Creative Education

Children's Nature & Sensory Trail is located near the Enchanted Storybook Forest and the Whispering Wings Butterfly House. It is free with garden admission. Children ages 6 and above will enjoy "Sensory," "Information," "Creative Physical Activity," and "Unstructured Play" stations that reflect the nature and history of Brookgreen Gardens.

Sensory stations engage visitors to use their senses to be aware of nature around them.

Information stations ask a nature question for children to consider. Answers will be found under a flap below the questions. Mimicry Stations will instruct children to move in ways they believe would imitate the movements of the animals that are pictured.

Creative Physical Activity stations include a large hollow log through which children can burrow when entering or leaving the Trail and two scaled models of a Native American Dwelling and an Enslaved African Dwelling, through which children can walk. Unstructured Play stations include accompanying audio stations for participating in singing and storytelling.

Our younger guests are invited to enter the magical world of the Enchanted Storybook Forest. A wonderful collection of storybook playhouses created by local builders, architects and organizations, that is located in the area of the Lowcountry Zoo, beside the Whispering Wings Butterfly House. The exhibit is free with garden admission.

Each house is based on a classic children's story or nursery rhyme and encourages reading and interaction with the natural world.