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2026 Spring Field Trip Learning Sessions
The Buzz About Pollinators
Grades Pre-K – 2
Moving pollen from one flower to another may not seem like a big job, but it’s an important one and it comes with a variety of adaptations for both flowers and pollinators! Learn about some of the world’s biggest, smallest, busiest and silliest pollinators, and test out some of their adaptations.
Flower Power
Grades Pre-K – 3
Explore the colors, smells and the different parts of a flower in this introduction to botany, plus take home a little bit of the flower world as well!
Habitats
Grades K – 3
Home sweet home! Whether your home is a tropical forest, desert, or Western Pennsylvania, different habitats around the world are all amazing places in their own ways. Come join us for an adventure exploring wild neighborhoods and the adaptations it takes to live there.
The Buzz About Pollinators
Grades 3 – 5
From the food that we eat to the meadows and forests we visit, pollinators play an important role in keeping our world functioning! As an important part of that, pollinators and their flowers have some amazing adaptations to find each other and keep the pollen moving. Let’s explore some of the adaptations and test a few out for ourselves!
Habitats
Grades 4 – 8
Home sweet home! Whether your home is a tropical forest, desert, or Western Pennsylvania, different habitats around the world are all amazing places in their own ways. Come join us for an adventure exploring wild neighborhoods and the adaptations it takes to live there.
The Tiny Wonders Around Us
Grades 6 – 8
We know that our living world is made of cells, but sometimes we forget what a wild place the tiny side of our world can be! Brush up on your microscope skills, explore plant biology at the cellular level and determine how some environmental variables can cause a big impact starting on a tiny scale.
Garden Careers
Grades 6 – 8
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in a botanical garden? Maybe you love planting flowers, or maybe you love creating works of graphical art for websites and print catalogues, or maybe you love working in a lab to dig for the answer to societal questions – you can follow any of these paths and more, as a part of a garden career! Come explore what’s possible!
Plant Science Under the Microscope
Grades 9 – 12
Some of the biggest changes in the world start at the smallest scale! Brush up on your microscope skills, explore plant biology at the cellular level and determine how different environmental variables can cause big impacts even starting on a tiny scale.
Garden Careers
Grades 9 – 12
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in a botanical garden? Maybe you love planting flowers, or maybe you love creating works of graphical art for websites and print catalogues, or maybe you love working in a lab to dig for the answer to societal questions – you can follow any of these paths and more, as a part of a garden career! Come explore what’s possible!
