Spring break 2014 mini-camps for NYC kids: Brooklyn Botanical Garden: Children's Garden Spring Break Mini-Session
City kids get back to the land at BBG's sweet-smelling Fragrance Garden. Wearing get-dirty clothes and closed-toe shoes, they will tackle spring chores such as seeding, weeding and mulching. They'll also get to pot begonias, make snacks and take part in scavenger hunts that will have them exploring the three-acre oasis, wandering over hills and running through the famous esplanade of just-about-to-bloom cherry trees. 1000 Washington Ave, Crown Heights, Brooklyn (718-623-7200, bbg.org). Camp runs Apr 15–17, 9am–12:30pm. $185. Ages 5 to 10.
Wait—it's already April and you have yet to find a spring break 2014 camp that will keep your child enriched, enthralled and just the right amount of exhausted when the kids are off school from April 12 to 22? Worry no more: We've found the camps that will keep your kid acting, shredding, cooking, dribbling, gardening and experimenting—all have open seats, at press time—until it's time to hit the books again on Wednesday, April 23.
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