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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Children's Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens


The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, located in Brooklyn, New York, has been helping children learn all about growing flowers, vegetables, and herbs since 1914.  Kids ages 2-7 can plant their own crops in late spring and then come back to harvest them in the fall.

The Discovery Garden allows kids to touch and smell plants and experience different habitats;  woodland, meadow, farm, and wetland.  Kids can also dig up worms at the Nature Center. And what kids doesn't like digging up worms?

The gardens are open year round.  Admission for adults is $10.00.  Children under 12 are free.                                                           

11 comments:

  1. Cool idea.
    And this kid thought digging for worms was dirty.

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    1. I guess you were just an adult in a kid's body. :)

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  2. sounds very hands on for the kids. Nice!

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  3. That's wonderful they teach the kids how to plant and grow.

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    1. Good skills to have. If only they would continue continue to grow and plant as adults...

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  4. Very cool, and they've opened the place for children's enjoyment for over a century. (Meanwhile, little do they know, they're learning a lot).

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  5. Hi Sherry - it's great it's in the city ... there are community gardens in and around London - and I think they must benefit the locals ... thanks for letting us know about it - cheers Hilary

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