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Summer at the Garden!
Wings, Warts & Wonder is the name we’ve given to
everything happening at the Garden this summer. We’ll have cookouts,
concerts, educational events and more.
Join the fun! It’s a world of wonder and nature all rolled into one
truly magical place.
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Summer’s here and it’s time for fun! At the Garden, that means Wings,
Warts and Wonder is back again. The Garden is popping with color.
Surprises may be found around every corner. The nation’s largest seasonal
butterfly house and a unique Children’s Garden provide hours of
entertainment and education.
The Nature Center is a beautiful, soaring 9000 sq. ft. natural stone
and steel beam structure overlooking the pond. It’s the largest seasonal
nature center and butterfly house in the nation! The waterfall, ponds,
streams and lush vegetation are home to thousands of native butterflies,
frogs, tree frogs, quail and other critters. The Nature Center opens
April 26th for the 2008 season.
Plan on plenty of time for your kids to explore the Children’s Garden.
With eight very special gardens, they will want to spend hours building
their own mazes, getting dirt under their fingernails, seeing like a bee
and running through the ribcage of a dinosaur. This does not even begin to
scratch the surface! But count on some extra moisture, too - we know what
makes kids tick in the summer - water!
Wacky Wednesdays
June-July, 1 p.m., Children's Garden
Enjoy special activities just for kids every Wednesday at 1 o’clock. They’re
bigger and better than ever!!
- June 4: Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt
- June 11: Plant Your Own Dinosaur Landscape
- June 18: Dinosaur Bingo
- June 25: Dinosaur Egg Hunt
- July 2: Make a Patriotic Sun Visor
- July 9: Capture the Flag
- July 16: Make a Butterfly Suncatcher
- July 23: Make a Sand Art Bug
- July 30: Make Your Own Tie-Dyed Shirt (bring your own T-shirt to tie-dye)
The Nature Center will remain open until the end of September.