Field Trips at the Arboretum

$210/class.
Come to the Arboretum for a seasonal learning experience in our gardens.

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School group at Spring Peeper Meadow, photo by Vienna Volante

Self-Guided Visits for student groups

Available Monday-Friday only. 2024: April 15-Oct. 31, between 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Available Monday-Friday from April-Oct.
Free with accompanying school-year Field Trip/$25 all other bookings

Fall in the Forest Field Trip at the Arboretum, photo by Vienna Volante

(Grades PreK-1) Fall in the Forest Field Trip at the Arb

Available between Sept. 18-Oct. 5, 2023

Times: 9:30-10:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., or 1-2:15 p.m.

No longer available for 2023
$210/class

Student with an apple on an Arb Field Trip, photo IgorKisselev/shutterstock

(Grades 1-6) Apple Harvest Field Trip at the Arb

Available between Sept. 18-Oct. 13, 2023

Times: 9:30-10:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., or 1-2:15 p.m.

No longer available for 2023
$210/class

Pumpkins field trip, photo by Vienna Volante, APS

(Grades 1-3) It’s a Pumpkin’s Life Field Trip at the Arb

Available between Oct. 6-Nov. 12, 2023

Times: 9:30-11:30 a.m. or 12:15-2:15 p.m.

$210/class

Green Grocery Field Trip, photo by Vianna Volante, APS

(Grades 1-3) Green Grocery Field Trip at the Arb: “Did You Eat a Plant Today?”

Available between Nov. 8-Dec. 8, 2023

Times: 9:30-11:30 a.m. or 12:15-2:15 p.m.

$210/class

Plants and their Habitats Field Trip, photo by Vienna Volante, Arboretum Photographer's Society.

(Grades 2-6) Plants & Their Habitats Field Trip at the Arb

Available between Jan. 18-Feb. 29, 2024

Times: 9:30-11:30 a.m. or 12:15-2:15 p.m.

$210/class

Sprout Field Trip at the Arb, photo by Arb Staff

(Grades PreK-1) Sprout! Field Trip at the Arb

Available between Feb. 5-27, 2024

Times: 9:30-10:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. or 1-2:15 p.m.

$210/class

maple field trip at the Arb, photo by Megan Goeke

(Grades 1-6) Maple Syrup Trail: Exploration Station Field Trip at the Arb

Available between March 5-22, 2024

2-hour program: 9:30-11:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. or noon-2 p.m.

$210/class

Ready, Set, Grow Field Trip at the Arboretum, Photo by Ausf/Shutterstock

(Grades PreK-1) Ready, Set, Grow! Field Trip at the Arb

Available between April 16-May 31, 2024

Times: 9:30-10:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., or 1-2:15 p.m.

$210/class.

Honey bee on purple flower

(Grades 2 - 6) Pollination Investigation Field Trip at the Arb

Available between Apr. 30-May 31, 2024

Times: 9:45-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., or 1:15-2:30 p.m.

$210/class


 

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