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Junior Master Gardeners (Northampton): Seed Starters ages 8-10

101 Swamp Rd., Newtown, PA 18940-1151

Free Event

Our popular children's gardening program is back for 2024!  Learn about and plant your own garden with educators from Tyler State Park and The Free Library of Northampton! We will learn the basics of gardening and start our seeds indoors so they are ready to transplant into our gardens in spring! 

Five Tuesdays at 4:30-5:30 pm 

Feb 27 Plant Basics

March 5 Intro to Veggies

March 12 All About Flowers

March 19 Garden Friends and Foes

March 26 Herbs, Preserves and Pickles

Interactive STEM program for grades 3-5 (older students also welcome to register). Through five themed lessons students will engage in hands-on experimentation and observation using the scientific method, raise plants and create habitat elements while taking into consideration the specific needs of each organism.

  • For questions, contact Bonnie Tobin at btobin@pa.gov
  • Registration will open February 6, 2024
  • Registration is for all five dates. Each session builds upon the last.
  • This program is targeted to students in grades 3-5.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 4:30pm to 5:30pm