Fun and learning for our littlest gardeners (Erika Huber photo)

Bring your little one to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens this summer for an introduction to the fun of planting and harvesting veggies right from the kids’ own garden patch in our Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden!  This hands-on program will teach children about seeds, flowers, vegetables and animals through stories, crafts, and planting activities.  We’ll even get a head start on the season by growing plants in our little greenhouse! 

Children will experience nature close up as we take time each session (weather permitting) to explore the garden habitat of the Children’s Garden, searching high and low for its springtime and summer residents.  Parents, please be prepared to join in the fun!   Dress for the weather and be ready to get a little dirty.

The sessions are from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on the following Thursdays: June 13, June 27, July 11, July 25, August 8, and August 22. You may sign up your children for the full series or for any of the six individual sessions. Each will include a different activity.

Prices for the six-session series are $70 for members, $100 for nonmembers (includes Gardens admission for one child and one adult). Prices for the individual sessions are $12 for members, $17 for non-members.

Reservations, please;  call 207-633-4333, ext. 101, or sign up online via the links below:

Sign up for the full Summer Series.

Sign up for individual sessions in the Summer Series.

See on overview of all our camps for various ages.