Special vacation program for the kids at the Botanical Garden!

The Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden has prepared a special vacation program for children, teenagers and families, with activities that combine fun and knowledge. The games, workshops, storytelling and much more start on Saturday July 13th and run until the 28th of the month.

At the Botanical Garden Museum, De Flor em Flor is the name of the series of activities that will make everyone learn more about Brazilian flora and have fun at the same time. There's Amarelinha with flowers from the Atlantic Forest, a game of Botanical Cards with endangered species, animation workshops, nature photography and painting with natural paints, storytelling and other games, as well as guided tours of the exhibition.

The Botanical Garden's Environmental Education Service (SEA) will be taking the kids on a discovery tour of the Garden's arboretum, in the Botanical Detective activity, which will take place on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th. From Wednesday to Friday, the 17th, 18th and 19th, the SEA will offer a workshop on making masks with botanical motifs.

Check out the program:

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SERVICE (SEA)

- Botanical detective in search of endangered species
Days July 15 (Monday), at 2 p.m., and July 16 (Tuesday), at 10 a.m.
Meeting point: SEA headquarters, next to the main ticket office.
The children will get to know some of the endangered species of Brazilian flora that are part of the Rio Botanical Garden's collection, using maps with different paths and clues with information on how to find the species in the arboretum. Those who find the species will receive a gift. The aim is to address concepts about biodiversity and the main risk factors for endangered species.

- Rio Botanical Garden: the stage for our party
Days July 17 (Wednesday), at 2 p.m.; July 18 (Thursday) and July 19 (Friday), at 10 a.m.
Venue: SEA headquarters, next to the main ticket office.
With the aim of publicizing the species from different biomes present in the arboretum and the importance of their preservation, SEA educators will hold a workshop to make playful masks. The technique to be used will be frottage, in order to observe the structure of the plants. To achieve the desired effect, simply place a sheet of paper on top of the object and then rub it with chalk or pencil.

To take part in SEA's activities, you need to register in advance by e-mailing educativo@jbrj.gov.br or calling 21 2274-7332 / 7374.

BOTANICAL GARDEN MUSEUM: FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER

- In search of the lost tree
Days of July 13, 20 and 27 (Saturdays), from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Meeting point: Museum Reception Room
A guided tour in which visitors will be invited to unravel the riddles and clues to discover the great tree inside the Museum: the Sumaúma. The activity highlights the research carried out by scientists from the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, who go from the forest to the laboratory to learn about, monitor and conserve Brazilian flora.
Places: 20 people, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- Amarelinha
Days of July 13, 20 and 27 (Saturdays), at 11 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | 2:30 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 3:30 p.m.
Days 14 and 21/7 (Sundays), at 10:30 a.m. | 11:00 a.m. | 11:30 a.m.

Venue: gardens in front of the Museum.
Aimed at audiences aged 4 to 10, this game will present yellow flowers from the Atlantic Forest, thus contributing to bodily perception and knowledge about the diversity of Brazilian flora. Species: Pau-ferro (Libidibia ferrea); Pau-brasil (Paubrasilia echinata); Ipê-amarelo (Handroanthus albus); Magnólia-amarela (Magnolia champaca); Hibisco (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis); Solandra (Solandra grandiflora); Lantana (Lantana camara); Rabo-de-tucano (Vochysia tucanorum); Orquídea-sumaré (Cyrtopodium glutiniferum); Piteirunhas-de-espinho (Dyckia brevifolia) and Heliconia-orange-yellow (Heliconia hirsuta).
VACANCIES: 10 children per session, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- Animated nature

Day July 14 (Sunday), from 1:30 p.m | 3:30 p.m.
Location: gardens in front of the Museum.
Stop motion animation workshop using natural elements and sounds collected in the Garden, letting children's imaginations run wild.
Target audience: Children aged 6 to 9 (1:30 p.m) and 10 to 12 (3:30 p.m).
Places: 10 children per session, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- Flora at play

On July 18 and 19 (Thursday and Friday), at 10:30 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | 3 p.m.
Days July 24 and 25 (Thursday and Friday), sessions 10:30 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 11 p.m.
Location: gardens in front of the Museum.
Children from 6 to 12 can play a card game with illustrations of species in the Botanical Garden Museum's exhibition. The game promotes the construction of knowledge about the diversity of species, their conservation status, the main threats and important measures to reverse the biodiversity crisis.
Places: 10 children per session, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- Flowers from my garden
Days July 15 and 16 (Monday and Tuesday), at 10:30 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | 3 p.m.
Location: Gardens in front of the Museum.
Drawing workshop. Free creation of simplified drawings of flowers, leading children's eyes to the main characteristics of flowers found in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden.
Places: 30 children per session, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- Native bees

Sunday, July 21, 3 p.m.
Location: Gardens in front of the Museum.
In this educational activity, we invite children to get to know the jataí bee (Tetragonisca angustula) through storytelling, tasting of jataí honey and artistic creations with drawings, highlighting its main characteristics and ecological importance.
Places: 30 children per session, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- Natural paints
On July 25 and 26 (Thursday and Friday), at 10:30 a.m. | 11 a.m. | 11:30 a.m. | 2 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. | 3 p.m.
Location: Gardens in front of the Museum.
Art activity with unconventional pigments, where we present colors and textures through natural paints.
Places: 30 children per session, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- Nature photography
Day 28 July (Sunday), from 1:30 p.m | 3:30 p.m
Location: gardens in front of the Museum.
Workshop for children aged 6 to 12, who will observe and record the plants around the Museum building, paying attention to their textures, shapes and colors. With the help of accessories such as cardboard dark cameras, different lenses and manual filters, we will use cell phone cameras in a creative way.
Places: 20 children per session, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- Planting stories: Baobab
Days July 22 and 23 (Monday and Tuesday), from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Meeting point: Museum Reception Room.
In order to build knowledge and affective memory about plants and combat botanical imperception, the activity starts from references present in our culture, in the form of literature, poetry, music, cuisine, cinema, works of art, etc. In this special vacation edition, the chosen species is the baobab (Adansonia digitata) and the children are invited to take part in a shadow play entitled Gbala e a viagem ao templo do Baobá (Gbala and the journey to the temple of the Baobab), based on the fable adapted from the storyline of the G.R.E.S. Unidos de Vila Isabel "Gbala - Viagem ao Templo da Criação" (Gbala - Journey to the Temple of Creation).
Places: 20 people, on a first-come, first-served basis.

- USK RIO Meeting
July 28th (Sunday), from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: gardens in front of the Museum.
The meeting of the Urban Sketchers Rio community, of people who get together to draw outdoors, will be open to the public of all ages. Just come along and join in. The meeting begins with a guided tour of the Museum, followed by a drawing activity, and ends with the sharing of the drawings produced that day.

Service
Vacations at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden
From July 13 to 28, 2024.
Environmental Education Service and Botanical Garden Museum - free admission.
Rua Jardim Botânico, 1008.
Tel: (21) 3874-1808