The botanical garden plays an important part in stimulating the study and understanding of the sciences. Each year 1,500 students from Huntsville and Madison County spend a day at the Garden learning about the role plants play in their lives.
Summer offers young students the opportunity to attend various butterfly-oriented programs.
Environmental awareness is promoted in our composting education program and teacher workshops help carry the message back to school classrooms. Over 60 educational workshops and programs serve over 1,800 participants of all ages. Just to the east of the Vegetable Demonstration Garden lies the Compost Demonstration Area, an area devoted to showing different examples of compost bins which can be constructed quite simply by the homeowner. Two example of commercial units Informational signage explains the whole composting process and points out the tremendous advantages of making your own compost. The teaching of composting is part of our educational efforts at the Garden.