GARDEN TOURS

Young Sprouts
Grades: Preschool
Program Length: 45 minutes
Introduce your preschoolers to the garden with this fun-filled interactive tour. Students will explore the garden using their senses: naming the bright colors, smelling the fragrant blossoms, touching the different plant textures, and listening for sounds in nature.

Garden Adventure
Grades: K-8
Program Length: 60 minutes
Move your classroom outdoors to experience nature up close and observe how plants, animals, and insects share a home.
Teacher's Guide - Garden Adventure

Grades: K-3
Students will become nature explorers as they tour Cheekwood’s grounds to discover the role of plants in the environment.
Grades: 4-8
Students will explore plants, animals, habitats, biomes, environment, and resource sustainability and conservation to gain an understanding of the importance of green space to our community.

Howe Garden
Grades: 2-12
Program Length: 45 minutes
Explore the newly renovated Howe Garden! Students will see one of the rarest and oldest conifer trees on Earth today, learn how rain gardens reduce water pollution, discover the thatched toolhouse, and hear about the amazing history of this garden. Each student will receive a Howe Garden Activity Book during their visit!

Japanese Garden
Grades: 4-12
Program Length: 45 minutes
The Japanese Garden provides students the opportunity to experience Japanese culture as they learn about the diversity and customs of another country. Groups will enjoy a serene tour while exploring the plants, garden design and symbolism present throughout the garden.
Teacher’s Guide – Japanese Garden

Standards-based self-guided garden tours 
Dig deeper into your classroom curriculum with these new self-guided tours. Designed to highlight and satisfy the Tennessee Curriculum Standards, each lesson plan includes information and activities for before, during, and after your visit to Cheekwood.

Growing the Language Arts
Cultivate your students’ creativity and communication skills with this cross-disciplinary approach to the garden. Through garden-inspired literature and an exploration of Cheekwood’s botanical gardens and grounds, students will explore personal expression, poetry, prose, presentation, and many other language arts standards.
Teacher’s Guide

Garden by Number
Designing, planting, and maintaining a garden takes mathematical problem solving and practice. From basic measurement and arithmetic to data collection and graphing, students will implement the concepts they have learned in the classroom to help the Cheekwood gardeners with their daily tasks. 
Teacher's Guide

ART TOURS

TEMPORARY EXHIBITION TOURS