Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Children's Garden
This century old garden is devoted especially to children in BBG's gardening classes. Everything you see here is planted, tended, and harvested by kids!
🔎 Look for hand-painted signs
Children don't just plant the beds, they paint the markers—large signs indicate age groups; smaller stakes show the gardeners' names.
❗ Sign up for a program.
The Children's Garden is oopen to enrolled program participants only. To learn more or sign up for classes, visit bbg.org/learn/children.
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City Farmer participants maintaining their plot, 2015.
Children learn to clean and maintain their tools, some of which are over 100 years old!
Children receiving a lesson from Miss Frances M. Miner, a Children's Garden educator for 43 years, 1931.
Erected by Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Horticulture & Forestry • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1931.
Location. 40° 39.87′ N, 73° 57.713′ W. Marker is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Marker can be reached from Flatbush Avenue north
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. A Place for City Kids to Grow Since 1914 (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Children's Garden (a few steps from this marker); Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Dasheen (within shouting distance of this marker); Eddoe (within shouting distance of this marker); Living Land Acknowledgement (within shouting distance of this marker); Ginger (within shouting distance of this marker); Aquatic Plants for Aquatic Birds (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Brooklyn.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 17, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 71 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 17, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
