Welcome to the Children's Garden & Art Center!
We are willing to hop, wiggle our noses and shake our cottontails for you to join us for our Annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser!
On Saturday, March 21st
Drinks, Dinner, Egg-tastical Prizes, Silent Auction, & LOTS of FUN!!
Some Prizes just in:
* Tickets to the Symphony Orchestra
*Gift Basket from Panama Jacks
*Gift Basket from Morton's Market
*Gift Cards to Gecko's
*Sarasota Art and Body 1 Hr Henna/Facepainting
*Trio of Hand-painted Art Pieces by Maggie Davenport
*More to come as they arrive*
Just in this week ....
*Treat yourself to a massage by Annie Murphy
*feel creative then join Jules for an art class at Artful Giraffe
*a gift card from Brenna Foster Photography
Some wonderful prizes in over the weekend:
Tickets to West Coast Black Theatre Troupe
American Express Gift Cards
Gift Basket from The Children's Garden
Yummy jams/pickles from Sunshine Canning
In this week....Gifts from
Butcher Block, Bijou Cafe & Blue Rooster,
Owen's Fish Camp & more to be listed....
DID WE TELL YOU ONE GOLD EGG IS HIDDEN FOR A SPECIAL PRIZE??
Our Events for the coming weeks
This class has been cancelled for tomorrow as Cassia is under the weather!
Sorry for the inconvenience!
Nature Stretching friday morning at 10:30am read the details below. Cancelled!
Nature Stretching is cancelled for tomorrow!
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Rock Painting
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Annual Leprechaun Hunt
Saturday, March 14th
10-11
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Skip the line and Prepay today!
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It’s our Annual LEPRECHAUN HUNT at 10 to 11 am.
Come find the lost gold in the garden before the leprechauns do! Turn your gold in to get your lucky loot bag! Free with admission. |
Non-Traditional Easter Rock Hunt
Sunday, March 29th
2-3
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Looking for something unique to do with your kids for Easter? Maybe you don't like your kids to have candy or you just love to do different activities?
Well join us for our Non-Traditional Easter Rock Hunt from 2-3pm at the Garden. It isn’t eggs we are hiding but beautiful hand-painted Easter and Spring rocks. Hundreds of rocks are hidden in the garden & you can find 10 to take home. Twenty rocks are numbers for a special goody bag! No need to bring a bag for collecting your rocks we will provide one for you. Sarasota Rocks is our co-host for this event. Included with our Garden's admission along with a $5 love donation going to Sarasota Rocks. |
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Skip the line and Prepay today!
Easter Fairy Dish Garden
Saturday, April 4th
10:30am
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This magical morning is creating an Easter Dish Garden. The dish garden will contain sparkly rocks(which we will paint), little toadstools, succulents, tiny pastel eggs, and of course a Fairy. This is a sweet little dish garden to keep or gift to someone for Easter. Make one or more!
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This event is $10+tax for the Dish Garden and the Fairy Nectar it is not included with admission. As space is limited, this is by reservation and prepayment only.
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Annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser
Saturday, March 21st
4:30 for Libations & Appetizers
5:30 SHARP the Big Egg Hunt starts
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Previous Adult Easter Egg Hunts!
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Why Should The Kids Have All the Fun?!
Join us for our Annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt! This event is for 21 year olds and up. Please no kiddies Thank You! Buy your tickets now! Your ticket to our Fundraiser is Tax-deductable! |
Check out Past Prizes here!
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Thank you to Mommy Magazine for being our Media Sponsor!
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Wonder what previous Events have looked like?
Wonder no more!
Weekly Schedule
Click on our Calendar Events Page to see all of our new programs!
Keep your kids connected to nature & enjoy our art, gardening & nature classes each week. Each class is designed for kids of all ages !
*All classes are parent supervised.
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MISSED THIS MONTH'S EMAIL? No problem! Download the newsletter for February right here!
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The Children's Garden & Art Center is where the magic and fun begins!
Explore! Imagine! Make-Believe!
Nestled just north of downtown Sarasota, a hidden gem waits to be explored. The Children's Garden & Art Center is a two acre garden that is both whimsical and enchanting. Take a look at our map and see what's inside! Please note this is a computerized image of the garden we are very natural & interactive garden!
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Just like "Alice", kids and adults alike will feel as if they have fallen down a rabbit's hole to "Wonderland"! Magic begins at the yellow brick road where entering the jasmine covered tunnel "The Black Pearl" awaits for little pirates to set sail, the Amazing Maze turns and twists down paths of intrigue and the Fairy Garden welcomes all fairies and elves for tea under the mushrooms.
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Down the winding path you will find the Monster Garden where our giant green dragon "Snuffy" resides with her other fun & unusual monster friends.
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The 3 little pigs dare any big bad wolf to blow their houses down in our Butterfly Garden. Next door is our Caterpillar Cottage which hosts lots of birthday parties and celebrations with it's "Snow White" theme and twinkling lights.
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Nature, gardening and art classes are taught weekly at the garden to nurture and teach children the beauty in Mother Nature. Whether it is our "Art Rocks" class, our "Munch Crunch Grow Your Lunch" class or our "Nature Explorers" class to name a few, our mission is to keep kids connected to nature at The Children's Garden & Art Center.
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Sarasota's #1 Place For Having Your Child's Birthday / Celebration
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The Children's Garden is an enchanting place to host your child's birthday party. Where else can kids dress up in costumes and make believe in a safe, multi- themed & natural environment?
There are many whimsical and interactive themes available to host, including a Fairy Tea, A Pirate Party, a Can You Dig It Party and more! More Info... |
Discover one of Sarasota's best kept secrets, where the children inside all of us can come out to play, explore and imagine the possibilities of wonderment and fun! Check out our calendar.
The Children's Garden was created in 2003 by Joan Marie Condon who wanted a special place for children to come and leave the electronic world behind and discover new adventures in the natural world. Together with her husband David, artisan sons Ray and Roy and daughter Robin Fulk, The Children's Garden is a small piece of wonder, a place for creative play and to find magic in Mother Nature.
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The Children's Garden & Art Center became a non-profit 501 C (3) and public charitable organization in the fall of 2009. We do yearly fundraisers for "All Faith's Food Bank", the "Humane Society of Sarasota" and "Make-A-Wish Foundation". Our wish is to continue our education classes in hopes of teaching our children to become good stewards of the earth. Help support this safe haven for children of all ages!
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