Budding Gardener Events
Check out the Budding Gardeners page for a fun drawing to print out and color.
Visit the Illinois and Indiana events pages for other family/adult events and places to visit. Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Florida have places of interest to visit.
Here's some interesting Indiana gardening/nature related ideas and events primarily for children, our Budding Gardeners.
Indiana Budding Gardener Events:
February 6 - 29: Crown Point. Ice Skating at the Crown
Point Sportsplex, weather permitting, call 219-661-2271 to check status of ice,
www.crownpoint.in.gov
February 6 - 29: Crown Point, Griffith, Leroy.
Cross Country ski rentals are available daily on a first come, first serve basis
when weather and snow conditions permit. Lemon Lake in Crown Point,
219-663-7627; Oak Ridge Prairie in Griffith, 219-884-7238; Stoney Run in Leroy,
219-996-6500;
www.lakecountyparks.org
February 6 - March 31: Crown Point, Griffith. Sledding hills are open
when adequate snow cover allows. Lemon Lake County Park, Crown Point,
219-663-7627; Oak Ridge Prairie, Griffith, 219-884-7238;
www.lakecountyparks.org
February 8 - May 31: Hammond. Scout Badges for Girl and Cub Scout
Troops, Wednesdays and Thursdays, Gibson Woods,
www.lakecountyparks.org
February 8: Lake Station. Lollipop Flowers, children between the
grades of K and 6, Lake Station-New Chicago Branch Library,
www.lcplin.org/calendar.htm
February 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26:
Chesterton. Nature related programs for children and adults,
Indiana Dunes State Park,
www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/files/sp-Dunes_February.pdf
February 11 - April 28: Gary Miller.
Family Day at the Douglas Center, Saturdays,
www.nps.gov/indu/planyourvisit/events.htm
February 12 - April 29: Porter. Kids Fun at the Visitor
Center, Sundays, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore,
www.nps.gov/indu/planyourvisit/events.htm
February 22: Munster. Island Paradise, School-age (K-6th grade),
Munster Branch Library,
www.lcplin.org/calendar.htm
February 27: Highland. 2 & 3 year olds, along with their caregivers,
will enjoy stories about mice and complete a mouse activity, Highland Branch
Library,
www.lcplin.org/calendar.htm
March 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 31, April 1: Chesterton.
Nature related programs for children and adults, Indiana Dunes State Park,
www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/files/sp-Dunes_March.pdf
Please contact us three weeks in advance to have your Indiana garden/nature related events for children,
our budding gardeners, posted here.
This page is updated weekly.
Revised: February 06, 2012
