School Tours

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The Garden offers teachers and students the opportunity to experience firsthand one of the most diverse plant collections in the country. Because there is too much to see during one visit, each school program focuses on specific areas.

Guided Tours
Self-Guided Group
Garden Outreach Program

Guided Tours

Guided tours of the Atlanta Botanical Garden are available to groups who choose to have a docent lead tour that correlates with their grade level and curriculum.

Download a School Tours Registration Form

Guided Tours may be scheduled Tuesday – Friday, 9 a.m. –3 p.m.
Guided tours must be scheduled at least four weeks in advance.
Minimum group size: 10; Maximum group size: 50
Group must include one chaperone for every eight children.
One chaperone for every eight children is admitted free of charge. If you choose to bring additional chaperones, they will be charged the student rate.
Tours last 1 to 11/4 hour. Include time for your group to assemble before and after.
Students $7
Adult Chaperones Free (one for every eight students)
Additional Chaperones: $7

Productive Plants
Grades K – 8
Discover the incredible ways plants impact our everyday lives from food to medicine to shelter. Students will learn about locally grown produce when they encounter seasonal fruits and vegetables in the luscious Edible Garden. Then, they will travel to tropical rainforest and desert environments in the Fuqua Conservatory to see important exotic plants such as chocolate, vanilla, rattan and aloe.

Download Productive Plants Pre- and Post-Visit Activities

Flower Hour
Preschoolers
Enjoy a garden story and a short walk in the Outdoor Gardens. Flower Hour is the ideal experience for young sprouts with short legs and short attention spans.

Roots, Fruits and Seeds
Grades K – 2
This Children’s Garden tour focuses on how plants provide for other living creatures. Students will explore the close relationship plants have with butterflies, bees and people. Each group will walk through the life cycle of a butterfly, visit a Creek Indian house, observe growing vegetables and more. (Georgia Performance Standards: SKL2.c, SKCS1.a, SKCS4.a, SKCS4.c, S1L1.a, S1L1.c, S1CS1.a, S1CS4.a, S1CS4.c, S2L1.a, S2L1.d, SS2H2.a, SS2H2.b, S2CS1.a, S2CS4.b, S2CS4.d)

Download Roots, Fruits and Seeds Pre- and Post-Visit Activities

Plant Diversity
Grades K – 3
While most plants have similar parts, each species’ vary in function and appearance according to their environment. During this tour, students will discuss plant adaptations as they explore the Outdoor Gardens and the Fuqua Conservatory – particularly the rainforest, desert and southeastern bog gardens. (Georgia Performance Standards: SKL2.b, SKL2.c, SKCS1.a, SKCS4.c, S1L1.a, S1L1.c, S1CS1.a, S1CS4.c, S2L1.a, S2CS1.a, S2CS4.d, S3L1.b, S3L1.d, C3CS1)

Download Plant Diversity Pre- and Post-Visit Activities

Plants Around the World
Grades 4 – 7
Students will visit the outdoor gardens and the conservatories as they investigate biomes and habitats. Their explorations will include the desert, rainforest and bog gardens and will emphasize biogeography and plant adaptations. (Georgia Performance Standards: S4L1.c, S4L2.a, S4L2.b, S4CS1, S5CS1, S6CS1, S7L4.e S7L5.a, S7CS5.a, S7CS1)

Download Plants Around the World Pre- and Post-Visit Activities

General Tour
Grades 7 – 12
Students will be introduced to the outstanding features of the Outdoor Gardens and the Fuqua Conservatory.

Self-Guided Group

Groups may choose to explore the Outdoor Gardens, the Fuqua Conservatory or the Children’s Garden without a guide. Materials are available to help elementary students self-guide through the Garden. By selecting Garden Adventure Pack under Group Visits on the registration form, you may reserve small backpacks issued to each group upon arrival and collected when the group departs. One Garden Adventure Pack is issued for every ten students and their accompanying chaperone.

Download a School Tours Registration Form

Self-Guided Groups may be scheduled Tuesday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Visits in the Children’s Garden are only available after noon.
Self-Guided Groups must be scheduled at least two weeks in advance.
Minimum group size: 10 | Maximum group size: 75
One chaperone for every eight children is admitted free of charge. If you choose to bring additional chaperones, they will be charged the student rate.
Students: $5
Adult Chaperones Free (one for every eight students)
Additional Chaperones: $5

Grades K-2 Garden Adventure Pack
Explore the life cycles of plants and frogs and discover that a botanical garden is home to many kinds of plants from around the world. Included in this backpack are scavenger hunt sheets and age appropriate activities.

Download the K-2 Garden Adventure Pack Instructions

Grades 3-5 Garden Adventure Pack
Compare and contrast rainforest and desert habitats and learn about wetland and amphibian conservation at the Garden. Included in this backpack are scavenger hunt sheets and age appropriate activities.

Download the 3-5 Garden Adventure Pack Instructions

Garden Outreach Program

Invite the Atlanta Botanical Garden into your classroom for engaging programs that will amaze and astound students of all ages. Each program includes interactions with living things as well as hands on-activities.

Download an Outreach Program Registration Form

Each program is 45 minutes and must be scheduled between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Maximum group size: 25
Program sites must be within a 25 mile radius of the Atlanta Botanical Garden
A teacher or teacher assistant must be present during each presentation
Reservations and payment must be made 3 weeks in advance
Use the enclosed registration form. We do not take reservations by phone or over the internet. A confirmation will be emailed to you.
Include a $50 non-refundable deposit. The deposit will be applied to the cost of your session(s). In the event of a cancellation, you can reschedule your presentation (space permitting) and apply your deposit to the rescheduled visit.
First Session $160
Each Additional Session $120

Rainforest Frogs
Grades Pre K – 5
Have you heard of tadpoles that live in plants? Did you know there are outrageous colored frogs with unique patterns? Students will journey to the rainforest without leaving the classroom to learn more about frogs (especially Poison Dart Frogs), their adaptations and their special relationship with bromeliads.

Sneaky and Sticky Plants
Grades Pre K – 5
Investigate the diverse and unique ways plants capture and digest insects. Students will feel sticky sundews, watch a Venus flytrap close and discover what some pitcher plants have been “eating”.