Hours
Tue–Fri, 12:00–5:00 pm
Sat–Sun, 10:00 am–5:00 pm
Closed Mondays

Free on-site parking

Skirball Cultural Center

Bloom Garden

School Tour | Grade 1–4

Children play in the Bloom Garden going down a slide and climbing on tree stumps.

Photo by Lindsey Best

Connect with nature and Jewish values through hands-on learning, mindfulness, and play. Students will explore how gardens can make the world a better place through mutual care and collaboration, generosity, and peace.

When

Fridays in 2026, 10:30 am–12:30 pm

Registration

Registration opens Tuesday, May 12 at 4:00 pm.

$100/tour (admission scholarships available), 60 students and 10 adults maximum per visit. Groups with more than 60 students should contact education@skirball.org. 

About the Program

Experience science, community, and kindness in the Skirball’s NEW Bloom Garden! Inspired by the Jewish value of stewarding the land, or Shomrei Adamah, the Bloom Garden is a unique blend of biodiversity, regional sustainability, and second chances. Through hands-on learning, mindfulness, and play, explore how gardens can make the world a better place through mutual care and collaboration, generosity and peace.   

The educational benefits of this program include:  

  • Reinforcing curriculum content standards for science, visual and performing arts, literacy, and social emotional learning  
  • Strengthening classroom community  
  • Empathy building  
  • Environmental awareness  
  • Fostering inclusivity  
  • Practicing close-looking and artful thinking 

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