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