Everett Children's Adventure Garden, NYBG — Attraction in New York

This was the perfect place to take my 2nd graders for our science unit.The kids are learning about Pollination and sharing the planet and human impact on the environment. There were so many classes on a trip to the Botanical Gardens. First we walked the grounds a bit, then we had lunch. When we got to the Everett center we waited at the gate for our tour guide to come and get us. The children where taught the different parts of a flower and they were asked questions about what they already knew. She gave them interesting information and used a hand puppet to model how the process works. The students dissected and studied their own flowers. They were taken to a garden to observe bees and butterflies, they collected data on what they saw. Also later they analyzed seed and planted a keepsake plant. It was truly lovely and though there were so many schools it ran smoothly due to the system and organization of the touring. We...

We didn't go at a time where full programming was available, but we loved it here! The books are well curated with comfy spots for reading, there were bins of toys and a lovely dollhouse. My kid loved the magnification camera allowing him to see close ups of bugs on a TV screen. He really loved going into the greenhouse to water the plants (I could barely tear him away). I can only imagine how much more he would have loved being there during programming hours with the high school "explainers" and fun activities. My kid even loved the outdoor play house and sweeping the leaves out to the garden. Wonderfully done, lovely building, and...

The only area I went to when visiting the gardens the first time there's a lot of activities for kids but I went with fellow adults and we still had fun seeing a lot. I do wish there was better signage though be it directions or information etc. There was a very climbable-looking tree with no signs saying not to and I witnessed a bunch of kids get told to get off the trees. Everyone was understanding but for an interactive children's gardens there should be signs like that. I saw ONE singular do not climb trees sign at the base of one small tree and it was about the size of...