HCP Kids - Garden Nature Academy Jan 2025
2025-03-13 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Vancouver) | Horticulture Centre Of The Pacific, 505 Quayle Rd., Victoria, BC, V9E 2J7, Canada
The Garden Nature Academy is a half day program that runs on Thursday's. The outdoors offers safe and seasonal opportunities for your preschooler to explore through play, games, songs, and activities! Ages 3 to 6

Dates: 23 Jan to 13 March 2025
Times: 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Fees: $300.00 per child or $240.00 with a Family Membership
Register: Online or call 250-479-6162

HCP Kids - Spring Break Camps
2025-03-17 09:00 - 2025-03-21 16:00, 2025-03-24 09:00 - 2025-03-28 16:00
Join us for an outdoor garden experience where we will busy ourselves with seasonal gardening activities in our very own Junior Master Gardener plot! There will also be exploration of the many natural systems that keep our gardens growing, garden arts and crafts and more! Limited to 16 participants. For children between the ages of 5 and 12 years (School age)

Dates:

March 17 to 21
March 24 to 28

Times: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Fees: $225 per child or $200 per child with a Family Membership
Register online by clicking on the date or calling 250-479-6162

Home Learners - Garden Creatures
2025-04-02 09:45 - 11:15, 2025-04-09 09:45 - 11:15, 2025-04-16 09:45 - 11:15
Worms, snails, birds and beetles! Join us in the garden to discover all the amazing creatures that call this place home. Together, we will learn about who they are, what they need to survive and how we can help their habitat thrive. For K - Gr 2

Date: April 2, 9 & 16, 2025
Time: 9:45 am - 11:15 am
Fee: $90 or $75 with Family membership
Register: Online or call 250-479-6162

HCP Kids - Garden Nature Academy Spring 2025
2025-04-03 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-10 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-17 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-24 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-01 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-08 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-15 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-22 09:30 - 12:00 and 1 more date
The Garden Nature Academy is a half day program on Thursday's. The outdoors offers safe and seasonal opportunities for your preschooler to explore
through play, games, songs, and activities! These outdoor sessions will include time in our vegetable garden, as well as numerous pathways, and native plant forest areas to
explore. The small group sizes and our experienced nature educators help to create a nurturing and engaging environment for young children to learn, play and grow. Ages 3 to 6 years

Dates: Thursdays Apr 3 to Jun 19
Time: 9:30 am to 12:00
Fees: $300 or $240 with a Family Membership
Register: Online or Call 250-479-6162

HCP Kids - Garden Club Spring 2025
2025-04-05 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-04-12 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-04-19 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-05-03 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-05-10 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-05-17 09:30 - 11:30, 2025-05-24 09:30 - 11:30
Do you know a child or youth who loves the outdoors and thrives in the garden? Our HCP Kids' Garden provides many opportunities for land-based engagement activities, including seed starting and propagation, planting, garden maintenance, pollinator habitats, and so much more. Each weekly class will have us in this amazing teaching garden where we grow our own food crops. Hope you can join us with your pre-k learner or drop-off (or join) your school age child. There are lots of takeaways, including seeds, transplants and more! Please pack your child's own garden gloves if you have some and bring along a water bottle (and snack if needed:) Ages 3 to 14 (Children under 6 must be accompanied by an adult)

Dates: Saturday's, March 8 - June 7, 2024 (10 Weeks - no classes March 15, 22 or 29, or April 26)
Times:

Preschool (3 to 5): 9:30 am - 11:00 am
School Age (6 to 14): 9:30 am - 11:00 am

Fees :

Preschool (3 - 5): $160.00 or $140.00 with a Family Membership
School Age (6 - 14): $180.00 or $160.00 with a Family Membership

Register: Online or call 250-479-6162

HCP Kids - Fairy Doors Apr 2025
2025-04-05 13:30 - 15:00
How many times have you found a special door leading into a magical tree or nature space? Curious how to make one of your own? Let’s explore the use of pre-made doors and collect and use natural materials to create a one-of-a-kind entry for magical creatures in our gardens. These little doors are suited to outdoor uses and make perfect gifts for giving. Join a child in your life for this hands-on crafting experience together. Everyone will have a chance to make 2 miniature doors. Age: 6+ years

Date: 5 April 2025
Time: 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Fee: $40/child and $35/family membership
Registration: Online or call 250-479-6162

HCP Kids - Pro-D Day Camps 2025
2025-04-11 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-16 09:00 - 16:00
These non-instructional day camps feature an outdoor program that includes time in our very own HCP Kids Teaching Garden where we grow food, learn to support natural systems and enjoy the many wilderness areas surrounding us!

Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Fee: $45
Dates 2025:

Friday - May 16

Register by Clicking on the Date or call 250-479-6162
Camp is fully booked: registration for waitlist only

HCP Kids - Fairy Gardens Apr 2025
2025-04-12 13:30 - 15:00
Join us for some fun and creative time as we enter the world of fairy garden making! Your child will be introduced to garden design as we visit various gardens looking for inspiration, collecting items in nature to create furnishings with. and followed by a hands-on lesson to make their own garden to take home. These miniature gardens offer hours of play potential for children of all ages. This workshop will include an indoor garden version suited to keeping in a child’s room. Plant care, planting techniques, and furnishing making will all be featured. 6+ years

Date: 12 Apr 2025
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Fee: $35/child and $30/family membership
Registration: Online or call 250-479-6162

HCP Home Learners - Interconnectedness: Our Keystone Species
2025-05-01 13:15 - 14:45, 2025-05-08 13:15 - 14:45, 2025-05-15 13:15 - 14:45
Sustainability comes in lots of different forms. Let's begin a journey of discovery as we explore methods of producing our own food, the importance of soils, and how pollinators play a crucial role in this process. This 3-part series will include lots of hands-on planting of seeds and transplants for take away as well as providing a foundation for the better understanding of food growing systems and their interconnections. For Grades 4 to 8

Dates: May 1, 8 & 15
Time: 1:15 - 2:45 pm
Fee: $90 or $75 with Family Membership
Register: Online or Call 250-479-6162

HCP Kids - Tea Brewing May 2025
2025-05-24 13:30 - 15:00
The first credible record of brewing tea dates back to the 3rd Century AD. Fast forward to 2025 and the cold brewing of teas made with garden botanicals in our HCP Kids' Garden. We have been brewing our harvested flowers and herbs safely, using cold brew methods for years and our participants love to sample and create their own personalized blends. We will also be sampling and adding to commercial blended teas such as mint and green. This is also a fun way to introduce children to basic plant identification as we learn to recognize plant families for their features and their beneficial uses. Ages: 6+ Limited to 10 participants

Date: 24 May 2025
Time: 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Fee: $35/child and $30/family membership
Registration: Online or call 250-479-6162
