Infant-Toddler Garden Exhibit January 16, 2008

This garden exhibit features a picket fence/gated area especially for infants, crawlers and early walkers. Floor to ceiling murals and softly carpeted floor surround the very young with the images of a garden; interactives like a wooden carrot patch for harvesting and replacing carrots, a Velcro wall of soft block shapes, a pretend pond and a butterfly mobile provide appropriate tactile and visual stimulation for infants. The culture of food, gardening and agriculture is well-developed in the Bay Area and this exhibit introduces these themes in developmentally-appropriate ways.