Field Trips at
 Greenwich Botanical Center

Request a Field Trip at GBC!

Greenwich Botanical Center offers students the opportunity to explore, observe and learn in nature!


Encourage Experiential Learning

Foster Environmental Appreciation

Hands-On Exploration and Observation

Greenwich Botanical Center is a gem located in the heart of the town of Greenwich. The property connects the Montgomery Pinetum, Pomerance and Tuckerman’s Parks creating approximately 120 acres of contiguous forest. The property offers a diversity of habits to explore: ponds, meadow, forest and wetlands.

We are proud to be Assured Experiences for Greenwich Public School district for both 3rd and 4th grades. We also have a special partnership with GPS’s International School at Dundee where we are their 1st grade’s IB partnership, interacting with their students multiple times throughout the school year both at our GBC location as well as in-school trips to ISD.

Please fill out the Request Form above to contact Angie Hartofilis, our Youth Program Director. Our field trips are traditionally 2 hours in length and can accommodate about 60 students per trip across three rotating stations. We currently offer 4 Field Trips and are happy to work with you to design others if your field trip goal is not yet designed here. 

Our Field Trips

Plant Adaptations (Currently designed for 3rd grade) 

Here at GBC we LOVE plants, and we are thrilled to share our passion with your students. Plants are so COOL and we plan to get your students just as excited about plants as we are. During this FT students will visit our Green House, Horticultural Building, hike through the woods and investigate the intersection […]
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Animal Classification Field Trips (Currently designed for 1st Graders) 

Students will visit three different locations at GBC where they will have a chance to observe reptiles, amphibians, birds and insects in their natural habitats. Students will get hands-on experience looking for birds with binoculars, learn how to dip in the pond searching for animals such as frogs and turtles. Students will also get to […]
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Art in Nature Field Trip (Currently designed for 4th Grade) 

The goal of this field trip is to get students EXCITED about art, specifically art inspired by the natural world! Students will have the opportunity to create art outdoors with different media such as colored pencils and watercolors. They will have the chance to explore large landscape scenes, as well as small natural object elements. […]
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Observation Field Trip (Currently designed for 1st Grade) 

Observation Field Trip (Currently designed for 1st Grade) Students will go on an adventure through our forest and meadow habitats at GBC. They get hands on experience at practicing the scientific skill of observation. They will compare the forest and meadow habitat and see what is similar and/or different between these two locations. The students will […]
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Contact Us

Greenwich Botanical Center
130 Bible Street, P.O. Box 1600
Cos Cob, Connecticut 06807
+1 203-869-9242
info@greenwichbotanicalcenter.org
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