Myriad Gardens offers spring break adventures

Myriad Botanical Gardens will offer Adventure Week at the Gardens next week.

From bugs and dancing, to hammering and painting, scavenger hunts and plain old playing, activities will happen under the pavilion, on the pavilion lawn and inside the Crystal Bridge Tropical Conservatory.

Contributing to the adventures are partners from the Museum of Osteology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Moore Norman Technology Center, artist Mike Wimmer and business and services lending trucks for the occasion. Food trucks will be on site during the lunch hour.

Cost per day for members is $13 for children and free for adults. Cost for nonmember children is $18 and $8 for adults.

Parents must accompany their children during all activities. Register at www.myriadgardens. org, or call 445-7080 for more information.

Mad Science Monday

Activities from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. include imagination playground and garden games, the inflatable colon from Stevenson Cancer Center and the Museum of Osteology.

In the Discovery Room from 10 a.m. to noon are a fake snow sensory activity, electric dough activity and magnet station.

The Brittany Benson Bug Presentation is at 11 a.m., as is a snack provided by Whole Foods.

Touch-A-Truck Tuesday

Hudson between Reno and Sheridan will be closed for this event.

Children are invited to touch a truck and talk to the drivers, including shredding truck from Absolute Data Shredding, box truck from Little Guy Movers, truck and Inflatable Funfest from Great Plains Coca-Cola, Bear Cat from Oklahoma City Police Department’s tactical unit, recycling truck from Waste Connections of Oklahoma and Komatsu truck from KirbySmith Machinery.

Also scheduled Tuesday are imagination playground blocks, garden games, a scavenger hunt and a sensory construction zone.

Workshop Wednesday

Activities starting at 10 a.m. include a dance workshop, bird house making, watercolor workshops for girls and boys and seed starting.

Also scheduled are a treasure hunt, nature rubbings and rainbow jars.

Theatrical Thursday

An improvisation lesson with OKC Improv is at 1:30 p.m. Also offered are an action dice activity, brown paper bag puppets and shadow puppets.