School Programs
Fall and Spring field trip requests open August 5th for the 2024/2025 school year. No field trips will be booked August 5th – 23rd.
Bring your students to the Santa Fe Botanical Garden to engage directly with the natural world. Garden educators will lead your students through hands-on experiences that will inspire a sense of wonder and instill a deep understanding of their connection with nature.
- Educator-led field trips are scheduled Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10AM ONLY.
- Fall season: August 26th up to November 15th.
- Spring season: First week of April until last week of May.
- Reservations are on a first-come, first-serve basis and subject to availability.
- Schools are responsible for booking their own transportation.
- Scholarships are available for Title 1 schools, grades 3rd-5th only.
- Fee pays for, admission, educator’s time, supplies and materials for up to 40 students.
- Maximum number of students per day/field trip: 40
- Field trip requests must be made at least 2 weeks in advance of the date requested.
- Two weeks prior to your scheduled field trip, Garden staff will email you an info packet that will include a Photography Release and Liability Waiver that all students must have signed by a parent or legal guardian. These signed documents must be returned BEFORE the day of your field trip via email (scan and send). If we do not receive your waivers before the day of your field trip, your field trip will be cancelled.
For more information, contact [email protected].
If you are interested in providing scholarship assistance to our schools so that students may attend a field trip at the Botanical Garden, please contact Christie Collins via email: [email protected] Thank you!
School field trip rates |
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| Self-guided, K-12 (up to 40 students) | $150 |
| Educator -led, K-8th (up to 40 students) | $200 |
- Maximum number of students per day/field trip: 40
- All Educator-led field trips are scheduled to begin at 10am.
- Educator-led field trip reservations occur on Tuesday and Thursday ONLY.
To request a field trip please fill out the form below.
Kindergarten
Know Your Neighbors: Who lives in the Garden?
Students will explore the garden through hands-on activities to learn about the plants and animals that live in and around the Botanical Garden. Sensory lessons will help students understand how plants and animals use natural resources to survive in their habitat.
Estimated time: 1.5 hours
Standards: K-ESS3-1, ESS3.A, ELA/Literacy-W.K.2, SL.K.5, Mathematics-MP.2, MP.4, K.CC
1st Grade
The Secret Life of a Plant
How does a cactus collect water if it doesn’t have leaves? Will a Sunflower survive if a bird eats its seeds? Students will learn through hands-on activities how plants survive day to day from predators, heat and drought.
Estimated time: 1.5 hours
Standards: 1-LS3-1, LS3.A, LS3.B, ELA/Literacy-RI.1.1, RI.1.10, W.1.8, Mathematics-MP.2, MP.5, 1.MD.A.1
2nd Grade
Pollinators: The Buzz about Bees
Did you know there are more than 1,000 native species of bees in New Mexico? Students will explore through hands-on activities how plants, people and animals can help bees and other pollinators survive.
Estimated time: 2 hours
Standards: 2-LS4-1, LS2.A, LS4.D, ELA/Literacy-W.2.8, SL.2.5, Mathematics-MP.2, MP.5, 2.MD.D.10
3rd Grade
Survivor – Wildlife Edition
Students will learn what happens to plants and animals when the environment or their habitat changes. Adaptation is the key to survival! Students will participate in fun hands-on games and activities.
Estimated time: 2 hours
Standards: 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-2, 3-LS4-4, LS3.B, LS4.B, LS4.C, ELA/Literacy-RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.7, SL.3.4, Mathematics-MP.2, MP.5
4th Grade
Wild New Mexico: Mammal Mania
Coyote and Bobcats and Bears, Oh My! What senses and adaptations do the mammals use in New Mexico to survive the climate and people!
Students will learn about how mammals have adapted to survive.
Estimated time: 2 hours
Standards: 4-LS1-1, 4-LS1-2, LS1.A, LS1.D, ESS2.E
5th Grade
Eco-Scientists
Students will step into the role of scientists as they investigate how energy moves around an ecosystem. They will learn about the interactions that occur with all living things from plants, animals and decomposers.
Estimated time: 2 hours
Standards: 5.PS3-1, 5-LS2-1, PS3.D, LS2.A, LS2.B, ELA/Literacy-RI.5.7, Mathematics-MP.2, MP.5
6th Grade
Catching Some Rays
Students will explore through hands-on activities the plant cellular system, the process of photosynthesis, and their unique plant structures that help them survive.
Estimated time: 2 hours
Standards: LS1-1, LS1-4, LS1-6, LS1-7 ELA/Literacy – WHST.6-8.1, WHST.6-8.9 Mathematics – 6.EE.C.9
7th Grade
Soil Scientists Dig Dirt!
Students will learn about types of soil and discover how the presence of different elements can contribute to soil health, and the local New Mexico geology.
Estimated time: 2 hours
Standards: MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-5, MS-ESS3-1 ELA/Literacy – WHST.6-8.7 Mathematics – MP.2, 6.RP.A.1
8th Grade
Earth to Humans, are you listening?
Students will explore and discuss data about human activity and its impact on the planet’s natural resources along with the bigger issue of climate change.
Estimated time: 2 hours
Standards: MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4, ESS3.C, ESS3.D, MP2, WHST.6-8.1, WHST.6-8.9
9th-12 Grade
Teachers lead students through the Orchard Gardens, the ethnobotanical Ojos y Manos: Eyes and Hands Garden and the Piñon-Juniper Woodland.
