Overview

Our mission is to challenge the intellect, engage the imagination, and celebrate the human spirit by connecting people with plants, the environment, and a full spectrum of the sciences and cultural arts.

Programs in Mead Botanical Garden include community gardening; summer camps; horiculture in the little greenhouse; guided bird walks, herb walks and fantasy walks; classroom field trips, and more in the making. Stay tuned for the addition of the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra concert coming in May, 2012.

Click on the program listed on the left for more details on how you can join the fun and learning.  

Do you have ideas or skills you would like to share in the garden? Please click here to contact us to explore the possibilities.

"For eons, human beings spent most of their formative years in nature.  But within the space of a few decades, the way children understand and experience nature has changed radically.

Healing the broken bond between our young and nature is in everyone's self interest, not only because aesthetic or justice demand it, but also because our mental, physical and spiritual health depend upon it."
 

Richard Louv
Author, Last Child in the Woods
Chairman, Children & Nature Network