School Visits to Untermyer Gardens
At Untermyer Gardens, students can learn about local and global history, gardening, mythology, biology, and more. We offer private tours to school groups led by trained docents with a wealth of knowledge to share. Our docents are experts in the history of the garden and are regularly kept up to date on what's blooming in the garden.
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The Untermyer Gardens Conservancy offers school tours guided by our volunteer docents. At Untermyer Gardens, students can learn about local and global history, gardening, mythology, biology, and much more! We offer private tours to school groups led by trained docents with a wealth of knowledge to share. Our docents are experts in the history of the garden and are regularly kept up to date on what's blooming in the garden.
- Sensory Tour (PreK- Grade 2) engages young children in using their senses to experience the garden. This tour will take place in the Temple of Love and Rock & Stream gardens. (45 minutes)
- Adventure Tour (Grades 3-5) introduces children to plants, mythology, architecture, and sculpture within the Walled Garden and Persian Reflecting Pool. (45-60 minutes)
- Mythology Tour (Grades 5-7) introduces students to mythological symbols and stories expressed in the art and architecture of the Walled Garden and Persian Reflecting Pool. (60 minutes)
- History Tour (Grades 7-12) highlights the history of the estate emphasizing its world-famous heyday in the Untermyer years, its dramatic decline after 1940, and the remarkable and ongoing restoration efforts. The tour progresses from the Walled Garden to the Vista, Vegetable Garden, and Ruin Garden, emphasizing history, architecture, and horticulture. (80-90 minutes)
Details:
To book a tour, complete this form and we will confirm and answer your questions. Contact Maura May if you have questions.
Our standard tours are for those without physical limitations. It requires some stamina and the ability to traverse stairs and uneven, unpaved terrain. We can customize your tour based on the physical capabilities of your group, and can offer a stairless tour, and a limited stair tour. Only the upper terrace of the Walled Garden is wheelchair accessible; its paths are stonedust.
We offer school/camp tours Monday through Friday generally between mid-April and late October. If you wish to cancel your tour due to inclement weather, we will try to work with you to reschedule it. There is no cancellation fee.
We allow 1 chaperone per 10 students/campers. Additional chaperones are welcome to join for $12 per person.
At this time, we only offer tours in English but we are happy to work with tours that bring their own translator. However, please remember that translators are often unfamiliar with garden and plant vocabulary.
Our driveway and parking lot are not designed for school buses either for parking or for dropping off. We ask that buses drop off students and chaperones at the North Broadway entrance and then find street parking nearby.
We do not have a gift shop or cafe. Your group is welcome to picnic in our picnic area, which is on a small, rocky hill. Public restrooms are located near the garden entrance.
For an idea of what is in bloom in the gardens in any month, please visit our Facebook or Instagram accounts.
Our standard tours are for those without physical limitations. It requires some stamina and the ability to traverse stairs and uneven, unpaved terrain. We can customize your tour based on the physical capabilities of your group, and can offer a stairless tour, and a limited stair tour. Only the upper terrace of the Walled Garden is wheelchair accessible; its paths are stonedust.
We offer school/camp tours Monday through Friday generally between mid-April and late October. If you wish to cancel your tour due to inclement weather, we will try to work with you to reschedule it. There is no cancellation fee.
We allow 1 chaperone per 10 students/campers. Additional chaperones are welcome to join for $12 per person.
At this time, we only offer tours in English but we are happy to work with tours that bring their own translator. However, please remember that translators are often unfamiliar with garden and plant vocabulary.
Our driveway and parking lot are not designed for school buses either for parking or for dropping off. We ask that buses drop off students and chaperones at the North Broadway entrance and then find street parking nearby.
We do not have a gift shop or cafe. Your group is welcome to picnic in our picnic area, which is on a small, rocky hill. Public restrooms are located near the garden entrance.
For an idea of what is in bloom in the gardens in any month, please visit our Facebook or Instagram accounts.
