Here are some wonderful places to bring children for hands-on learning. 
A Day At The Farm Cove City, NC
Children learn garden principles, animal care and more.
Bonner Farm - Lake County Forest Preserve District Lindenhurst, Ill.
Environmental and agricultural education, camps
Brookyln Botanic Garden's Children's Garden Brooklyn, N.Y.
Since 1914, children have been growing flowers, vegetables, and herbs and learning firsthand about the natural world in Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Children’s Garden. With a focus on greening the urban environment through education, sustainable practices, and stewardship, BBG encourages young people to be participants, not just spectators, in community horticulture and conservation.
Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe, Ill.
Enrich your curriculum and share the beauty of nature with your students at the Garden. Enhance or focus studies with our self- guided field trips, guided walking tours, or guided programs.
Earth Day in the Parks Get your students involved with natural resources stewardship through the Earth Day in the Parks program from the IDNR! Participating state parks will offer students the opportunity to get their hands dirty and experience nature as they perform duties such as removing invasive exotic plants, planting native trees and wildflowers and building and installing bird nesting boxes. View the list of participating parks and their associated projects. Applications will be accepted from January 1 through February 28, 2011.
Edible Gardens Chicago's Green City Market at Lincoln Park Zoo's farm-in-a-zoo.
The gardens are open for field trips. Email Jeanne Pinsof
Food Literacy Project at Oxmoor Farm Louisville Ky.
FLP will bring the Field-to-Fork experience to life for local families through a series of Family Programs offered this year in June and September. Family Program participants will enjoy a day on the farm full of family-friendly activities including baking homemade bread with butter, a tasting tour of the farm, veggie-based arts and crafts, cooking demonstrations, planting seeds, service learning and more. All of our Family Programs take place on Field Day Farm at Oxmoor between 11am and 3pm.
Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center / Alice Ferguson Foundation Md.
Environmental education and stewardship, day and overnight visits,
Life Lab Garden Classroom Field Trips Santa Cruz, Calif
Life Lab Science Program and the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems offer garden-based field trips for preschool through middle school students in the Garden Classroom on the UCSC Farm, including Seeds of Wonder for Preschool and Kindergarten, Spring Science Exploration for 1st grade - middle schoo, lFall Farm to Fork for 1st grade - middle school, and Winter Feeling Fine with Fresh Food Nutrition Field Trips for 4th and 5th grades.
Michigan 4H Children's Garden East Lansing, Mich.
The season will start this year with our very popular Butterflies in the Garden program which runs from March 14th-April 30th. Some garden favorites will be back for Summer 2011. We will have a Mad Hatter Tea Party,celebrate our six-legged friends with Bug Day, and find out what happens on the tracks at Train Day! Curiosity Camps return this summer with Camp Monet and Garden Writers Workshop.
Morton Arboretum Children's Garden Lisle, Ill.
A four-acre wonderland with ten fun gardens
Washington Youth Garden SPROUT (Science Program Reaching OUT) Program Washington DC
Science Program Reaching Out (SPROUT) is the Washington Youth Garden's outreach program that provides an opportunity for children and educators from across the Washington metro region to join us for an interactive and educational experience in our one-acre organic demonstration garden at the U.S. National Arboretum. We are available to host groups on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays beginning in April and continuing throughout the summer and fall months. This is a free program, but groups need to arrange their own transportation. More information and a reservation form can be found on the website.
Embark on an exciting journey with your family and others in learning how to grow and prepare fruits and vegetables in creative and healthy ways with the Washington Youth Garden's family program, Growing Food...Growing Together. Participants learn and work collectively in communal gardening areas, share in the harvest of mutually grown organic produce, and experience healthy cooking demonstrations, nutrition instruction, farmers' market visits, and more!
Program occurs every Saturday morning beginning May 7; for the first time this year there will be rolling enrollment March through July where families can enroll in anywhere from 5 to 15 sessions. Each Saturday is capped at 25 families, so early registration is strongly encouraged! Each Saturday will feature a cooking demonstration with a local chef - check our website throughout the season to see which chef will be featured each Saturday. Registration for any month's sessions must occur on or before the 15th of the preceding month.
Wee Gardeners: Nature Workshops Guilford County, N.C.
Discovery Walks and Roots, Shoots & Flowers programs for rising Kindergartners
White House Kitchen Garden Tours for School Groups
The White House chefs are now offering tours of the WHKG for school groups. Tours are limited to "local area" schools, but advocates encourage you to apply anyway to show the growing interest in these types of projects.
List of Children's Gardens at Botanical Gardens, Zoos, Parks and More.
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