Enabling Garden Programs for Schools

Nature-focused field trips for special education classes

Enabling Garden field trips cover a range of topics and are suitable for K-12 students of all abilities. See our program options below and book your field trip today.

Garden/Nature-Focused Program | Two Hours | Up to 10 Students | $300

Available from September to November and April to June

Hands-on outdoor practical garden and nature programs held in a fully accessible learning space with adaptive tools. Activities are seasonal and can include seed starting, flower and vegetable planting, garden care, harvest and fall clean-up, birding, pollinator observations and tree and plant identification.

An additional fee of $40 per student will apply to each student over the 10-student count. There is no fee for caregivers or assistants.

Hot Chocolate and Wild Birds Program | Two Hours | Up to 10 Students | $300

Available from December to March

Students explore Riverwood’s urban forest and hand-feed chickadees, then return to our heated barn to warm up with hot chocolate. As an additional hands-on activity, and if time permits, we will create nature mandalas, adding bird seed to entice our feathered friends to visit!

An additional fee of $40 per student will apply to each student over the 10-student count. There is no fee for caregivers or assistants.

Cancellation Policy

When a program must be cancelled by TRC or the school/group (E.g., in the case of severe weather, illness, or bus cancellations), TRC and the school/group will attempt to re-schedule. Inclement weather includes, but is not limited to thunderstorms, high winds, flooding and temperature extremes.

Due to the high demand for programs, schools/groups who want to cancel their programs without penalty must request their cancellation in writing to TRC no later than two weeks prior to the scheduled program. The charge for a cancelled program is 50 percent of the booked program fee.

Schools/groups will not be allowed to book or participate in more programs if they have invoices outstanding more than 120 days.

Program Booking and Payment

Complete the form below to book your Enabling Garden field trip. Please note that separate forms must be submitted for each program you wish to book for your class.

After submitting your form, we will contact you at the email address you provided with details on your program. You must reply to that email to confirm your booking. Unconfirmed booking requests will be held for two weeks. After that time, the requested dates will be released. Please note that a pre-program planning call may be required before we can confirm a program booking; we will contact you to arrange a call if necessary.

TRC will send an invoice to your school after the delivery of your requested program(s).