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Innisfree Garden
Innisfree Garden merges Modernist and Romantic techniques with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design principles, offering groups insight into a powerful example of mid-20th century landscape design. Named after the Yeats poem, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree," the garden was designed by architect Lester Collins, artist and teacher Walter Beck, and gardener and heiress Marion Burt Beck. Located only four miles off of the Taconic State Parkway in Millbrook, New York, Innisfree Garden features picturesque scenery complete with bridges, a meadow, terraces, a waterfall, and an abundance of plant varieties. Students, scouts, homeschoolers, and camp groups will bask in nature as they see pink and white lotuses, yellow day lilies, trumpet vines, a Japanese maple, and more on tours of the garden.
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Hrs: Vary by season.
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Botanical Garden Lesson Plan
FUN FACTS
The diverse world of plants is perhaps the weirdest, and most fascinating, of all living things. Bamboo can grow over three feet in one day (you can literally watch it grow). There are 600 species of carnivorous plants, which trap and digest insects, frogs, or small birds (if a vegetarian eats this plant, are they still a vegetarian?). The world’s largest flower, Rafflesia, can grow up to three feet in diameter (how big would a bouquet be…). Do a little digging on your next trip to a botanical garden (not literally!), and see what interesting plant facts you can find.Â
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Innisfree Garden
Innisfree Garden merges Modernist and Romantic techniques with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design principles, offering groups insight into a powerful example of mid-20th century landscape design. Named after the Yeats poem, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree," the garden was designed by architect Lester Collins, artist and teacher Walter Beck, and gardener and heiress Marion Burt Beck. Located only four miles off of the Taconic State Parkway in Millbrook, New York, Innisfree Garden features picturesque scenery complete with bridges, a meadow, terraces, a waterfall, and an abundance of plant varieties. Students, scouts, homeschoolers, and camp groups will bask in nature as they see pink and white lotuses, yellow day lilies, trumpet vines, a Japanese maple, and more on tours of the garden.
contact info
Hrs: Vary by season.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Botanical Garden Lesson Plan
FUN FACTS
The diverse world of plants is perhaps the weirdest, and most fascinating, of all living things. Bamboo can grow over three feet in one day (you can literally watch it grow). There are 600 species of carnivorous plants, which trap and digest insects, frogs, or small birds (if a vegetarian eats this plant, are they still a vegetarian?). The world’s largest flower, Rafflesia, can grow up to three feet in diameter (how big would a bouquet be…). Do a little digging on your next trip to a botanical garden (not literally!), and see what interesting plant facts you can find.Â
View Lesson Plan>>ABOUT
Innisfree Garden
Innisfree Garden merges Modernist and Romantic techniques with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design principles, offering groups insight into a powerful example of mid-20th century landscape design. Named after the Yeats poem, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree," the garden was designed by architect Lester Collins, artist and teacher Walter Beck, and gardener and heiress Marion Burt Beck. Located only four miles off of the Taconic State Parkway in Millbrook, New York, Innisfree Garden features picturesque scenery complete with bridges, a meadow, terraces, a waterfall, and an abundance of plant varieties. Students, scouts, homeschoolers, and camp groups will bask in nature as they see pink and white lotuses, yellow day lilies, trumpet vines, a Japanese maple, and more on tours of the garden.
contact info
Hrs: Vary by season.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Botanical Garden Lesson Plan
FUN FACTS
The diverse world of plants is perhaps the weirdest, and most fascinating, of all living things. Bamboo can grow over three feet in one day (you can literally watch it grow). There are 600 species of carnivorous plants, which trap and digest insects, frogs, or small birds (if a vegetarian eats this plant, are they still a vegetarian?). The world’s largest flower, Rafflesia, can grow up to three feet in diameter (how big would a bouquet be…). Do a little digging on your next trip to a botanical garden (not literally!), and see what interesting plant facts you can find.Â
View Lesson Plan>>ABOUT
Innisfree Garden
Innisfree Garden merges Modernist and Romantic techniques with traditional Chinese and Japanese garden design principles, offering groups insight into a powerful example of mid-20th century landscape design. Named after the Yeats poem, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree," the garden was designed by architect Lester Collins, artist and teacher Walter Beck, and gardener and heiress Marion Burt Beck. Located only four miles off of the Taconic State Parkway in Millbrook, New York, Innisfree Garden features picturesque scenery complete with bridges, a meadow, terraces, a waterfall, and an abundance of plant varieties. Students, scouts, homeschoolers, and camp groups will bask in nature as they see pink and white lotuses, yellow day lilies, trumpet vines, a Japanese maple, and more on tours of the garden.
contact info
Hrs: Vary by season.
HELPFUL LESSON PLAN(S)
Prepared by FieldTripDirectory.com
Botanical Garden Lesson Plan
FUN FACTS
The diverse world of plants is perhaps the weirdest, and most fascinating, of all living things. Bamboo can grow over three feet in one day (you can literally watch it grow). There are 600 species of carnivorous plants, which trap and digest insects, frogs, or small birds (if a vegetarian eats this plant, are they still a vegetarian?). The world’s largest flower, Rafflesia, can grow up to three feet in diameter (how big would a bouquet be…). Do a little digging on your next trip to a botanical garden (not literally!), and see what interesting plant facts you can find.Â
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