Field Trip Offerings
The Wylde Center is dedicated to providing outstanding educational experiences for students. In our garden, children can explore all aspects of urban agriculture. Field trip themes include learning about chickens, composting, gardening, bees, insects, pollinators, Farm to School, service learning and more!
There are also many opportunities to explore ecology by exploring habitats, plants and their parts, and wildlife. We hope your class will have the opportunity to schedule a visit to the Wylde Center this season!
We have many different opportunities to meet your needs. Field trip experiences can range from:
- A one-time visit for 1.5 hours
- Three sessions for 1.5 hours each over the course of a season
Choose from:
- Educational Outreach to Schools
- Visit the Oakhurst Community Garden
- Visit Sugar Creek Garden
Hands on Learning!
Experimentation and hands-on science and nature activities help build a student’s understanding of the natural world. Using every-day activities to introduce concepts such as hypothesizing, organizing, and classifying will launch them on a never-ending quest for knowledge. During field trips, students will be encouraged to use their senses as built-in tools for exploration of the physical properties of soil, water, plants, garden animals, and more!
Who can come?
- All youth groups
- Homeschool
- Private and Public Schools
- Scout Troupes
- Afterschool programs
Field Trip Packages
You Are What You Eat — Nutrition Activities in the Garden
Eating healthy means choosing lots of different types of food throughout the day to get all the nutrients you need, such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fiber, and — yes — even fat. We will focus on food selection and explore how nutrients in foods keep our body systems working. This workshop will provide an introduction to nutrition, how to use math skills to interpret food labels, and understanding the current Food Guide Pyramid.
Down to Earth – The Real Dirt on Worms and Composting
Making compost with kids not only teaches them how soil is formed it gives them an opportunity to learn the importance of creating a natural soil amendment that does not rely on commercial products. Providing them with the means to observe the process up close in a small container encourages them to become active participants in the process.
Farm to School – Putting Down Roots
Wylde Center Farm to School field trips are designed to help children understand what agriculture is and why it is important. Activities help raise awareness of the diversity of local and national food production, introduce components of farming, and demonstrate basic ecological concepts related to growing food sustainability.
Habitats and Ecosystems
Habitat Hunt: Who are some of our more wild neighbors and what are their habits? What are some of their needs? Hands-on exploration will give you some answers.
Bees
To make a pound of honey, they have to fly the equivalent of eight roundtrips between New York and Paris. Come and enjoy the fructose of their labor. Have a taste of the facts and figures on honey. During this field trip, students will receive a general overview of all aspects of beekeeping. They will learn about why bees are important, beginning beekeeping, the variety of species, health benefits of honey, and the many products that are made from honey!
Chickens
Wylde Center Farm to School field trips are designed to help children understand what agriculture is and why it is important. Activities help raise awareness of the diversity of local and national food production, introduce components of farming, and demonstrate basic ecological concepts related to growing food sustainability.
Have a specific lesson idea?
We also offer garden-based field trips for all grade levels. The programs are aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards and can be tailored to grade-specific educational themes.
Spring-Summer
- Spring Vegetable Gardening: Hands-on learning about what and how to plant your spring vegetable garden. Plant an OCGP bed with your favorite spring vegetable or help harvest and maintain gardens in the summer. All ages.
- Planting a Habitat: Learn about some plants and simple projects you can add to your school grounds to make them more hospitable for wildlife. All ages.
Fall-Winter
- Fall Vegetable Gardening: Hands-on learning about what to include in and how to plant your Fall vegetable garden. Plant an OCGP bed with your favorite fall vegetable or visit in late fall to harvest. All ages.
- Fall Crafts: Gourds, pumpkins, corn-stalks, and autumn leaves. All ages.
- Leaf Relay: Learn how many different kinds of trees are around in a fast paced leaf gathering relay game. All ages.
Ongoing
- Where does our food come from? Our journey begins with an everyday meal and traverses the garden and the globe! All ages.
- Streams and Faucets: Where does that stream go? What lives there? Where does the water in your faucet come from and where does it go? Break out of the predictable water cycle and get ready to get wet doing some exploring. Upper Elementary through High School.
- Worms — Learn how to make your own worm compost at school or at home. Create a worm observatory and see what a happy worm habitat looks like! Plus, learn an easy way to cut down on trash being taken to the landfill and improve your garden. Grades 3-12.
- A Day on the Farm: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend a day on a farm? Help take care of animals, tend crops, and harvest your own snack. All ages.
- Habitat Hunt: Who are some of our more wild neighbors and what are their habits? Hands-on exploration will give you some answers. Grades 2-12.
Down to Earth – The Real Dirt on Worms and Composting