Botanical Beginner Camps
Botanical Beginner Camps stimulate the senses of young children and their garden-loving guardians.

Sensational Senses Intergenerational Camp – Colorful Caterpillars
July 3rd from 11am-2pm
For ages 4-5
Join our family at Cleveland Botanical Garden and meet other families of young children ready to begin socializing as they acquaint themselves with sensory stimuli in a garden setting. Engage in relationship-building activities like puppet show story times, sensory play, and mindful garden strolls. Start small with one day of camp or schedule up to 4 days if your child seeks to dig deeper.
$70/member $75/nonmember per day (adult+child, $30 per additional child)
Max 15 youth and 15 caregivers daily, min 4 campers total
Sensational Senses Intergenerational Camp – Petals and Potions
July 5th from 11am-2pm
For ages 4-5
Join our family at Cleveland Botanical Garden and meet other families of young children ready to begin socializing as they acquaint themselves with sensory stimuli in a garden setting. Engage in relationship-building activities like puppet show story times, sensory play, and mindful garden strolls. Start small with one day of camp or schedule up to 4 days if your child seeks to dig deeper.
$70/member $75/nonmember per day (adult+child, $30 per additional child)
Max 15 youth and 15 caregivers daily, min 4 campers total
Sensational Senses Intergenerational Camp – Fingers and Flowers
July 6th from 11am-2pm
For ages 4-5
Join our family at Cleveland Botanical Garden and meet other families of young children ready to begin socializing as they acquaint themselves with sensory stimuli in a garden setting. Engage in relationship-building activities like puppet show story times, sensory play, and mindful garden strolls. Start small with one day of camp or schedule up to 4 days if your child seeks to dig deeper.
$70/member $75/nonmember per day (adult+child, $30 per additional child)
Max 15 youth and 15 caregivers daily, min 4 campers total
Sensational Senses Intergenerational Camp – Ticklish Tastebuds
July 7th from 11am-2pm
For ages 4-5
Join our family at Cleveland Botanical Garden and meet other families of young children ready to begin socializing as they acquaint themselves with sensory stimuli in a garden setting. Engage in relationship-building activities like puppet show story times, sensory play, and mindful garden strolls. Start small with one day of camp or schedule up to 4 days if your child seeks to dig deeper.
$70/member $75/nonmember per day (adult+child, $30 per additional child)
Max 15 youth and 15 caregivers daily, min 4 campers total
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)
Max 15 youth and 15 caregivers daily, min 4 campers total