Wednesday 3 June, 14:00

Record-breaking plants

Booking Required

Explore plants that break all the records as you search for the biggest leaves, the tiniest flowers, the oldest trunks and the strangest shapes. Use sight, touch and smell to compare sizes, textures and colors. Follow simple investigations, listen to rustling leaves, and sketch or collect observations. Hands-on activities and short experiments encourage curiosity about how plants grow and survive. This discovery session invites questions, close looking and playful learning.

In French. Kids ages 6 and up.

Chemin de l'Impératrice 1,
1292 Chambésy, Switzerland
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Photo Credit: Jardin Botanique de Genève

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