Make nature your classroom
Take a field trip to Descanso Gardens and extend your classroom into nature. We offer a variety of options for enriching educational garden visits, with or without a docent. Many of Descanso’s educational programs and field trips are provided free of charge.
Arranging your Descanso Gardens field trip
Does your school qualify?
Field trips and programs are available free of charge for qualifying schools with advance reservations. A qualifying school must meet one or more of the following requirements:
- An accredited California public or private school
- A preschool providing instruction to students over two years of age
- A program through a school that provides academic instruction to students
- A Head Start or Child Development Center
- Homeschool groups
Self-guided field trips
Enjoy Descanso Gardens at your own pace with a self-guided field trip, available for all grade levels. With the help of a chaperone you provide, students can learn about the gardens or simply spend the day discovering nature.
Download and print our Chaperone and Student Guide designed to help make the most of your educational visit.
We are still accepting reservations for school year 2023/2024.
Questions? Call 818.949.0120 or email programs@descansogardens.org.
Did you know?
Every year approximately 12,000 students, teachers, and chaperones visit Descanso on field trips.
Resource library
We’ve collected resources to inspire curiosity and discovery of the natural world, including videos, activity journals, foundational plant workbooks, book lists, and more.
Resource library
We’ve collected resources to inspire curiosity and discovery of the natural world, including videos, activity journals, foundational plant workbooks, book lists, and more.
Resource library
We’ve collected resources to inspire curiosity and discovery of the natural world, including videos, activity journals, foundational plant workbooks, book lists, and more.