Eco-Explorers “Try It” Backpack
This backpack encourages Brownies to explore relationships in nature. They will play a “Living and Non-Living” game, take a nature walk, make a giant food chain, and learn how to help wildlife in their own backyards or parks. Brownies will visit much of the Garden while completing their Eco-Explorers “Try It” badge requirements during one visit.

Plants “Try It” Backpack
This backpack contains materials, maps, and teaching activities that focus on the plant world. Brownies can tell stories and play games that explore the variety of plant life on Earth, how plants grow and how they are used everyday. They will make plant rubbings, study germinating seeds, and gather fallen leaves on an adventure walk through the Garden. At the end of their exploration, they will have completed the Plants “Try It” activity.

Climatron®
Enrich your students’ knowledge of the tropical rain forest with a walk through the Climatron®. Students are transported to a lush lowland rain forest, complete with waterfalls, tropical birds, and some 1,500 plants.
A brochure is available upon request.

English Woodland Garden
This shady woodland is an ideal place to study a temperate deciduous forest and the interactions of the plants and animals that live there.

Victorian Area
Founded in 1859, the Garden maintains many Victorian elements and structures, including six historic structures designed by renowned architect George I. Barnett. Featured here are Henry Shaw’s mausoleum, an herb garden, a maze, and the Piper Observatory.
A brochure is available upon request.

Kemper Center for Home Gardening
Twenty-three display gardens including a native plant meadow, a prairie, and a garden for birds makes this eight acre site a place of discovery and educational opportunities.
A brochure is available upon request.

Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden
Students can explore waterfalls, a river, an old steam boat, a cave, a 19th century Missouri village, get wet in the Splash area or climb up into a tree house to get a birds-eye view from the boardwalk that winds through the canopy of mature Osage Orange trees. This exciting new attraction is a special place designed for education and adventure. Open daily April 1 through October 31.
Please note: There is an additional $3.00 per child entry fee for the Children’s Garden.
A map is available upon request.

Seiwa-En Japanese Garden
Bridges and colorful koi, cherry blossoms or snow—whatever the season, the Japanese garden is always enjoyed by visitors. The garden consists of fourteen acres of beautiful plantings with a central lake.
A brochure is available upon request.

Grigg Nanjing Friendship Garden
Experience an authentic Chinese Garden with pavilion, moon gate, traditional stones, and plantings.
A brochure is available upon request.

Zimmerman Sensory Garden
Containers and raised beds in the Sensory Garden provide easy accessibility for hands and noses. Unique signage assists interpretation with large print, raised letters, and Braille. Additional features include the Bell Tree where students are invited to ring the bells.

Shoenberg Temperate House
The Temperate House features plants that share a mild “Mediterranean” climate. Included here is a Moorish Garden, Biblical plants, and a popular exhibit of carnivorous plants.