Arboretum School Programs

Let Nature Be Your Classroom.

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum offers hands-on, K-6 science standards-based school programs that use plants and Nature as inspiration. Reserve a coveted spot in a seasonal, experiential and memorable school program with the Arboretum! 

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Scholarships for 2024-2025 have all been assigned. 

child with a hyacinth bulb, photo by irisha_s/Shutterstock

(Grades K-2) Bulbs and Blossoms Plantmobile

Nov. 5-Dec. 10, 2024
$345-$990
Students using microscopes for Plantmobile

(Grades 1-2) Zoom in on Plants Plantmobile

Nov. 14, 2024-March 13, 2025
$345-$990
Desert Plantmobile

(Grades K-2) Exploring the Desert Plantmobile

Jan. 21-March 18, 2025
$345-$990
Plants and their Habitats Field Trip, photo by Vienna Volante, Arboretum Photographer's Society.

(Grades 2-6) Plants & Their Habitats Field Trip at the Arb

Jan. 31-Feb. 19, 2025
$230/class
Sprout Field Trip at the Arb, photo by Arb Staff

(Grades PreK-1) Sprout! Field Trip at the Arb

Feb. 24-28, 2025
$230/class
maple field trip at the Arb, photo by Megan Goeke

(Grades 1-6) Maple Syrup Trail: Field Trip at the Arb

March 4-28, 2025 • 9:30 or 11 a.m.
$230/class

 

Pollinator Field Trip in a Box

(Grades K-3) Pollinators & their Habitats Field Trip in-a-Box

Ships March 11 or Apr. 8, 2025
$195/Box. Each box contains (30) sets of supplies, 1 for each student and teacher.
Ships March 11 or April 8, 2025
maple field trip at the Arb, photo by Megan Goeke

Homeschool Day: Maple Syrup Trail (Grades 1-6)

Monday, March 24 • 1:30-3:30 p.m.
$15 member/$35 non-member
School group at Spring Peeper Meadow, photo by Vienna Volante

Self-Guided Visits for student groups

Mon-Fri • April 15-Oct.31
Free with accompanying school-year Field Trip/$35 all other bookings
Available Monday-Friday from April-Oct.
Sunflower Supreme Plantmobile

(Grades K-2) Sunflower Supreme Plantmobile

April 10-May 30, 2025
$345-$990
Ready, Set, Grow Field Trip at the Arboretum, Photo by Ausf/Shutterstock

(Grades PreK-1) Ready, Set, Grow! Field Trip at the Arb

Apr. 15-May 30, 2025
$230/class.
Ready, Set, Grow Field Trip at the Arboretum, Photo by Ausf/Shutterstock

Homeschool Day: Ready, Set, Grow! (Grades PreK-1)

Monday, April 21 • 9:30-10:45 a.m.
$15 member/$35 non-member
Honey bee on purple flower

(Grades 2 - 6) Pollination Investigation Field Trip at the Arb

April 23-May 30, 2025
$230/class


The Arboretum is committed to making its educational opportunities accessible for all school audiences. With the generous support of the foundations and donors, we are pleased to offer a menu of scholarship opportunities for our schools.

School Programs sponsored by

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​Support for the Arboretum's School Programs generously provided by
International Paper Foundation
Karen A. Nelson
Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
Donald Weesner Foundation/Yellow Bus Fund