Franklin Park Conservatory provides an active learning environment—a living classroom for your school tour. Students interact with native and exotic plant collections and have fun learning about science, the environment and the arts! All tours are offered September 12 – June 8 unless otherwise noted.

There is plenty to do and see before and after your school tour.
Make sure you plan enough time to see everything the Conservatory has to offer!

• Visit the Hot Shop: Watch local, professional gaffers demonstrate the art of glass blowing during this 25 minute program. Free with admission. The Hot Shop is open seasonally.
  

• Pacific Island Biome, Show House and Palm House:
  Make sure to visit the plant collections that are not included on your guided tour!
  Don’t forget the rooftop garden terraces and courtyards.
  

• ScottsMiracle-Gro Community Garden Campus & Outdoor Spaces:
  Stroll through the grounds of the Community Garden Campus,
  visit the trial garden plots & explore the park!
  Download a Leaf Trail Scavenger Hunt sheet.

• Art at the Conservatory - Self-Guided Tour, 3rd - 12th Grades:
  Reserve a teacher resource guide to direct you and your students through the permanent and temporary works of art on display throughout and around theConservatory.
  The resource guide will include a map of the Conservatory and grounds, images of select installations and interesting facts about the pieces you will encounter and the artists who created them.
  
  Download the Field Trip Brochure & Registration Form
  

Register for school tours in four ways:
Mail: Franklin Park Conservatory
Attn: Registrar
1777 E. Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43203
Fax: 614-645-5921
Phone: 614-645-5923 M –F 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Email the registration form as an attachment to: registrar@fpconservatory.org