Cape Fear Botanical Garden

Family Program: Fairy and Dino Gardens

Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, NC, United States

Create a miniature garden in a dish complete with mini toadstools, decorative stones, tiny fairies, or maybe even dinosaurs! This class is open to families with children of all ages. The price is per dish garden so families may choose to create one garden together or for each individual to create their own. Preregistration here. […]

FULL! Summer Camp: Eureka! Science Discoveries Session A

Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, NC, United States

This camp is now full! Please email bgoldentyer@capefearbg.org to be added to the waitlist. Adventurers Camps for Ages 8-12: Eureka! Science Discoveries June 26-30 8:30 am - 12:30 pm Junior scientists will conduct experiments, investigations, and engineering projects that help them learn critical thinking skills, problem solving, and the joy of scientific discovery. Explore the […]

Therapeutic Horticulture Camp: Natural Materials

Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, NC, United States

A 3-day, half-day camp all about Natural Materials! June 28th- 30th, 2023 9am- Noon — For Children & Adults with Diverse Abilities Therapeutic Horticulture Camps promote health and well-being incorporating the natural world. Each camp empowers children and adults to strengthen critical thinking skills and hand eye coordination, think of nature as a place of […]

Family Art Night: Story Stones

Come out to the Garden for our Thursday evening hours and an all age’s art class where each family will create a unique set of story stones. Story stones are smooth painted stones with pictures of characters, objects, or symbols that can be used in a wide variety of storytelling games and activities. Also included […]

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Preschool: What Can I Grow?

Preschoolers explore all the amazing things we can grow like flowers, fruits, vegetables, and seeds! Enjoy a garden themed story time and a fun, easy craft. Ages 2-5 with a parent or guardian. Please meet in the Children’s Garden Pavilion. Come dressed to explore outside! Preregister here. There are two back-to-back one-hour sessions of this […]

Summer Naturalist Camp (July 5-7) Ages 11-15

July 5-7; 9am-3pm each day This three-day camp hits all the highlights for our oldest campers. This camp includes classic CFBG camp activities like pond dipping, a photo scavenger hunt, tie dye, and a campfire plus new science experiments and a terrarium project. $100/child ($80 for Garden Members) REGISTER HERE NOTE: Most of the Garden’s […]

Force and Motion with Fascinate-U

Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, NC, United States

Join a Fascinate-U Children’s Museum science educator as we learn about Forces and Motion here at the Garden. From push and pull, to sounds and vibrations, we’ll explore the science behind how things move. We’ll even create a rocket to test the laws of motion ourselves! All ages welcome. Check out other events available with […]

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Nature Tales: Slithering Snakes (All sessions FULL)

Nature Tales is the Garden’s FREE storytime for families with preschool and toddler-age children. This month our topic is snakes! Enjoy a story time conducted by the Cumberland County Libraries, meet a live snake, and create a snake craft. Ages 2-5 with a parent or guardian. Please meet in the Children’s Garden Pavilion. Come dressed […]

Nature Play Day: Build it Blast!

Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, NC, United States

Encourage your child’s inner engineer with building stations including Legos, giant Jenga, and many more building challenges. Nature Play Day is an opportunity for children and their families to learn at their own pace through play based activities. Ages 2-8 with family. Included with regular garden admission or membership. No pre-registration required.

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Nature Walk & Zen Garden Workshop

Cape Fear Botanical Garden 536 N. Eastern Boulevard, Fayetteville, NC, United States

Nature Walk & Zen Garden Workshop July 18th and July 25th 9:30am- 11:30am A new kind of experience. Relieve the senses as we escape into the soothing sounds of Nature in the Garden. Firstly, we will escape into Nature, trail blazing the River trails, escaping from the hustle and bustle of the everyday world. Then […]

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