Kids study fall wildflowers and make flower art at Ijams Park on Saturday morning
The Wonder of Wildflowers is built for ages six to twelve: how a flower is put together, how pollination works, what people once used each plant for, and an art piece to carry home.
- When
- Sat Oct 3 · 9:30–11 AM
- Where
- Ijams Park · 2915 Island Home Ave
- Cost
- $10 a child · adults free
- Ages
- 6 to 12, with family
- The series
- Ecosystem Explorers · come to one or come to all
- Scouts
- Fits the Junior Girl Scout Flowers badge
- For grown-ups
- The adult Fall Wildflower Walk runs the same hour · $15 · ages 14+
The park's Ecosystem Explorers series is a run of short outdoor programs for children, and Saturday's is about fall wildflowers. Ijams Park naturalists take the group through flower anatomy and the pollination process, teach how to identify the native wildflowers they come across, and explain the historical, medicinal and cultural uses of each one. It ends with every child making a flower-inspired art piece.
It is designed for ages six to twelve, the child's ticket is ten dollars, and the adult who comes along gets in free. There is no commitment to the rest of the series. The park notes it suits Junior Girl Scouts working on the Flowers badge. For a household with older kids, the adult Fall Wildflower Walk goes out at the same hour, 9:30, for fifteen dollars.
