Children’s & Family Programs

Children’s Classes

Since 1914, children ages 2 to 17 have been growing flowers, vegetables, and herbs and learning firsthand about the natural world in Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Children’s Garden. Classes run three to six weeks and children must register in advance.
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Drop-in Family Workshops

From May to September and during select school breaks, the Discovery Garden offers fun activities, plantings, and open-ended exploration workshops free with garden admission. Workshops are on a drop-in basis and appropriate for a broad range of ages.
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How to Register

Select from the sections linked below to see class descriptions and fees. Be sure to note age requirements and other qualifications.

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.

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. Pricing includes one adult and one child. No infants or older siblings, please. We recommend that first-time gardeners and early twos choose the one-hour class section.

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Seeds

For Pre-K and Kindergarteners (4-, 5- and 6-Year-Olds)

Seeds work together in small groups to care for their garden plots. Garden time, cooking, exploring the wonderful outdoors, and crafts are some of the fun activities that Seeds can look forward to each season. This is a drop-off program.

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City Farmers

For 1st through 8th Graders

City Farmers dig gardening! Students are guided in developing basic horticultural skills to bring garden plots to life with fresh, seasonal vegetables. Crafts, cooking, nature exploration, and other hands-on activities round out the City Farmers program each week

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Children's Garden Spring Break Mini‑Session

For Kindergarteners through 5th Graders

Kick off your spring season in the Children's Garden! Help with early-season tasks like mulching, weeding, and seeding. Round out the morning with crafts, cooking, scavenger hunts, and other fun spring projects.

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Summer Science Adventures

For Students Entering Grades 2–7

Stir up scientific excitement in our greenhouses and classrooms during Summer Science Adventures! Explore the wide world of plants with hands-on investigations, planting projects, fun-filled scavenger hunts, and other science-based activities. Meets Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons.

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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. Join us next season!

Free Drop-In Workshops

Spring Weekend Discovery Workshops

Saturdays May 5, 12, 19, June 2 | Drop in 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Sundays May 6, 13, 20, June 3 | Drop in 1 p.m.–3 p.m.

Drop in for these free family nature workshops and watch the Discovery Garden come to life! Children become naturalists as they explore plant and animal life cycles and experience the springtime world through fun, hands-on activities, scavenger hunts, and story time!

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Go behind the scenes at Brooklyn's most treasured cultural institutions—Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Children's Museum, and Prospect Park! Weave exciting connections between the arts, nature, and the sciences, all in the Heart of Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program (BCAP) Summer Camp is an innovative enrichment day camp creating lifelong links between youth and their cultural community. With BCAP Summer Camp, become an adventurer in the Heart of Brooklyn!

For 7–12 year-olds, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Camp is available in 2-week sessions from July 5–August 12. Tuition assistance is offered for qualifying campers.

For more information, and to register online, visit the Heart of Brooklyn website.