Botanical Beginner Camps
Botanical Beginner Camps allow young children and their guardians to engage all five sense with activities like puppet shows and scavenger hunts.
Session 1: July 3, 11am-2pm (ages 4-5)
Session 2: July 5, 11am-2pm (ages 4-5)
Session 3: July 6, 11am-2pm (ages 4-5)
Session 4: July 7, 11am-2pm (ages 4-5)
Session 5: July 10-14, 11am-2pm (ages 5-6)
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Botanical Beginner Camps at Cleveland Botanical Garden are available for single-day sessions, in addition to a 5-day session. This camp will provide young nature enthusiasts with opportunities to socialize and engage with all five senses. Surrounded by stunning gardens, campers will become more confident in using their senses to engage with the natural world and one another. Legal guardians are required to attend this camp alongside their camper(s).
Sensational Senses Intergenerational Camp – Colorful Caterpillars
July 3rd from 11am-2pm
For ages 4-5
Monday is Colorful Caterpillar day which will involve a rainbow of caterpillars in our exploration stations, starring in our puppet show story time, and peeking out from their hiding places along our garden tour. Each day of Sensational Senses camp at Cleveland Botanical Garden is an opportunity for 4-5 year olds and their guardians to playfully make the most of what gardens have to offer through sensory activities.
$70/member $75/nonmember per day (adult+child, $30 per additional child)
Sensational Senses Intergenerational Camp – Petals and Potions
July 5th from 11am-2pm
For ages 4-5
Wednesday is Petals and Potions day when we’ll make scented sensory dough, be entertained by smelly sock puppets, and make majic potions with natural ingredients like flowers and essential oils. Each day of Sensational Senses camp at Cleveland Botanical Garden is an opportunity for 4-5 year olds and their guardians to playfully make the most of what gardens have to offer through sensory activities.
$70/member $75/nonmember per day (adult+child, $30 per additional child)
Sensational Senses Intergenerational Camp – Fingers and Flowers
July 6th from 11am-2pm
For ages 4-5
Thursday is Fingers and Flowers day when we’ll explore the many textures throughout the gardens. We’ll make sensory discovery bins, catch slippery frogs, and splish-splash in the Hershey Children’s Garden fountain. Each day of Sensational Senses camp at Cleveland Botanical Garden is an opportunity for 4-5 year olds and their guardians to playfully make the most of what gardens have to offer through sensory activities.
$70/member $75/nonmember per day (adult+child, $30 per additional child)
Sensational Senses Intergenerational Camp – Ticklish Tastebuds
July 7th from 11am-2pm
For ages 4-5
Friday is Tickle Your Tastebuds day which will focus on sampling some garden flavors while doing activities that help kids learn how to access the energy that cycles through a garden. Each day of Sensational Senses camp at Cleveland Botanical Garden is an opportunity for 4-5 year olds and their guardians to playfully make the most of what gardens have to offer through sensory activities.
$70/member $75/nonmember per day (adult+child, $30 per additional child)
Garden Fantasy Camp
July 10-14 from 11am-2pm
For ages 5-6
NEW! Garden Fantasy campers are fascinated by nature and ready to practice social skills with circle time, fine motor skills at exploration stations, and observation skills along garden scavenger hunts. Unique to this camp, will be the larger-than-life Fantasy Garden Play Space that expands every day to stimulate multiple modes of play in an exciting, whimsical atmosphere.
$300/member $325/nonmember (adult+child)
FAQs
For additional questions or concerns, please email academicprograms@holdenfg.org
What is the ratio of adults to children in Botanical Beginnings Camp?
| These campers, age 4-6, require the accompaniment of on adult caregiver. There will always be at least 2 camp staff facilitating activities. |
