Welcome to the Children's Garden!
Talking about what to plant in the Children's Garden.
Preparing the soil for planting.
Adding seedlings to the planting beds.
Make sure to give it plenty of water.
Making new friends!
Look how big it's grown!
The Children's Garden
The Children’s Garden at Suffolk Farm is open year-round for the enjoyment of children and their families.
Flowering plants, including native and pollinator collections, line the paths that meander through the garden. In the spring, you’ll find an assortment of colorful bulbs and the fragrant scent of the Korean spicebush. The best show is in the summer when an array of monarda, coreopsis and black eyed susans join the butterfly bushes attracting butterflies. Asters brighten the fall landscape.
When summer camp is in session, children plant vegetables in garden beds and on totem poles.The composting station and whimsical Fairy Garden can be enjoyed in any season. The Children’s Garden gazebo provides a relaxing, shady spot to have a snack or enjoy a view of the garden.
If you see one of the Master Gardeners who tend the site, please feel free to ask any horticultural questions about plant material found in the Children’s Garden.
There will be no summer camp program in 2023. We look forward to 2024.
Contact
Sarah Osborn
Administrative Assistant
so348@cornell.edu
631-727-7850 x 207
Last updated April 15, 2023
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Orchids 101
Thursday, December 7
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Friends Path Commemorative Paver
For more than 20 years, CCE Suffolk staff and Master Gardener Volunteers have led a day camp about gardening at the Children’s Garden at the Suffolk County Farm. Rising community interest in this valuable environmental resource led to recent improvements there with many more planned.
Your personalized paver, engraved with an inscription of your choice, will become a permanent part of our “Friends Path” leading into the garden, welcoming guests young and old.
