The Children's Garden

Short Description:

Children 3-12 years: $3 in addition to general Garden admission
Children under 2 and Adults over 13: free
April-October, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.
Closed November-March

This interactive playground encourages children to learn and get a little exercise in a safe environment. The Children's Garden invites families to explore four routes modeled to suit individual children's interests: the Botanist, the Discoverer, the Explorer, or the Adventurist path. Each offers different natural wonders to explore. For instance, children can investigate evidence of previous plant, animal, and human visitors in the Ozark cave, cross a rope bridge, look at stalactites and stalagmites, and trace a tree's history by its rings.