Monk Botanical Gardens field trips are designed to be hands-on, inquiry and experience based programs. Gardens field
trips will get your students interacting with nature in ways that keep them engaged and learning. All field trips are
matched to Wisconsin science, environmental literacy & sustainability, natural resources, and model early learning
standards as they apply.

Choose one of the themes below, or reach out with other ideas! We are more than happy to accommodate other ideas.

Tremendous Trees; Year Round (2nd-5th grade)
Meet some trees to learn about their different parts, the life cycle of trees, how to ID trees, and what they do for humans.

Pond Study; September and late April-June
Where does water come from and where does it go? Discover the importance of water to us and wildlife. Collect
invertebrates from the Gardens’ pond to see what critters lurk below the surface, and what they mean for water quality.

Kitchen Garden Explorations; September
Ponder the parts of plants and the vegetables we eat through produce grown in the Kitchen Garden. Discover some
unusual edible plants, and then create a snack from some more familiar veggies and herbs.

Buggin’ Out; Sept-Oct and late April-June
What’s buggin’ you? How many legs does it have and what does it eat? Discover all this and more about bugs through
games and catching insects in different habitats at the Gardens.