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 Check out our family-friendly activities below.

Summer Camp in a Box

Our themed Summer Camp in a Box offerings are filled with what your child needs to experiment, get creative, and learn something new from home.

Symmetry in Nature

In this fun activity for kids from APGA’s Plant Heroes program, learn what symmetry is, find examples in nature (think leaves and butterflies), and discover some fun facts about three iconic North American trees you may find in your own backyard.

Design a Bird's Nest

In this fun activity for kids, gather some materials to help birds build their nests, then try your hand at building one.

Birdseed Ornaments

Create your own Wildlife Tree by making birdseed ornaments in this fun activity for all ages.

It’s A Wrap

We’ll show you how to create one-of-a-kind wrap using natural materials such as vegetables from your kitchen, fallen leaves, twigs, or shells.

Connect with Conifers

Discover some fun facts about conifers, practice recognizing conifers in your own neighborhood, then get creative with some natural materials in this fun activity for kids.

Let’s Get Cooking

Join our Executive Chef Will Brown as he shares one of his favorite recipes from 1906 that you can easily recreate at home.

Puzzle Away

Engage your brain with these fun virtual Longwood puzzles. Select as many (or as few) pieces you’d like for a challenging to a relaxing experience.

Mystery Plant Activity

One of Longwood’s carnivorous plants has gone missing! Who did it? How did they do it? We need your help in this curious case of the missing plant!

The Weird, The Wild, and The Wonderful

Travel the globe with plant hunter and illustrator Chris Thorogood to discover nature’s most unusual and amazing plants in this presentation designed especially for grades 3-6.

A Plant’s Life

Explore the life cycle of a plant from seed to flower. Go behind-the-scenes and discover how our horticulturists prepare our spectacular displays in this fun online class for grades 3–8.

Indoor Family #PlantHunt

Plants are not just outdoors—they are everywhere! Go on this fun hunt to find objects made from plants all around your house.

Hands-on Activities

Get the kids off the couch and into nature with these fun activities you can do in your own backyard.

Celebrate Trees

Learn some fun facts about trees, planting and caring for them, and meet some of our smallest trees in this fun virtual field trip for kids grades 3–8.

Go On a Virtual Field Trip

Discover the fascinating world of carnivorous plants in this online field trip, designed for grades 3–8.

Seed Your Future

Learn more about careers in horticulture through the Seed Your Future initiative.

Recipes

Pierre S. and Alice du Pont loved to entertain in the Gardens. Since we entertain you in our Gardens, why not head into your own kitchen and recreate a recipe from the du Pont family cookbook.

Community Read

Our Community Read is a program designed to encourage reading for pleasure and then start a conversation.