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A PLACE TO LEARN AND GROW

Field Trips

Visit the Columbus Botanical Garden and let your students “learn naturally” in a fun interactive outdoor setting! The Garden offers both guided and self-guided programs giving your students the opportunity to discover all that nature has to offer!

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Field Trips

Come and learn about YOUR Columbus Botanical Garden! The garden is ever changing and there are new plants and animals to discover in every season. Each field trip to the garden will include lessons on the history of the garden and the plants, animals and natural processes that make the unique and beautiful garden that you get to explore! Lessons are tailored around the time of year you attend, and the topics can include: pollinators/pollination, winter blooming flowers, herbs, vegetables, bee keeping, native plants, trees, bird migration, carnivorous plants and MORE! 

2025 Columbus Botanical Garden Field Trips 

  • Field Trips are available from 10am -12pm, Tuesday - Friday during our field trip seasons. Groups are welcome to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy in the garden.

  • Field trip seasons are September - Mid - November and Mid March - May. 

  • Field trips cost $5 per student. 1 adult is free for every 5 students. Each additional adult is $5.

  • To schedule a field trip please complete our inquiry form online and our education coordinator will reach out to you. 

  • Field trip bookings will not be confirmed until payment and a signed field trip policy form have been received.

Summer Field Trips for Full! Field Trip inquiries will re-open in August 2025

Check out our summer drop in programs instead! 

Self-guided Adventure Activities

Ask at the kiosk for a seasonal self led activity or scavenger hunt!

Bringing a group of kids to the garden and want to be sure they’ll have a self led activity? Email our Education Coordinator at trobinson@columbusbotanicalgarden.org

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