HAmilton Children's Garden
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Hamilton Children's Garden Events and Activities

Hours
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Daily
(Closed Christmas and New Year’s Day)

butterflyButterfly Bed and Breakfast
Come see the latest addition to the Hamilton Children’s Garden, our new Butterfly B&B. We have a new enclosure for caterpillars to eat, rest, and transform into butterflies—all the stages of butterfly metamorphosis.


Summer Hamilton Happenings

Microscopes, Magnifiers and Mother Nature
Monday 1:00 pm-3:00 pm
Monday afternoon is for science. We will get up-close and personal with nature looking at insects, plants, and even dirt.

Paint, Plant, Play
Fridays 10:30- 12 noon
Friday mornings are "made in the shade' time at the Hamilton Children's Garden. Take advantage of our new shade structure for drop-in art and crafts activities.


Abrakadoodle Art Camp
Week-long art camps, July 19 – 23 and August 9 – 13.
Camp runs 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Monday through Friday including a mini-art show for parents on Fridays.

Cost: $189 (Abrakadoodle).
Information and registration: 760/ 731–0555 or www.abrakadoodle.com/ca07.html.
Discount for early registration.

Champions Science Adventures
Summer Day Camps
Action-packed science fun for kids ages 6 – 12. Each week-long camp program is filled with fun experiments, individual projects, and engaging science. Camps are Monday through Friday, 9 am – 12 noon or 9 am – 3:30 pm.

Cost range is $199 - $309.
Enroll online at www.discoverchampions.com or call 1-888-458-1812.
Discount for early registration.

 

Celebrate Grandparents Day
Fall for a Book
September 19
2:00 – 4:30 pm

Bring your Grandma and Grandpa, your Bubbe and Zaidy, your Nana and Pops, or Abuela and Abuelo to the Hamilton Children’s Garden for an afternoon of readings, authors, and book signings. Books will be available for purchase.
Cost: Free with admission.

 

Lizards

Find Leonard
Lucille the lizard is looking for her best friend Leonard. Come to the Hamilton Children’s Garden, follow the trail, and see if you can help find him.

 

>> Download your own activity coloring page (11 x 17 PDF file)

>> Download Leonard and Lucille coloring page
(8.5 x 11 PDF file)

 

 




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ongoing activities

Tours
Every Saturday at 10:30 am
Meet at Visitor's Center.
No reservations required.
Free with admission.
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Waterwise Tour
On the last Saturday
of each month at 10:30 am

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Botanical Originals
1st Sunday of each month
9:30 am Gift card-making
with natural elements.

Cost: $20

Bird Watching
8:00 am first Monday
of the month.

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Seeds of Wonder
Activities for children and their
caregivers Tuesday,
Wednesday and
Thursday morning.

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Hamilton Happenings
Explore the natural world in the Hamilton Children’s Garden.
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