| Children's Discovery Garden |
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| Garden Entrance |
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| Interest at the worm bin |
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May's Discovery Garden Program
"FLOWERS"
* Stories and Songs about flowers plus play "(s)he loves me; (s)he loves me not' with a daisy
* Watch how a white carnation can drink up colored water and change colors !
* Flower Hunt: Count how many red, white, pink and other colored flowers you can find in the nearby garden
* Art project: Paint a flower picture with watercolors and/or crayons
* Pot a small flower plant to take home
* Touch and smell a cut flower display
Thursday, May 29 & Saturday, May 31
10am - noon
VERY IMPORTANT: If you will be coming with a group of people, with over 10 children, please call the Foundation Office at (310) 544-1948 so we can make sure there are sufficient Docents on staff, in the Garden.
Gate fees apply to non-members:
$7.00 - Adults
$5.00 - Seniors
$2.50 - Children ages 12 - 4
Free - 4 and under
Foundation members: Free
Foundation Memberships:
$50.00 - Family (annual)
2 Adults and children under 18
** gate fee cannot be applied to cost of membership
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Children's Discovery Garden
Enriching our Children's Lives Through Nature
We are now offering a program for preschoolers at South Coast Botanic Garden. There will be planned monthly events, teaching the children about nature through story-time, art, potting and garden tours from 10am - noon.
Dates are TBD and will be posted here once they are known.
| January: Nature's Babies and their Houses |
July 17 & 19: Make a Salad Day |
| February: Prickly Cactus and Succulents |
August 14 & 16: Butterfly Day |
| March: Starting from Seeds |
September 18 & 20: Spiders and Webs |
| April 24 & 26: Turtles and Frogs |
October 16 & 18: Flyers, Wigglers and Crawlers |
| May 29 & 31: Spring Flowers |
November 13 & 15: Autumn Color and Trees |
| June 12 & 14: Humming Birds and Friends |
December: TBD |
In addition to our monthly events, a docent will be on site, at the Discovery Garden every Friday from 10am - noon, with art and potting activities and more! So stop by any Friday for fun and learning in the Discovery Garden.
The daily admission fee applies to non-members. Discovery Garden programs are offered at no additional cost. Family memberships are $50 per year, or the daily admission fee is $7 for Adults, $2.50 for children 4 - 12 (4 and under free).
If you would like to become a member, stop by the Foundation Office. The office is open Monday thru Friday, 9am - 4:30pm.
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| Photo courtesy Laurel Woodley |
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