The Kentucky Children's Garden (KCG) has had a great season welcoming children and families from across the Bluegrass. From opening day on April 1 through September 14, 2023, we have welcomed 15,069 guests (not including those under the age of two years). This includes:

• 273 school-age children and chaperones attending grade-level field trips
• 13 Countdown to Kindergarten participants
• 64 Appreciation Days visitors
• 331 Addie's Day visitors
• 3,303 KCG season members
• 11,085 general admission visitors

Educational programming is provided by KCG staff and student interns from 10 a.m. to noon each day the KCG is open. Thus far this season, we have provided programming to 3,226 children on a variety of topics, including:

• Sensory play
• Tree cookies
• Insects
• Owls
• Bird nests
• Bird beaks
• Camouflage
• How to plant a seed
• Experiments with clouds
• Animal tracks
• Parts of a plant
• Bird scavenger hunt
• Leaf identification
• How to create a seed bomb
• Water plants
• Pelts and furs
• The journey of a water droplet
• Snakes
• Bees
• Animal habitats
• Recycling
• Cacti
• How to make soil
• Fossils
• Pioneer games
• Aquatic macroinvertebrates
• Monarch butterflies
• Creating butterfly feeders
• Flower pressing
• Creating creatures out of cones

We are very much looking forward to our annual celebration of Arbor Day and hope you and your family will be able to join us! Our last day of the 2023 season will be Friday, October 27, and we hope to see you before the end of the season!