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Kids in the garden

Bring the kids! Our greenhouses are chemical-free, so little hands can touch, smell and explore. Hunt for hidden plants, meet your plant buddy, and grow it with us all summer.

Scavenger huntFind 12 plants hiding in our greenhousesFind your plant buddyThree silly questions, one perfect plantSummer grow-alongMeasure it, show us, collect stamps

Greenhouse scavenger hunt

Can you find all 12?

Start it on a grown-up’s phone (or scan the sign by our door). Every photo stays blurry until you find that plant — no peeking! Rather use paper? Print it.

A plant that folds its leaves when you touch it
A leaf as soft as a lamb
A flower with a dragon’s mouth
A leaf that smells like pineapple
A leaf that smells like pizza
A leaf with polka dots
A purple leaf
A plant named after an animal
A bee or butterfly on a flower
A plant taller than you
How many colors of petunias can you count?
A vegetable you’ve eaten before
Start the huntPrint the paper hunt

Find all 12 and show us at the register for a little surprise.

The garden rule: touch and smell, but don’t taste. Some garden plants make people and pets sick if eaten, even ones grown without chemicals. Only eat what a grown-up picked for you.

Plant buddies

Find your plant buddy

Answer three quick questions and we’ll match you with a plant that’s just right for you. Then come find it on our benches.

Your buddy will pop up hereAnswer the questions to meet them.

Meet all the buddies

Every buddy shows how easy it is, so grown-ups can pick a first plant that won’t end in tears.

Medium
Cherry tomatoesSungold, Supersweet 100 and Yellow Pear are sweet as candy. One plant in a big pot gives handfuls all August.
Easy
Bush beansThe more you pick, the more beans it makes. Great for snacking right off the plant (with a grown-up’s OK).
Easy
ZinniasFast, tough and every color. Cut a bunch for the table and more grow back. Butterflies love them.
Easy
MarigoldsBright, happy in hot sun and very hard to mess up. Sniff the leaves — they have a strong smell.
Medium
SnapdragonsThe talking-dragon flower. They like cool weather and keep blooming into fall.
Easy
Mint in its own potChocolate mint, strawberry mint, mojito mint. Rub a leaf and smell. It spreads, so give it a pot of its own.
Big project
PumpkinsPlant by early June for a Halloween pumpkin. The vines need lots of room to run.
Easy
Lamb’s earSoft, fuzzy leaves that come back every year. The perfect plant for little hands.

Summer grow-along · ages 4–10

Grow it with us this summer

Pick a plant in May, measure it every week, and bring us a photo in August. Fill your passport with stamps along the way.

A girl touching a fuzzy lamb’s ear plant while a boy measures a zinnia with a ruler, in terracotta pots on a greenhouse bench beside a plant journal
  1. 1
    Plant itPick your buddy at the greenhouse and get your first stamp.May
  2. 2
    Measure itEvery Saturday, measure with the cut-out ruler and draw it on your chart.All summer
  3. 3
    First flower or snackShow us a photo of the first flower or first snack for stamp two.June
  4. 4
    Show us!Bring a photo in August for your last stamp.August
My plant passport

One sheet, folded in half. We stamp it at the register in May, June, July and August.

Print it
Cut-out ruler

Three strips that tape together into a 30-inch ruler. Prints at actual size.

Print it
Growing chart

Eight weeks of boxes to draw your plant and write how tall it is.

Print it

Fill all four stamps and you get a little surprise at the register in August.