botanical garden field trip

Roller skating one day, the Botanical Gardens the next.  Being a second grader is rough stuff!  Banks and the rest of the second grade spent one of their last school days touring the local botanical gardens.

Their group went on the Catastrophe! tour.  They searched the gardens for signs of catastrophes...



They searched for tadpoles in the pond...



Banks took over the camera for awhile and this is what he captured...







They learned about bamboo...



They discovered the columns from the original Madison County Courthouse in the back field...



They finally got to play on one of the fabulous treehouse...



They got to play on the Not in Kansas Anymore [a Wizard of Oz themed one].  Most of the treehouse were installed last year.  They are nestled in areas all around the gardens.  This year they add a few more and all the old treehouses got water features added to them.  The Wizard of Oz has a misting Witch tree and a misting Monkey rock...



The kids LOVED the water features.  It was a great way to cool off after a hot tour.


They ended the day in the children's garden...



I think they could have stayed there all day.

Some of us moms sent our children home on the school bus.  Then we snuck to the cafe on the grounds for a delightful lunch!

Hopefully we can make it back this summer to explore all the treehouses.