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For Families

Craft Your Own Garden Adventures

Every day at the Garden is a chance for kids and families to set out on an exciting adventure to discover the fascinating world of plants. Each season brings new opportunities to explore and make lifelong connections with nature, whether you’re getting hands-on with the vegetable harvest in the Edible Academy, planting up a seedling with our Teen Explainers to care for at home, or learning a new recipe that even little ones can prepare.

A child in a blue shirt and bucket hat holds up a green vegetable they just harvested in a sunny garden

Dig! Plant! Grow!

March 30–November 3, 2024
Tuesdays–Saturdays; 1:30–5:30 p.m.
Sundays and Monday Holidays; 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Edible Academy

Roll up your sleeves and help tend the gardens in the Edible Academy! During each program, visitors can dig in the soil, sow seeds, and water the seedlings at the Digging, Planting, and Watering stations.

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Two children in summer clothes work together to chop and stir vegetables in a bowl

Fresh from the Garden Tastings

Wednesdays, Saturdays, & Sundays
2 & 4 p.m.

Get hands-on with healthy cooking using new recipes featuring plants grown in the Edible Academy. NYBG staff create these family-friendly recipes using seasonal vegetables, fruits, and herbs, and kids and adults alike can learn how garden-to-table cooking is not only nutritious, but fun, too.

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several children interacting with the small yellow flowers on a topiary worm

Everett Children's Adventure Garden Restoration

As of November 2023, Everett Children’s Adventure Garden (ECAG) will be closed for restoration! This project will update the outdoor landscape and indoor facilities in order to enhance the garden’s science and nature learning opportunities, and create new areas for exploration and investigation.

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