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Children's Garden
HSBC Children’s Garden at Queens Botanical Garden is a hands-on program for children, ages 5-12, that teaches about plants, gardens, and nature while kids have fun playing in a beautiful environment. 2nd Annual Family Day
Join us for our 2nd Annual Family Day event on Saturday, March 6, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm. Get a taste of the HSBC Children's Garden program as we plant seeds and learn about the environment. Register for the Spring Session on March 6 and receive a $50 discount, register for the Spring and Summer Sessions and receive the Fall Session for free!
REGISTER ONLINE FOR THE HSBC CHILDREN'S GARDEN
SPRING
Each spring, children's imaginations and learning blossom as they: plant vegetables and flowers, harvest lettuce, spinach and radishes, visit the bee garden and design their own fantasy garden space, make mother's day cards with paper they've seeded with parsley and basil.
March 27 through June 12, Saturdays with no session on Memorial Day, May 29, 9:30 am to Noon
Fee: $325, $292.50 for members
SUMMER
REGISTER ONLINE FOR THE HSBC CHILDREN'S GARDEN
 When summer arrives, the fun and learning heats up, as children: make salads from their spring vegetable plantings, bake cookies in a solar oven and learn about climate and environment, raise and release butterflies, plant delicious summer vegetables, conduct scavenger hunts, build planters and terrariums and lots more!
Summer Session I
July 5 through August 18, Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 am to 4 pm
Fee: $900, $810 for members (7 weeks)
July only: $520, $468 for members (4 weeks)
August only: $390, $351 for members (3 weeks)
Summer Session II
July 6 through August 19, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 am to 4 pm
Fee: $900, $810 for members (7 weeks)
July only: $520, $468 for members (4 weeks)
August only: $390, $351 for members (3 weeks)
FALL
REGISTER ONLINE FOR THE HSBC CHILDREN'S GARDEN
The leaves changing color doesn't signal the end of discovery at QBG. In the fall session, children learn seasonal gardening, and how to: put a garden to sleep, plant garlic bulbs, harvest tomatoes, peppers and spinach - yum! Learn about nutrition by making scrumptious food from our harvested crops, identify animals such as QBG's resident red tail hawk.
September 11 through October 2 (Saturdays only), 9:30am to Noon
Fee: $160, $144 for members
Questions?
718-886-3800, ext. 230
or email rwolf@queensbotanical.org
Children’s Garden enjoys lead support from HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Additional support has been provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the Zoos, Botanical Gardens, and Aquariums Grant Program of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation; and the Walter Kaner Children’s Foundation.
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