Learning Comes to Life in the Gardens
Clark Gardens offers opportunities to learn through exploration, observation, and hands-on experiences in the natural world. From school field trips and special educational programs to permanent learning features throughout the gardens, visitors of all ages can discover more about plants, pollinators, wildlife, conservation, and the world growing around them.
Give your students the opportunity to learn beyond the classroom. School groups can explore Clark Gardens while making real-world connections to plants, wildlife, ecosystems, and the natural world around them.
Visits can be tailored to the age and interests of your group, creating opportunities for observation, discovery, and hands-on learning in a living garden environment.
Learning takes many forms at Clark Gardens. Throughout the year, special programs give students opportunities to dig deeper into the natural world through hands-on, garden-based experiences.
Here are just a few of the ways learning comes to life in the gardens.
A hands-on educational experience that introduces young learners to pollinators and the important role they play in the world around us.
Learn About Pollinator Power
An educational program connecting students with trees, nature, and Texas history through activities and exploration in the gardens.
Learning at Clark Gardens doesn’t always require a scheduled program. Educational experiences are woven throughout the gardens, inviting visitors to slow down, look closer, and discover something new as they explore.
Art and nature come together along the Pollinator Sculpture Trail, a permanent garden experience featuring larger-than-life pollinator sculptures paired with opportunities to learn more about the important roles these creatures play in our environment.
Curiosity doesn’t have to end when you leave the gardens. Explore resources designed to help you identify what you see, learn more about the natural world, and continue growing your garden knowledge.
Discover plants found throughout Clark Gardens and learn about their growing characteristics, bloom information, wildlife value, and more.
Explore resources for discovering the blooms, butterflies, birds, and pollinators found in and around the gardens.
See what blooms throughout the seasons and discover what you might find growing during your next visit.
