Children’s Adventure Garden at Dallas Arboretum
The Children’s Adventure Garden at Dallas Arboretum is for outdoor play and learning for kids from tots to middle school-aged.… Read More
Jenny Rose Carey’s playful garden rooms at Northview, part 2
Jenny Rose Carey has been gardening at Northview for 25 years – a charming place thanks to so many years of her plantsmanship and creativity.… Read More
Magical children’s garden and plant displays at Longwood’s conservatory
Longwood’s conservatories are amazing just for the architecture. But the plant showmanship within them is astonishing. Here’s the children’s garden and more.… Read More
Trolls, grasses, and a storybook children’s garden at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens contains wonderful fall grasses, a fun and literary children’s garden, and trolls!… Read More
Exploring the Children’s Garden: Missouri Botanical Garden, part 5
The Children’s Garden had recently reopened when I visited Missouri Botanical Garden earlier this month, and the kids were clearly loving it. Dubbed “A Missouri Adventure,” the nearly 2-acre garden leans into 1800s settler imagery.… Read More
Origami sculpture in the Culinary and Adventure gardens at San Antonio Botanical Garden
Part 3 of my visit to San Antonio Botanical Garden’s culinary and family gardens to see the Origami sculpture by Santa Fe artist Kevin Box.… Read More
Children’s Garden at Denver Botanic Gardens: Denver Garden Bloggers Fling
Part of the Mordecai Children’s Garden at Denver Botanic Gardens, which I visited during the Denver Fling (June 2019), sits atop a parking garage, making it one very large rooftop garden. A pretty alpine garden, including this crevice garden, greets you as you enter, and it surprised me a bit, as I expected more of a play space. To be sure, there are play areas, but the garden is designed to encourage learning about Colorado eco-regions and plants along the way.… Read More
Play outdoors in magical Family Adventure Garden at San Antonio Botanical Garden
November 10, 2018 I’ve visited a lot of play gardens, and I play in ALL of them. But one of the most exciting I’ve seen opened this spring at San Antonio Botanical Garden. The Family Adventure Garden at SABG offers … Read More
Explore Fortlandia at the Wildflower Center
October 25, 2018 Your secret hideout awaits! That’s the tagline for Fortlandia, an exhibit of play forts on display — and available for play — at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center now through February 2019. I visited on a … Read More
Playing in The Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins
September 12, 2018 During our Great American West road trip last month, my daughter and I passed through charming Fort Collins, Colorado, and visited The Gardens on Spring Creek, the city’s community-oriented botanic garden. The entry garden was ablaze with … Read More
Nature Nights introduces kids to the Wildflower Center’s new Family Garden
June 17, 2014 My kids are teens now and well past playground age. But I’m not! Since the Luci and Ian Family Garden opened on May 4, I’ve been wanting to check it out. I previewed the garden before it … Read More