Camden Children's Garden & Camden City Garden Club, Inc (CCG & CCGC)

Camden Children’s Garden, and its Operator the Camden City Garden Club, Inc.

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The Camden Children’s Garden is designed for children and families. It is a special place to explore and discover the natural world. The four-acre garden provides horticultural experiences for creative and imaginative play.

The Garden includes three indoor attractions, the popular Philadelphia Eagles Four Seasons Butterfly House, the tropical exhibit, Plaza de Aibonito and Ben Franklin’s Secret Workshop. Other exhibits include a Dinosaur Garden, Maze, Tree House, Picnic Garden, CityScapes Garden, Storybook Gardens and the Fitness Garden. Visitors can round out their visit by riding the Carousel, Train and the Spring Butterfly Ride.

The Camden Children’s Garden also offers group visits, birthday parties, and evening rentals or schedule a Distance Learning Lesson!

Family Festivals: Held every 2nd & 4th Weekend April – November, 1:00pm-4:00pm

The Camden City Garden Club, Inc. a non-profit (501)(c)(3) environmental and educational organization helping to feed the people, while greening and beautifying Camden, NJ, for 28 years through the Community Gardening Program. Founded by Mike Devlin and his wife Valerie Frick, the organization soon expanded to include a variety of community-enhancing programs, such as GrowLab which offers hands-on nutrition and horticulture education to Camden students in their classrooms for 23 years. The Youth Employment and Job Training Program completed its 18th successful year, giving Camden’s at-risk teens the opportunity to earn an income while gaining skills and mentoring. This program gives Camden’s future leaders job experience through community service. Since 1999, the CCGC has operated the South Jersey favorite oasis for families, the Camden Children’s Garden. This 4.5 acre horticultural playground serves as an education center, tourist destination, a safe haven for Camden families and the hub of all CCGC programs.

The Garden is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia and adjacent to the Adventure Aquarium, Susquehanna Bank Center, Battleship New Jersey and Riversharks Baseball. The Children’s Garden is easily accessible by the RiverLink Ferry from Penn’s Landing, the PATCO High Speedline, or the River Line train.