Vacation care excursions at the Wildflower Garden
Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden offers full and half day vacation care excursions during the school holidays. Excursions are run by our experienced and qualified environmental education rangers.
Why Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden?
- Set across 123 hectares of pristine untouched bushland.
- Experienced and Qualified Environmental Education Rangers.
- Our expert Rangers come from a diverse range of backgrounds, including science, geography, environmental education and Tour Guiding.
- Explore a diverse landscape filled with wildlife.
- Access to both indoor and outdoor classrooms.
- Our own showcase of fauna, including - lizards, snakes, turtles and insects.
- Hands on learning with immersive opportunities.
- Fun activities that aim to be inclusive of all learning styles.
- All equipment provided.
Available themes
Animal Encounters
Connect with your inner animal. Kids will explore our amazing wilderness, meet some of our favourite Australian animals, discover more with an animal habitat building activity and go on a bug hunt using scientific equipment to catch and identify.
Activities included:
- Bush walk.
- Habitat building.
- Animal discovery session.
- Bug hunt.
Art Adventures
Art with a natural twist. We’ll be discovering the beauty of nature as we explore all kinds of nature art and craft out in the bush. Let your imagination flow with bush murals, botanical drawing, bush sculpture and craft projects using natural materials that we collect. You can take your creations home to show your family and friends.
Activities included:
- Bush walk.
- Clay craft.
- Botanical drawing.
- Collaborative bush mural activity.
Survival Skills
Want to learn the essential skills for surviving in the wild? In this active, hands-on program we’ll learn some basic bush survival skills. Compass-work, identifying bush foods, making a bush shelter, and bush first aid are among the many skills you’ll gain in this challenging day in the bush.
Activities included:
- Bush foods discovery walk.
- Orienteering.
- Shelter building.
- Bush first aid activity.
Fauna encounters and Nature Play are available as a shorter experience (1 - 1.5hrs) if time is limited or if you are utilising the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden and/or St Ives Showground for other activities.
For further information, please contact the Visitor Centre on 9424 0353 or email kwg@krg.nsw.gov.au.
Terms and conditions
Once you are ready to book, complete the booking form below.