Free Drop-In Workshops
February Break Discovery Days
February 18–20 | 10 a.m.–Noon
Children travel the world’s deserts and rainforests in the Steinhardt Conservatory, discover amazing plants through fun, hands-on activities, and pot up their own plant to bring home.
Please note that workshops on Thursday, February 21, and Friday, February 22, have been canceled due to changes in the New York City school calendar.
Ashley Gamell
Ashley Gamell is the fifth generation of her family to enjoy the urban oasis that is Brooklyn Botanic Garden. She began working at BBG as a college student teaching the Summer Science Program, and has continued on as a BBG plant educator since then, first in the Children’s Garden, and now in the Discovery Garden. Ashley particularly enjoys creating opportunities for children to connect with edible and native plantings in the Discovery Garden. She also cares for BBG’s unique collection of teaching plants in the Education Greenhouses. As a gardener, educator, and poet, Ashley is always looking for the tiny details that make nature so magical, and loves to share that magic with visitors of all ages.
