The Attica Botanical Park welcomes students from all over Greece to explore the area and make their first acquaintance with our country’s rich flora.
Educational programs, implemented throughout the school year by the Park Team's trained instructors, are designed to raise children’s environmental awareness. Scientists and professionals with different areas of expertise (teachers, environmentalists, agriculturists, botanists, beekeepers, artists, writers, landscape architects, etc.) have worked together to create a pleasant, creative and nurturing learning environment and encourage children's interaction with nature.
We wish to "plant" the seed of love for nature in children's hearts!
Plan a special field trip! Visit our welcoming, green Park and live an unforgettable experience!
Primary School Educational Programs
A WALK IN THE PARK: AN EXPERIENTIAL APPROACH
Young gardeners observe and take care of the Park.
What is the ecosystem? Why are plants vital to our planet, to animals and humans? What are the special features and properties of the Park’s plants? How do plants grow? How is photosynthesis carried out? Why are wetlands important? How do we plant in pots?
In a specially designed natural environment, children play and learn, observe and discover, touch and create, act as a team and collaborate. They gather useful information for making their own plant pot, which they will later take home.
Program runs all year round
Grades: 1-6
Program Duration: 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
COMPOSTING
From organic waste into natural fertilizer
What is compost? What materials are suitable for composting? What small animals do we need to feed to make nutritious compost?
Through teamwork and experiential activities, children are invited to discover and collect materials, suitable for composting, follow the instructions for placing them in the special bin, meet the industrious earthworms and finally place compost in the Park's flower beds.
Program runs all year round
Grades: 1-6
Program Duration: 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
ENVIRONMENT: PROTECTION AND RIGHTS
We learn, respect and love the environment.
Through interactive storytelling and experiential games, children realize that nature is our "home", which needs protection and care. They learn about animal and plant rights, the rules and necessity of recycling and how to adopt a "zero waste living" lifestyle. They understand their share of responsibility for the survival of flora and fauna as well as the importance of teamwork for a healthy environment and a quality of life.
Program runs Tuesday το Friday, year-round
Grades: 1-6
Program Duration: 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
BUZZ! LET’S PROTECT BEES!
Importance, risks, protection
When did bees first appear on Earth? How is a bee hive organized? How are the tasks in the beehive divided? Which bees sting? What do queen bees eat?
Through movement games, treasure hunting, group activities and storytelling, students discover the qualities of bees, their importance to human life, the dangers they face and the ways we can all help to protect them.
Program runs Tuesday το Friday, year-round
Grades: 2-6
Program Duration: 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
THE PLANT LIFE CYCLE
From a seed to a flower... and back
Why are plants important? How do plants grow? What is hidden inside a seed? Under what conditions does a seed germinate? What's inside a flower? Who are nature's pollinators? Are there male and female flowering plants? How do crops spread naturally?
The Attica’s Botanical Park becomes a field of study on the life cycle of plants. By collecting useful information through experiential activities, children are invited to carry out observation and recording missions in a real research field.
Program runs all year round
Grades: 4-6
Program Duration: 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
NATURE AND ART
When nature inspires creation…
Where is inspiration hiding? How is art connected to nature? What stories do light and shadows tell? Observation is the artist's most important tool!
We will record all our observations in a personal journal and we will be led by Nature on the path of creation. Just like impressionists, inspired by Nature’s gifts, we will create our own tools and artworks.
Program runs all year round
Grades: 1-6
Program Duration: 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
CHRISTMAS IN THE BOTANICAL PARK
Christmas games and crafts
The Christmas Elves visited the Attica’s Botanical Park. They played hide and seek in the salvias, picked herbs for Santa's festive meal, told Christmas stories to the birds and left in a hurry to prepare the children's gifts. Τhey even left original and creative tasks for our little ones.
Join us to discover a festive ambience of fun, teamwork and giving!
November 21- December 23
Grades: 1-6
Program Duration: 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
WELCOME CARNIVAL!
The Carnival of Nature
The Carnival of Nature is being prepared at the Attica’s Botanical Park. Snails decorate their antennas, spiders organize games with their webs, butterflies set up a maypole dance, ladybirds create music and songs, and ants gather ingredients to prepare special treats for all the guests.
Put on your Carnival spirit and join us for a special celebration! Let’s get crowned Queens and Kings of the Carnival of Nature with a fabulous handmade crown, out of the Park’s natural materials!
February 6- February 24
Grades: 1-4
Program Duration: 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
Kindergarten Educational Programs
LITTLE GARDENERS
Children observe and take care of the Park
What is the Botanical Park? Which professional takes care of all these beautiful and various plants? How do plants feed? What similarities and differences can you notice in the numerous types of plants? What plant name sounds strange to you? What are the medicinal properties of lavender? Can you identify aromatic plants by their smell? What are aquatic and water plants? What information can you get by observing trees? Can you discover the oldest olive tree in the Botanical Park? Where can you grow a plant? Are you ready to plant and look after your own pot?
