4 Michigan Children’s Gardens

Lena Meijer Children’s Garden

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Gaffield Children’s Garden

The Visitor’s Center near the garden entrance lends adventure backpacks with all the necessary supplies for extra fun. Learn more

The bag has everything to play a competitive round of Conservation Bingo or to participate in a Scavenger Hunt.

Dow Gardens, Midland

The children’s garden in Dow Gardens emphasizes growing both flowers and vegetables. Learn more

In the organic vegetable garden, at harvest time, pick and take what you can carry home. Those vegetables extend math learning through measuring and making new recipes.

Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden

The Michigan 4-H Children’s Garden encourages understanding plants through their fifty-five themed gardens. Learn more

The Pharmacy garden lends itself to a discussion of the plant’s healing properties. This garden has plants that doctors use to treat children’s diseases or ones that they employed in the past.

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