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in Atlanta, GA 30309about Atlanta Botanical Garden:
The Atlanta Botanical Garden offers a 30-acre respite from the hustle and bustle of city life. Here you'll find formal gardens (including specialty flower gardens - perennial, Japanese, and Rose), a woodland shade garden, bogs containing carnivorous plants, a 60-foot waterlily pool, and Storza Woods (an old growth forest).
The Children's Garden combines plant education and interactive entertainment to create a favorite family destination. Opened in September 1999, with Live Garden renovations in 2008, the two-acre garden was built in partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to represent the notion that gardens and plants help to keep children's spirits, bodies, and minds healthy and balanced.
A dinosaur sand pit, a children's play structure, and areas where children can compare their height to various flowers are all popular elements. Some of the newest additions are a fast slide with a living, green roof, and a new resonant (meaning you can drum on it!) seating wall opposite the slide.
Visitors crossing the Flower Bridge over the Garden entrance are greeted by the limestone Green Man Fountain, a mythical half-man, half-plant legend sculpted with a face made of kudzu leaves; he plays the role of Mother Nature's counterpart. The Children's Garden features six themed sections, a beehive meadow, bogs, a three-story treehouse, and a gnome-occupied rock grotto that delights children and adults alike. Photo opportunities abound in this colorful wonderland.
Although picnicking is not permitted in the Garden, the adjacent Piedmont Park is a wonderful place to enjoy an outdoor lunch or supper.
The Atlanta Botanical Garden also offers a great Environmental Summer Camp for children ages four through ten that focuses on learning about the environment.
Memberships are available for individuals and families. Perks include free admission to the gardens, discounts on classes, special events, and gifts shop purchases, and a subscription to the members newsletter.
The Garden is closed Christmas and New Year's Days, and open on holiday Mondays.
The Children's Garden combines plant education and interactive entertainment to create a favorite family destination. Opened in September 1999, with Live Garden renovations in 2008, the two-acre garden was built in partnership with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to represent the notion that gardens and plants help to keep children's spirits, bodies, and minds healthy and balanced.
A dinosaur sand pit, a children's play structure, and areas where children can compare their height to various flowers are all popular elements. Some of the newest additions are a fast slide with a living, green roof, and a new resonant (meaning you can drum on it!) seating wall opposite the slide.
Visitors crossing the Flower Bridge over the Garden entrance are greeted by the limestone Green Man Fountain, a mythical half-man, half-plant legend sculpted with a face made of kudzu leaves; he plays the role of Mother Nature's counterpart. The Children's Garden features six themed sections, a beehive meadow, bogs, a three-story treehouse, and a gnome-occupied rock grotto that delights children and adults alike. Photo opportunities abound in this colorful wonderland.
Although picnicking is not permitted in the Garden, the adjacent Piedmont Park is a wonderful place to enjoy an outdoor lunch or supper.
The Atlanta Botanical Garden also offers a great Environmental Summer Camp for children ages four through ten that focuses on learning about the environment.
Memberships are available for individuals and families. Perks include free admission to the gardens, discounts on classes, special events, and gifts shop purchases, and a subscription to the members newsletter.
The Garden is closed Christmas and New Year's Days, and open on holiday Mondays.
tips:
Let the kids wear swimsuits in the summer months, and splash in the children's area fountains. A nearby bathroom makes changing to dry clothes quick and easy.
getting there:
From Downtown (I-85/I-75S), take the 14th Street exit and go east until it dead-ends into Piedmont Avenue. Turn left on Piedmont Avenue. Turn right at the first traffic light, into the entrance to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
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