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Seeds

Children’s Garden Classes

Fridays or Saturdays, 7 weekly sessions starting April 3 or April 4, 2026
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Preregistration Required

For 4 and 5-year-olds. Seeds work together to care for their garden plots! Seeds practice real gardening skills such as planting, watering, weeding, spreading compost, and more. Participants harvest and taste fresh vegetables and herbs, create nature art, listen to garden stories, and go on nature explorations alongside a garden instructor and teen apprentices.

This is a drop-off program.

Cost

  • Friday Classes: $262/nonmember/$236 member
  • Saturday Classes: $330 nonmember/$304 member

Participation Requirements

  • For Seeds, children must be 4 years old or turn 4 within a month after the program start date.
  • Seeds participants must be comfortable using the bathroom on their own. Child-size toilets are located inside the Children’s Garden House.

Sections

Seeds – Fridays (Ages 4–5)

Begins Friday, April 3

7 Fridays: April 3–May 29, 2026 (no class April 10, May 22) | 4–5:30 p.m.

Registration Closed

Seeds – Saturdays (Ages 4–5)

Begins Saturday, April 4

7 Saturdays: April 4–May 30, 2026 (no class April 11, May 23) | 10 a.m.–12 p.m.

Registration Closed

Name Start Date Class Dates Register
Seeds – Fridays (Ages 4–5) Friday, April 3 7 Fridays: April 3–May 29, 2026 (no class April 10, May 22) | 4–5:30 p.m. Registration Closed
Seeds – Saturdays (Ages 4–5) Saturday, April 4 7 Saturdays: April 4–May 30, 2026 (no class April 11, May 23) | 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Registration Closed
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