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Kids Programs at Queens Botanical Garden include seasonal, hands-on learning with gardening experiences, exploration, nature study, and craft activities. Children spend time planting, playing, observing, growing veggies, creating art and recipes, exploring in nature, making lasting friendships, harvesting garden produce, and creating botanical crafts. Activities also include sharing stories and songs, using observation skills to understand how nature is a part of everyday life, taking on garden projects, identifying local plants and animals, conducting scientific experiments, and exploring topics in environmental justice.
• Ages: 2–14 years old
• Schedule: Year-round options including one-hour Garden Buds sessions on Sundays in fall and spring and Fridays in summer; eight-week, two-hour Sunday sessions in spring and fall for Children’s Garden and Junior Naturalists; and summer programs running Mondays to Thursdays, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, in one- and two-week blocks, with optional extended hours until 5:30 PM for certain programs.
• Price: Typically $150–$900 per session, with Garden Buds at $150 per block, spring and fall Children’s Garden and Junior Naturalists at $400 Non-Member / $380 Family-Level+ Member, and summer Children’s Garden and Junior Naturalists two-week sessions at $900 Non-Member / $855 Family+ Member and one-week Children’s Garden session at $450 Non-Member / $427.50 Family+ Member, plus optional extended hours at $40 per day where offered.
Queens Botanical Garden’s Kids Programs take place within a 39-acre garden that evolved from the “Gardens on Parade” exhibit at the 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair and officially opened as The Queens Botanical Garden Society in 1946. The Garden states that it is an urban oasis where people, plants, and cultures are celebrated through inspiring gardens, educational programs, and real-world applications of environmental stewardship, and it acknowledges that it is situated on the traditional land of the Matinecock people through a living land acknowledgement.
Queens Botanical Garden notes that its operation is supported in part by public funds from New York City and New York State agencies and elected officials, as well as corporate, foundation, and individual supporters, and that Amerasia Bank sponsors the Children’s Garden. A limited number of need-based scholarships for Kids Programs are available on a sliding scale, requested via Brightwheel at registration, with spring and summer applications due Sunday, February 8th and recipients selected by lottery and notified by the evening of Monday, February 16th, 2026.
Last updated July 29, 2026.
• Ages: 2–14 years old
• Schedule: Year-round options including one-hour Garden Buds sessions on Sundays in fall and spring and Fridays in summer; eight-week, two-hour Sunday sessions in spring and fall for Children’s Garden and Junior Naturalists; and summer programs running Mondays to Thursdays, 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, in one- and two-week blocks, with optional extended hours until 5:30 PM for certain programs.
• Price: Typically $150–$900 per session, with Garden Buds at $150 per block, spring and fall Children’s Garden and Junior Naturalists at $400 Non-Member / $380 Family-Level+ Member, and summer Children’s Garden and Junior Naturalists two-week sessions at $900 Non-Member / $855 Family+ Member and one-week Children’s Garden session at $450 Non-Member / $427.50 Family+ Member, plus optional extended hours at $40 per day where offered.
Queens Botanical Garden’s Kids Programs take place within a 39-acre garden that evolved from the “Gardens on Parade” exhibit at the 1939–1940 New York World’s Fair and officially opened as The Queens Botanical Garden Society in 1946. The Garden states that it is an urban oasis where people, plants, and cultures are celebrated through inspiring gardens, educational programs, and real-world applications of environmental stewardship, and it acknowledges that it is situated on the traditional land of the Matinecock people through a living land acknowledgement.
Queens Botanical Garden notes that its operation is supported in part by public funds from New York City and New York State agencies and elected officials, as well as corporate, foundation, and individual supporters, and that Amerasia Bank sponsors the Children’s Garden. A limited number of need-based scholarships for Kids Programs are available on a sliding scale, requested via Brightwheel at registration, with spring and summer applications due Sunday, February 8th and recipients selected by lottery and notified by the evening of Monday, February 16th, 2026.
Last updated July 29, 2026.
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