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Youth & Family Classes at San Antonio Botanical Garden include activities such as gardening, art, cooking, family hikes, and guided tours. Families can take part in programs like the Children’s Vegetable Garden Program, Celebrate Days, Forest Bathing in the Garden, and Family Workshop: Succulent Terrarium. Other offerings include sessions such as Pests in the Garden, Intro to Composting at Home, Digging into Texas Soil, Art and History of Terrariums, Drop-in Guided Tour: Birds of Texas, and Drop-in Guided Tour: Texas Native Grass Walk.
• Ages: 7–16 years old
• Schedule: Celebrate Days occur monthly, and the Children’s Vegetable Garden Program meets every Saturday; November–February hours are 9 a.m.–5 p.m. daily with an 8 a.m.–9 a.m. members-only hour.
• Price: Celebrate Days are free with Garden admission and membership.
Celebrate Days are themed, all-ages events with rotating themes based around special exhibitions, nature, and cultural holidays, and they include live music, performances by local artists, concessions, and hands-on education activities led by volunteers and garden educators. The Children’s Vegetable Garden Program allots each family a 3.5′ by 28′ garden plot, and children in this program take home the vegetables they grow, with every Saturday meeting featuring a planting activity or presentation to connect children to plants, nature, and the food they eat. From growing vegetables to understanding gardening in the Texas landscape, fitness, and food, the Garden offers classes for guests of all ages.
The San Antonio Botanical Garden features 1,000 plant species, 100 species of pollinators, an uncommon variety of plants, a rotating calendar of events, and natural seasonal changes. The Garden offers free admission every day for members and a member-only hour before opening. Otherwild is a large-scale immersive exhibit featuring the work of artist Patrick Shearn and his studio, Poetic Kinetics.
Kumamoto En is an authentic Japanese garden designed by the Emperor’s gardener, Kiyoshi Yasui, and modeled after one at the Emperor’s summer home, symbolizing the connection between East and West with tranquil ponds, stone paths, and elements representing both Japan’s Mt. Fuji and Texas’ Hill Country. The Kumamoto En garden is a gift from San Antonio’s sister city, Kumamoto.
The recommended future Botanical Garden site was a gift to the City from George W. Brackenridge in 1899, and the property was home to the Brackenridge Waterworks in 1877. Funding for groundwork began in 1970, groundbreaking ceremonies were held on July 21, 1976, and the official opening of the San Antonio Botanical Garden was May 3, 1980. The San Antonio Botanical Garden Society, Inc. was chartered in 1980, the Botanical Garden expanded by eight acres in 2017, and as of early 2019 the Botanical Garden transitioned into privatization after a 30-year partnership with the City of San Antonio. The Garden has been open to the public for over 45 years.
The San Antonio Botanical Garden Society, Inc. was established to support the Botanical Garden in its role of inspiring people to connect with the world of plants and understand the importance of plants in our lives, with the guiding statement “Enriching Lives Through Plants and Nature.” The Garden states that everyone deserves to experience the beauty of nature and that all are welcome to do so at the Garden.
Last updated February 3, 2026.
• Ages: 7–16 years old
• Schedule: Celebrate Days occur monthly, and the Children’s Vegetable Garden Program meets every Saturday; November–February hours are 9 a.m.–5 p.m. daily with an 8 a.m.–9 a.m. members-only hour.
• Price: Celebrate Days are free with Garden admission and membership.
Celebrate Days are themed, all-ages events with rotating themes based around special exhibitions, nature, and cultural holidays, and they include live music, performances by local artists, concessions, and hands-on education activities led by volunteers and garden educators. The Children’s Vegetable Garden Program allots each family a 3.5′ by 28′ garden plot, and children in this program take home the vegetables they grow, with every Saturday meeting featuring a planting activity or presentation to connect children to plants, nature, and the food they eat. From growing vegetables to understanding gardening in the Texas landscape, fitness, and food, the Garden offers classes for guests of all ages.
The San Antonio Botanical Garden features 1,000 plant species, 100 species of pollinators, an uncommon variety of plants, a rotating calendar of events, and natural seasonal changes. The Garden offers free admission every day for members and a member-only hour before opening. Otherwild is a large-scale immersive exhibit featuring the work of artist Patrick Shearn and his studio, Poetic Kinetics.
Kumamoto En is an authentic Japanese garden designed by the Emperor’s gardener, Kiyoshi Yasui, and modeled after one at the Emperor’s summer home, symbolizing the connection between East and West with tranquil ponds, stone paths, and elements representing both Japan’s Mt. Fuji and Texas’ Hill Country. The Kumamoto En garden is a gift from San Antonio’s sister city, Kumamoto.
The recommended future Botanical Garden site was a gift to the City from George W. Brackenridge in 1899, and the property was home to the Brackenridge Waterworks in 1877. Funding for groundwork began in 1970, groundbreaking ceremonies were held on July 21, 1976, and the official opening of the San Antonio Botanical Garden was May 3, 1980. The San Antonio Botanical Garden Society, Inc. was chartered in 1980, the Botanical Garden expanded by eight acres in 2017, and as of early 2019 the Botanical Garden transitioned into privatization after a 30-year partnership with the City of San Antonio. The Garden has been open to the public for over 45 years.
The San Antonio Botanical Garden Society, Inc. was established to support the Botanical Garden in its role of inspiring people to connect with the world of plants and understand the importance of plants in our lives, with the guiding statement “Enriching Lives Through Plants and Nature.” The Garden states that everyone deserves to experience the beauty of nature and that all are welcome to do so at the Garden.
Last updated February 3, 2026.
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