Plan Your Weekend: Children Unearth Bulb Secrets

Posted in Learning Experiences on May 22 2009, by Plant Talk

Explore, Plant, Scavenge, and Create a Field Journal

Andrew Haight is Manager of the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden.

Many bright ideas were brought to the table when the Children’s Adventure Garden staff first discussed programming for the spring bulb show, The Glory of Dutch Bulbs. Several exciting suggestions emerged from this creative conversation, which gave life to Bulbs Unearthed.

The Everett Children’s Adventure Garden always tries to find new ways for young children and their families to explore nature and plants through their five senses. As a result, the Bulbs Unearthed program provides the youngest learners with a tactile, interactive experience.

Facilitated by members of the Intern Explainer program for teenagers, visitors to the Adventure Garden learn how bulbs are neatly packaged containers of plant parts. When given the right conditions, they will grow into next year’s plants and will flower. After taking a close look at these parts inside the bulb, children can plant their own bulb in a biodegradable pot to take home. Children can also make a field notebook and go on a scavenger hunt around the Adventure Garden to search for signs of bulbs. Then they can complete the activities by making a paper iris flower.

Beyond bulbs, the Adventure Garden is home to many exciting spring awakenings. Sit outside on the benches and watch the robins nesting in the eaves of the Discovery Center or rest beneath the shade of the Pond Pavilion while mallards graze for duckweed or marvel at the caterpillar, ladybug, and frog topiaries. Come and enjoy all of these exciting opportunities with us.

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