Families can experience a full day of fun at Naples Botanical Garden. Visitors to the Garden will experience a world full of tropical plants, pollinators, and secret discoveries.
Naples Botanical Garden offers educational and interactive programs, hands-on activities, and fun events and exhibitions for the whole family to enjoy, including Nature Play, Frame & Flora, Music in the Garden, Sunset Wednesdays, Friday After 5, and more.
Fun Activities for Families and Children
Activities range from self-guided audio tour and daily, staff-led tours to engaging W.O.N.D.E.R. drop-in sessions and Dig Deeper demonstrations.
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Take part in our W.O.N.D.E.R. programming Friday – Monday at 10 a.m. on the Performance Lawn. W.O.N.D.E.R. encourages families to “Walk, Observe, Navigate, Draw, Explore, and Read” in the Garden. Each month, this program features a unique theme; plus, kids may make a fun craft to take home as part of the experience. Don’t forget to pick up a W.O.N.D.E.R. Activity Packs for the kids, also located in the Visitor Center, for a hands-on learning experience while strolling the Garden or at home. Each pack is centered around a monthly theme and features a Garden map, activity page, Junior Nature Journal, craft, and supplies to enjoy at your own pace.
Activity Packs are available in English, Spanish, and Hatian Creole.
For adults, there’s Dig Deeper, Thursday – Tuesday, an educational drop-in program in which you can learn new skills, ask questions, and gain insights into botanically-inspired topics such as the Botany of Brewing, All About Air Plants, The Spice is Right, and more. (Location and theme details can be found near Ticketing in the Eleanor and Nicholas Chabraja Visitor Center.)
Snacks and More at Fogg Café
Enjoy breakfast, lunch, or an early dinner at Fogg Café. The Cafe’s menu changes seasonally and represents culinary themes from our cultivated gardens.
Fogg Café also features a kids’ menu, light snack options, and a nice selection of wine and beer.
Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the last food order of the day taken at 4:30 p.m.
Reservations are not accepted.
What are the Garden Hours?
Naples Botanical Garden is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Summer hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 1 – September 30.
Members only entry from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. daily.
Fogg Café is open during the Garden’s hours of operation; Members enjoy a 10% discount on all food purchases as well as retail purchases in the Jane and Chuck Berger Shop in the Garden.
Naples Botanical Garden’s walkways are ADA accessible.
Blue Star Museums Program
Naples Botanical Garden is a proud participant of the Blue Star Museums program, which offers free admission to active-duty military personnel, including National Guard and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and museums across America.
The 2025 Blue Star Museums program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 17, 2025 and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2025.
