Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens Education Contact person: Pamela Larkin Caruso Community Enrichment Director Tel:      561-832-5328 Fax:   561-835-9305 Email: educationansg@bellsouth.net

EARTH DAYS AT THE GARDEN

Saturday, April 19th - Family Day
10:00-4:00
$5.00 per person (children under 3 free)
(Passports Limited-Reservations Required)

Monday, April 21st - School Group Day
10:00-4:00
$5.00 per child
(Reservations Required)

Collaboration at its best can be experienced at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens’ First Annual “Earth Days at the Gardens” on Saturday, April 19th and Monday, April 21st.  During this 3-day event visitors will explore the life, art and gardens of Ann Weaver Norton, who came to live in West Palm Beach, Florida.  Norton recognized the significance the ANSG’s vital green space would have on a developing West Palm Beach.  It was her specific intention that her work, studio, and garden environment be left for the enjoyment and education of the community and that the gardens remain a mini-ecosystem where the plants, animals and birds could continue to cultivate. 

Families and school groups will begin their Earth Day experience by applying for an Earth Day Passport.  Visitors will travel throughout the garden to various hands-on exploration stations hosted by cultural and environmental organizations in Palm Beach County.  After a child visits a station they will receive a sticker to mark the station they traveled to and the activity they completed.  The stations offer hands-on exploration in environmental science, preservation, conservation and environmental art.  Visitors will have fun as they learn ways to conserve, preserve, recycle, and go green.  Activities include “Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden”, “Plants From the Time of the Dinosaurs”, “Pond Dipping”, “Turning Waste Into Wonder” , “Fossil Dig and Touch Station”, “Recycling Game”, “Palm Planting” and more.  Visitors will have the opportunity to view many of Ann’s artworks, Norton’s art studio, and her nine monumental sculptures in a magnificent garden on a beautiful 1.7 acre preserve with more then 300 species of plants. Partners include:

Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens
Arthur Marshall Foundation
Jurassic Parts: Fossils and Minerals
Palm Beach Community College
Palm Beach County Schools-G Star Environmental Science Program
Palm Beach Palm & Cycad Society
Palm Beach Preservation Foundation
Pine Jog Environmental Education Center
Resource Depot
Zabographics

For information contact Pamela @ 561-832-5328 or educationansg@bellsouth.net
For Reservations call 561-832-5328

EDUCATOR"S RESOURCE GUIDE: (PDF) - For a complete guide to the ANSG curriculum please click here

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS:
The goal of a visit is to allow the student/visitor to explore the life, influences, artwork and artistic process of artist Ann Weaver Norton.  It was Norton’s specific intention that her work, studio, and garden environment be left for the enjoyment and education of the community.

The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens offer enormous opportunity for educational experience in all disciplines including advanced learning in visual art, history, architecture, engineering, environmetal studies and landscape design.

GUIDED TOURS:

• Guided tours of the artist's studio, gardens and current exhibition available with Palm Beach County School District approved curriculum in the visual and literary arts.
• $2 per child visit
• For group tours please make a reservation at least two weeks in advance.
• 10-25 students with Chaperones
• FREE busing through the School District of Palm Beach County 

OTHER SERVICES:
Opportunity for developing multi-visit and long term learning.  The sculpture gardens are suited to be a hands on science lab for:  environmental projects, species identification and rare tropical plantings, engineering and architectural study using the monumental sculptures and photo documentation of Ann Norton's work, and a database of plants maintained by the Palm and Cycaid Society.   ANSG is open to partnership opportunities to develop science and environmental programs.

Third graders from the Palm Beach Day Academy visiting the Gardens