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The Gardens offers educational programs for adults
and children.
Garden Science
Investigation at the BGA
Garden Science Investigation
(GSI) at the Botanical Gardens is a series designed to engage kids in observation and investigation of living and non-living things using their senses and simple tools. Classroom and
garden activities will engage the kids in each program. The program is for kids 5-11. Cost is $7/per child per activity. Each session is limited to 12 participants.
All programs take place at the Botanical Gardens, 151
W.T. Weaver Blvd. (adjacent to UNCA) on Saturdays from 9:30 – 11:30.
Contact our Office
Administrator at BGA for additional information and/or to
register (828) 252-5190.
| April 17 |
The Forest Floor
Participants will explore the Gardens' wooded areas for signs of life.
We will look under leaf litter, rocks and logs to see what lives in
the woods and its importance to humans and animals. |
| June 26 |
Bats
Why are bats important to our world? How many kinds of
bats live in western North Carolina? We will explore the world
of bats and make a bat house for the upper Crayton Trail in
the Gardens. Participants will take home bat information
and a plan to build a bat house for their own yards. |
| Aug. 21 |
Rot Rangers
Kids will learn about the importance of decomposition and how it occurs in
nature. With flashlight, bug boxes and an insect book, we will
use our senses to find signs of decomposition in the Gardens. |
| Sept. 25 |
Dying Fabric with Plants
We will make dyes from plant materials and experiment with the
various colors produced by bark, lichens, berries, roots and
leaves. Participants will take home a piece of fabric
decorated with the dyes that are produced.. |
| Nov. 6 |
Survival Techniques
We will learn basic survival techniques for finding our way when
lost, things that we can eat and protecting ourselves from various
weather conditions. |
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