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Other Children's Programs

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The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden welcomes school groups, families and other children's organizations to enjoy our beautiful and educational gardens.

Children's Garden

Creatures of the Night Overnight

Join us for a special night of exploration in the Children’s Adventure Garden!
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Prices range from $50.00 to $55.00
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Girl Scout Daisy Night Owls

Start your Daisy Journey in the best outdoor learning classroom in Dallas - the Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden!
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Prices range from $30.00 to $35.00
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Scout Groups

Girl Scouts in the Garden: Flowers

Juniors will dissect a flower and explore how flowers are helpful. They will explore the beautiful varieties of flowers on a short tour, then put flowers to use by making their own fragrant floral spray. They’ll also learn the language of flowers by making a silk bouquet.
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Prices range from $10.00 to $15.00
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Girl Scouts in the Garden: Eating for You

Cadettes will investigate food science and learn ways to manage nutrition and activity levels to grow strong and healthy. They will perform an experiment to determine Vitamin C levels in beverages, make fruit-infused water, and explore the new A Tasteful Place garden.
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Prices range from $10.00 to $15.00
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Girl Scouts in the Garden: Bugs

Brownies will discover what makes bugs such an important part of the Dallas Arboretum gardens. They will look at bugs up close to explore what helps them survive (and how they help people and animals too!).
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Prices range from $10.00 to $15.00
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Girl Scouts in the Garden: Trees

Cadette Scouts will discover adaptations that help trees thrive and explore trees at the Dallas Arboretum. They will also learn how to transfer a group photo onto a piece of wood to take home and display.
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Prices range from $10.00 to $15.00
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Girl Scouts in the Garden: Geocacher

Juniors will learn important orienteering skills, including how to navigate using a compass. They will make a survival keychain, then use a GPS enabled device on a Geocaching scavenger hunt through the garden.
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Prices range from $10.00 to $15.00
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Girl Scouts in the Garden: Painting

Brownies will develop their own style as artists as they learn to interpret and paint the world around them. After exploring different types of art, scouts will paint a landscape and a still-life using the garden as inspiration.
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Prices range from $10.00 to $15.00
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Girl Scouts in the Garden: Storybook Stem

Daisies will explore the engineering design process through new and familiar storybooks. They will design and test a new house for the Three Little Pigs and create their own monster to take home.
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Prices range from $10.00 to $15.00
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Girl Scouts in the Garden: Outdoor Art Adventure

Join us for a day of nature-focused arts and crafts in this come-and-go event. Each registered Scout will receive a Dallas Arboretum Fun Patch and complete most, if not all, of the requirements to obtain their Outdoor Art Badge.
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Prices range from $10.00 to $15.00
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Homeschool

Homeschool Workshop: Project Pumpkin

Pumpkins make great pies and festive decorations, but they’re also full of potential for science discoveries! In this special seasonal program, students will navigate fun pumpkin experiments which are sure to make them never look at this favorite fall fruit the same way again!
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Prices range from $10.00 to $20.00
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Homeschool Workshop: Thanksgiving STEM

Thanksgiving is about eating delicious food, spending time with family, and science! In this holiday workshop, we'll give you something to gobble about as we investigate seasonal foods and discover the science behind Thanksgiving traditions.
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Prices range from $10.00 to $20.00
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Homeschool Workshop: Christmas Village Tour

Enjoy the holidays with a step back in time as we tour a vintage Christmas village! We'll return to the classroom to get hands-on experience with some of the careers featured in the village, such as candle making!
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Prices range from $10.00 to $20.00
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Homeschool Workshop: Ready for Spring

Spring may seem far away, but it's just around the corner! Get ready with us as we make wildflower seed bombs and make a bird nest helper!
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Prices range from $10.00 to $20.00
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Homeschool Workshop: Scientist Profile - George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver was a botanist and inventor who revolutionized agrilculture in the south and discovered hundreds of uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes. Join us to learn about this amazing scientist and do our own plant experiments!
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Prices range from $10.00 to $20.00
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Homeschool Workshop: Blooms Bonanza

Our Blooms festival showcases the outstanding beauty of flowers, but there is even more to investigate if we take a closer look! In this workshop, we'll take a dive inside flowers with flower dissections, DIY models, and more!
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Prices range from $10.00 to $20.00
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Homeschool Lab: Owl Pellet Dissection

What can we learn from an owl's lunch? In this program, we'll dissect owl pellets and observe furs and skulls to learn more about predator/prey relationships.
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Prices range from $8.00 to $10.00
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Homeschool Lab: 12 Days STEM Walk

This seasonal STEM program is sure to get you in the holiday spirit! The Arboretum’s 12 Days of Christmas gazebos are beautiful, but they also contain a wealth of math and science waiting to be explored! In this program, students will open their minds to the exciting world of math outside of a textbook setting.
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Prices range from $8.00 to $10.00
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Homeschool Lab: Bubble Science

Bubbles are not only beautiful, but scientific as well! We’ll learn about the science of bubbles, discover how to make the best bubble solution, and of course make bubbles galore!
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Prices range from $8.00 to $10.00
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Homeschool Lab: Texas Native Plant Lab

This program focuses on plants which are specially adapted to survive in diverse ecosystems. Through hands-on investigations, students refine their scientific observation skills while exploring cacti, succulents, grasses and wildflowers in this educational garden.
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Prices range from $8.00 to $10.00
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Homeschool Lab: Kaleidoscope

Students will investigate how nature and math are connected by observing shapes and patterns in nature. Finally, students will make their own interesting patterns to take home!
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Prices range from $8.00 to $10.00
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