We were back to our Botanical Garden. Our subject of interest this time was trees.
In particular, the Cottonwood tree. Found only by the water here in our desert. The kids enjoyed laying on a blanket and listening to the wind blowing through the Cottonwood trees. They also had an opportunity to touch pots of dry soil and moist soil to discover the difference.
We spied some of our native trees showing a bit of autumn gold as well. This tree below is a Mesquite tree. Our Palo Verde trees and our Ocotillo were also sporting gold.

The children were sent on a quest to match leaves they were given to leaves of trees in the Garden.
Snack was of course an edible tree!
We made leaf rubbings . . .
Log rings . . .
And fun leaf-glitter trees with paint, eyedroppers, straws, and crushed leaves.


We also saw an adorable puppet show and had many 'tree' books to look through in our book nook.
This book was great! I'll be looking to pick up a copy at the library and will definitely be on the search for more Claire Llewellyn books.

And in conclusion, I'll leave you with this picture of one of the beautiful glass art sculptures now in place in our Botanical Garden.