June 4 – September 11, 2022
Various times | In the garden
Tuesday to Friday and during school holidays; 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; 10 a.m.–5.30 p.m.
This summer at the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden, join us at the Children’s Table to connect with the plants we eat. Explainers will invite families to reminisce about their favorite food stories; investigate the edible plants growing in the children’s garden; pretend to cook a meal in our Plant Part Paradise Playhouse and serve it to family and friends; and pot a herbaceous plant to start your own windowsill garden at home.
- story time
Wednesdays and weekends; 2:30 p.m.
At Swamp Oak Story Point
Discover children’s books focusing on the themes of food and plants. - Walk of History
This summer’s Story Walk features local author Tony Hillery’s children’s book Grown in Harlem (Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 2020), about a community garden started with school children in a vacant lot in Harlem, New York, in 2011, which grew into a citywide network of gardens.
