Educational Programs
Group Tours
Guided tours of the St. George Village Botanical Garden are available by special arrangement. Please call at least 5 days in advance to arrange. Tours are led by trained, knowledgeable docents and can be tailored to specific areas of interest (history, botany, horticulture, etc..). Please call the Garden office at 692-2874 to arrange for tours for individuals, students, school classes, or other groups of 10 or more.
Second Saturdays
Second Saturday is a monthly series of “hands-on” workshops in which parents and children learn the importance of plants and our natural surroundings. Topics like Making Chocolate, Natural Plant Dyes, and Making Fiber from Plants allow families to learn the many modern and historical uses of plants found at the St. George Village Botanical Garden. Workshops are held the second Saturday of each month from 9 am to 12 noon.
Second Saturday Photos
Grow and Learn
Grow and Learn is a series of educational presentations that focus on various topics of local historical, cultural, botanical or horticultural interest. Past topics have included “Making Tequila form Agave, Orchids: A to Z, Traditional Christmas Plants of the Virgin Islands, and Making Colorful Foliage Arrangements.” These presentations take place on the 4th Saturday of each month between November and May from 10am to noon.
Private Workshops
Fun workshops are available to school, camp, and church groups for ages 6 and up. These workshops are aligned to VI Standards of Learning and are offered for 15-30 students with preferably 3-6 chaperones. These workshops are very interactive and there is a cost of $5 per person to cover the cost of materials. Workshops take approximately 3 hours and groups are free to eat lunch or peruse the gardens before or after the workshop if they please. For more information and a list of available workshops, email the Education Coordinator at sgvbg.edu@gmail.com.
StoryHour at the Garden
Island preschoolers and their parents join special guest readers under the kapok tree in front of the Great Hall on the first Saturday and second Wednesday of each month at 10am. Bring a towel or blanket to sit on. No reservations are required. StoryHour lasts about 30 minutes; afterward, the families are free to enjoy some quality time on the Garden grounds. Regular admission fees apply–$8 for adults and $1 for children 12 and under. Garden Members always enjoy free admission!
Gardens by Moonlight
A very special tour of the St. George Village Botanical Garden by the light of a Full Moon! Learn about and enjoy the fragrance of night-blooming plants, and find out more about what happens out in the Garden while we are asleep. Live music, wine, hors oeuvres, star-gazing, and beautiful gardens make this a very popular event. Gardens by Moonlight is held during the actual full moon date in February, June and October each year.
A very special tour of the St. George Village Botanical by the light of a full moon. Enjoy wine, “Crucian Cocktails,” and live music amid the gardens lit by torches, candles, and, of course the beautiful full moon!
Tours are led by the Garden’s executive director, David M. Hamada, and focus on night-blooming plants, flowers that are fragrant at night, and metabolic processes that only occur in the absence of the sun
Reservations are essential as the number of participants is limited in order to preserve the intimate nature of the Garden at night!
$25 for members
$40 for non-members
Please bring a flashlight and wear comfortable shoes!
