Our popular children's gardening program is back for 2025!  Learn about and plant your own garden with educators from Tyler State Park and The Free Library of Northampton! We will learn the basics of gardening and start our seeds indoors so they are ready to transplant into our gardens in spring! 

This series is being offered at both 2:30-3:30 (register via Free Library of Northampton Township) and 5:30-6:30 (register via Southampton Library). Both classes will be held at Tyler State Park.

Five Thursdays at 2:30-3:30 pm 

Feb 27 Plant Basics

March 6 Intro to Veggies

March 13 All About Flowers

March 20 Garden Friends and Foes

March 27 Herbs, Preserves and Pickles

Interactive STEM program for grades 3-5 (older students also welcome to register). Through five themed lessons students will engage in hands-on experimentation and observation using the scientific method, raise plants and create habitat elements while taking into consideration the specific needs of each organism.

• For questions, contact Bonnie Tobin at btobin@pa.gov
• Registration will open January 2025
• Registration is for all five dates. Each session builds upon the last.
• This program is targeted to students in grades 3-5.