Kids have a fun night out at the Garden, while parents get the night off. This month’s theme is star gazing. We’ll learn about the amazing size, power, and heat of the stars we see each night, create a starry craft, use binoculars to look for constellations in the sky, and end the night with […]

Nature Play Days are the Garden’s monthly opportunity for children ages 2-8 to learn through play with self-directed activities. This month’s theme is animal adventures! Experience activities like story time, games, a touch table, Carolina Tiger Rescue, crafts, and a chance to explore eleven of the Garden's exciting topiaries.  Carolina Tiger Rescue will be on […]

This class is FULL. Learn about the incredible adaptations that allow owls to hunt at night. Then dissect a real owl pellet to find out what kind of things that owl has been eating. Ages 6+ This is a drop-off class. Please meet in the classroom. Come dressed to explore outside.

Learn how spiders weave their complicated webs and use vibrations to sense their prey. We’ll make a spider craft and use spray bottles to reveal webs found out in the Garden. This is a drop-off class. Ages 5-10. Please meet in the classroom. Come dressed to explore the outdoors. To pre-register, click here. Fee: $5 […]

Visit the Garden any time between September 24th and October 2nd to participate in Take a Child Outside Week. We’ll have twenty-five fun outside activities listed on signs throughout the Garden. Complete activities like lowering the bucket on the farmhouse well, taking a selfie with a Venus Fly Trap, finding an animal track, or hopping like […]

This camp is FULL! Please email  bgoldentyer@capefearbg.org to be added to the waitlist. Did you know that 1 out of every 3 bites of food we eat depends on a pollinator animal? Learn how important bees and butterflies are for humans and wildlife and take nets to catch and release butterflies in the Garden.

(FULL) Enjoy a bird-themed story time, make a feathered craft, and use real working binoculars designed just for preschoolers to look for laminated birds hidden throughout the Garden. Ages 2-5 with a parent or guardian. Please meet me in the Children’s Garden Pavilion. Come dressed to explore outside. Pre-register here. There are two back-to-back one-hour […]

(FULL) Enjoy a bird-themed story time, make a feathered craft, and use real working binoculars designed just for preschoolers to look for laminated birds hidden throughout the Garden. Ages 2-5 with a parent or guardian. Please meet me in the Children’s Garden Pavilion. Come dressed to explore outside. Pre-register here. There are two back-to-back one-hour sessions of […]