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At the Missouri Botanical Garden, we strive to provide teachers and students with activities and field trip options that are as innovative as our grounds are beautiful! Featuring inquiry-based hands-on activities, knowledgeable instructors and fascinating plants, a field trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden is an educational experience your students will remember for a lifetime!

We welcome all school-age learners and invite you to request a guided visit led by Missouri Botanical Garden educators and volunteers or a self-guided visit, which allows you to lead your own students through the Garden. You may also request a virtual school tour where Missouri Botanical Garden instructors join your classroom online for a live experience with plants.

As availability is limited, we recommend that programs be reserved as far in advance as possible. Schools are welcome to book a trip to the Missouri Botanical Garden on Tuesdays–Fridays (Garden is closed on Mondays) throughout the year. For questions about programming or an existing program scheduled, email schoolprograms@mobot.org or call (314) 577-5185.

Construction of the new Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden is continuing throughout the spring of 2023; please view and share the printable Bus Parking Instructions map prior to your arrival. Parents and chaperones arriving when the parking lot is full should use the free parking at the overflow lots at the corner of Shaw Boulevard and Vandeventer.

To learn more about the new visitor center, please view the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center Announcement.

Field Trips & Outreach

  Students explore soil
Garden Classes
Dig deep and learn about plants, soil and ecosystems using interactive activities, stories and hands-on explorations! Learn more		   Girls looking into aquarium
Self-guided Visits
Design your own class experience at the Garden!
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Virtual Programming
We've modified programming to meet your needs!
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Outreach Programs
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Teacher Professional Development

Teachers planting seeds during a workshopTeachers, we have learning opportunities for you, too! Sign up for one of our workshops.

 

Sustainability in Schools

Students with landfill model The Garden's EarthWays Center offers PK–12 school programs and classroom visits centering on wise resource use, including waste reduction and recycling, pollutants and energy consumption. Professional development opportunities for teachers and support to integrate sustainability and environmental literacy to colleges and universities are also available. Learn more

 

PlantLab Student Scientists

Announcing a NEW program: PlantLab Student Scientists

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  • Practice STEM skills that can tackle real-world environmental challenges
  • Connect with field professionals in plant science, horticulture, conservation, education, and sustainability
  • Develop stronger self-identities as critical thinkers and creative problem-solvers
  • Spark interest in careers that can lead to a more sustainable future
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Top 10 Ways to Explore your Neighborhood

Use all of your senses to view your neighborhood through wonder and to experience the natural world around you just outside your door. Our sensing organs help us to send information to our brains to help us understand the world around us.

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Learn at Our Other Sites

Check out field trip opportunities at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield, Missouri, Litzsinger Road Ecology Center in Ladue or the Shaw Nature Reserve located in Gray Summit!

 

Looking for More Nature-inspired Ideas?

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No-cost Outdoor Learning Experience

Teacher with students at LREC Visit the Garden's Litzsinger Road Ecology Center with your class and learn how partnering with us will improve your skills as an outdoor place-based educator.
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Holding an Event?

Instructor teaching kids about butterflies Whether your event is a STEM night, a career fair, a professional development day or a conference, our educators can create and customize an experience for your audience.
Complete and submit a request form to learn more.