Field Trips & Outreach Programs
In order to provide the best field trip experience, the Education team works with individual educators to align with current curricula and highlight areas of particular interest. Field trips are available Tuesdays – Fridays and take place entirely outdoors, providing students with many opportunities for hands-on learning!
Explore These Garden Areas:
Lotus Pond
Aquatic environments feature a unique variety of plant, animal and insect species and highlight their complex relationships. Groups will find lots of specimens to identify and may get a front row seat to many fascinating plant and animal interactions.
Garden of the Five Senses
This sensory-based garden invites guests to explore nature through the lens of each sense. Focus on the scents, sounds, sights and feelings of nature and find examples of both edible and ornamental plants.
Allegheny Plateau Woodland
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden has roughly 53 acres of woodlands open to the public featuring many native woody and herbaceous plants. Learn about the trees of the Garden, as well as the plants and animals that live among them.
Margaret Lawrence Simon Dogwood Meadow
The meadow is a habitat for lots of insect and bird species, making this one of the most vibrant ecosystems at the Garden in terms of plant and animal inhabitants. This area also features an active apiary with several examples of honey-producing beehives.
Hillside Pollinator Garden
Take a closer look at native plants that provide food and shelter for the pollinators found in the Allegheny Plateau. Hillside Pollinator Garden has several excellent opportunities for up-close encounters with plants and pollinators.
Schedule a Field Trip
To begin the scheduling process, please fill out the contact form linked below. Once you have submitted this form, the Education team will review your request and reach out to you to arrange your trip to accommodate your students’ needs.
Field trips are available Tuesdays – Fridays and take place entirely outdoors.
Pricing
Please contact the Education team for pricing details. Pricing includes all students, teachers and chaperones. Grants may be available for eligible schools. Please fill out a Field Trip Request Form to see if you qualify for the grant.
Meet the Education Team
Gina Walter
Education Manager
Sarah Levinthal
Youth Educator
Colleen Mutschler
Youth Educator
Heather Forsythe
Seasonal Educator
Outreach Programs
Bring the Garden to you! Pittsburgh Botanic Garden educators will bring the outdoors inside to teach some of nature’s most valuable lessons. To request an outreach program, please submit an Outreach Program Form below. The Garden’s Education team will review your request and reach out to arrange the program.
Outreach programs are available to be scheduled Mondays – Fridays.
Request an Outreach Program
Please complete the form below to provide the Education team with details about your school or class. Someone from the Garden will reach out shortly to arrange the Outreach Program.
