Homeschool Days: Plants for Health & Wellness (Ages 9-18)

Wellness is so much more than just eating our five food groups and getting our weekly workouts in. Our children know this intuitively and have a deep awareness that wellness is also about healthy minds and healthy relationships with our thoughts and feelings. Plants for Health and Wellness will introduce children to the benefits of spending time touching, smelling, looking at, and eating the plants that grow in our gardens, on our windowsills, and in the natural world around us. We will look to plants as tools for mindfulness strategies that lift our mood, help us regulate big emotions, and restore energy and vitality to our bodies. Each participant will pot up a beneficial plant to continue utilizing plants for health and wellness at home.

Each homeschool ticket includes admission for a child and a chaperone. Any extra adults pay $12/each. Children under 3 are free and do not need a ticket. Families who register multiple children or enroll in multiple programs will receive a discount at checkout. Financial aid is available; please email Beth Jarvis at ejarvis@mainegardens.org for an application.