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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!
Field Trips
Discover the ever-changing wonders of YOUR Columbus Botanical Garden! Every season brings new plants, animals, and natural surprises to explore. We offer a variety of exciting field trip programs to choose from, each designed to spark curiosity and connect students with the garden’s unique story from its rich history to the amazing plants and pollinators that call it home.
Best of all, all of our field trip programs are thoughtfully aligned with Georgia State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), ensuring your students have a meaningful, standards-based learning experience that’s hands-on, fun, and unforgettable.
Come explore, discover, and connect with nature in a way that only the Columbus Botanical Garden can offer!
2026 Columbus Botanical Garden Field Trips
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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.
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Field trip seasons are September - Mid - November and Mid March - May.
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Field trips cost $5 per student. 1 adult is free for every 5 students. Each additional adult is $5.
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To schedule a field trip please complete our inquiry form online and our education coordinator will reach out to you.
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Field trip bookings will not be confirmed until payment and a signed field trip policy form have been received.
Spring 2026 Field Trips are FULL
Now booking for Summer Field Trips
Field Trip Options
La Calavera Catrina
Grades: Pre-K - 5th
Step into the garden and experience the magic of La Calavera Catrina through nine stunning, larger-than-life sculptures, while discovering monarchs and their magnificent migration and the vibrant ways nature, art, and culture come together.
Garden Adventure
Grades: Pre-K - 5th
Join us for a morning of fun at the Columbus Botanical Garden encouraging curiosity about life in the garden and creating with nature!
Field Trip Form
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