In a specially designed natural environment, children play and learn, observe, touch and create, act as a team and collaborate. They discover the botany collections, the olive grove, the lavender garden and the aromatic plants. They gather useful information for growing and keeping healthy plants and for making their own plant pot, which they will later take home.
Program runs all year round
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
WELCOME FALL!
Discover and collect autumn treasures!
What happens in nature during autumn? Why do plants, flowers and trees need leaves? What similarities and differences can you notice between leaves? What happens when we prune a tree? Which tree is full of fruit at this time of year? Why do we see fallen leaves and fruit in autumn? What happens to the millions of leaves that fall to the ground? What animals help nature's recycling?
Children enjoy a day, dedicated to the magic of autumn, full of games, discoveries, compositions and artworks. Imagination is awakened by every sense and nature inspires unique creations. Let’s dive into the fall treasures of the Botanical Park and keep your memories in your autumn pouch.
Program runs from September to November
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
THE FIVE SENSES
Save the King of Leaves!
Can you discover the spearmint in the Botanic flowerbed? How many colours and shades can you distinguish in the Botany Collections? Will you be able to listen to the words, coming from the birds and trees in the bamboo forest? How can you discover something soft, something hard, something sharp and something shiny in the privet hedge maze? Where do you have to look to find something sour and something bitter? In the vegetable garden or in the orchard?
Activate all your senses to gather the necessary ingredients and information, so as to create the magic potion that will set the King of Leaves free.
Program runs all year round
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
A SMALL WORLD IN THE ATTICA BOTANICAL PARK
The great value of small animals for the ecosystem
Among the bushes and tree foliage, around the flowers, by the lake and deep in the earth… The animal kingdom of the Attica Botanical Park is everywhere! Can you identify the sounds of the insects? Why do bees fly so eagerly every morning around the lavender trees? What happens inside the countless ant hills? Who upsets the ladybugs?
Through an interactive walk of observation and discovery, children will have the opportunity to understand the importance of small animals for the ecosystem and capture it on a clay "fossil" memento.
Program runs all year round
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
RECYCLING
From natural resources to reusing
The recycled robot ReCycle comes to the Attica Botanical Park to help children collect useful information about recycling. What can be recycled? What are the raw materials used for packaging? What materials can we reuse? Why is it important to recycle?
Puzzles and challenges create an experiential and playful environmental awareness program.
Program runs all year round
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
CHRISTMAS IN THE BOTANICAL PARK
Christmas games and crafts
The Christmas Elves visited the Attica’s Botanical Park. They played hide and seek in the salvias, picked herbs for Santa's festive meal, told Christmas stories to the birds and left in a hurry to prepare the children's gifts. Τhey even left original and creative tasks for our little ones.
Join us to discover a festive ambience of fun, teamwork and giving!
November 28- December 23
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
WELCOME CARNIVAL!
The Carnival of Nature
The Carnival of Nature is being prepared at the Attica’s Botanical Park. Snails decorate their antennas, spiders organize games with their webs, butterflies set up a maypole dance, ladybirds create music and songs, and ants gather ingredients to prepare special treats for all the guests.
Put on your Carnival spirit and join us for a special celebration! Let’s get crowned Queens and Kings of the Carnival of Nature with a fabulous handmade crown, out of the Park’s natural materials!
February 6- February 24
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
Activities for Children aged 3 - 4
LITTLE GARDENERS
Children observe and take care of the Park
What is the Botanical Park? Which professional takes care of all these beautiful and various plants? How do plants feed? What similarities and differences can you notice in the numerous types of plants? What plant name sounds strange to you? What are the medicinal properties of lavender? Can you identify aromatic plants by their smell? What are aquatic and water plants? What information can you get by observing trees? Can you discover the oldest olive tree in the Botanical Park? Where can you grow a plant? Are you ready to plant and look after your own pot?
In a specially designed natural environment, children play and learn, observe, touch and create, act as a team and collaborate. They discover the botany collections, the olive grove, the lavender garden and the aromatic plants. They gather useful information for growing and keeping healthy plants and for making their own plant pot, which they will later take home.
Program runs all year round
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!
WELCOME FALL!
Discover and collect autumn treasures!
What happens in nature during autumn? Why do plants, flowers and trees need leaves? What similarities and differences can you notice between leaves? What happens when we prune a tree? Which tree is full of fruit at this time of year? Why do we see fallen leaves and fruit in autumn? What happens to the millions of leaves that fall to the ground? What animals help nature's recycling?
Children enjoy a day, dedicated to the magic of autumn, full of games, discoveries, compositions and artworks. Imagination is awakened by every sense and nature inspires unique creations. Let’s dive into the fall treasures of the Botanical Park and keep your memories in your autumn pouch.
Program runs from September to November
Program Duration: up to 1 ½ hours BOOK NOW!