Plan Your Weekend: Map Unlocks Kids’ Flower Power Adventure

Posted in Exhibitions, Programs and Events, The Edible Garden on July 3 2009, by Plant Talk

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

Maps have always captured children’s imagination. Growing up I had every intention of becoming the next Indiana Jones. I hunted down buried “treasures” in my parent’s basement and made my own maps. I carefully crinkled the sheets, even tearing the corners to make the paper maps appear from “olden times.” The mystery and excitement seemed trapped on these sheets of paper; I felt they could lead me to new adventures.

This summer as part of The Edible Garden, maps will play a central role as we focus on the adventure in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden through Flower Power!

Visitors can embark on their own journey through a series of activities laid out as a map inside each child’s field notebook. For instance, the map points out where a family can stop and make a pollinator puppet to take home and also guides children to several different activity and play stations, including a spot where they can mold their own flower out of clay.

The map allows children to choose their own route. Along the way they can discover the larger-than-life flower models, detour through Beth’s Maze, or simply take their time to explore each nook and cranny of the Garden. With the reins in each child’s hands in the form of a map, the possibilities are endless.

For more Edible Garden events and weekend activities, click here.