Classes & Camps
Classes & Camps
For All Ages and Interests.
More than 130 classes for adults, children, and parent/child pairs are offered year-round, and more than 30 engaging summer camps for children ages 4 to 14 are offered each summer. Camps vary from week-long to 4-day, 2-day and 1-day camps and run from mid-June through mid-August.
Take an interactive tour of our new Covenant Learning Center here!
Tips for Signing Up
The schedule for summer camps publishes in February; sign-up early as space is limited! For more information about any individual class or camp, email our Classes Coordinator or call 616-975-3147. Scholarship assistance for children and adults is available; for information, call 616-975-3184. If a class or camp is full, call 616-975-3147 to put your name on a waiting list.
Register online by viewing the Classes and Camps below under "Events".
Please note:
Children are not allowed to accompany adults to adult-only classes.
Cancellation Policy:
Withdraw from a class at least 30 days in advance, a refund is issued minus a $5 processing fee. Withdraw 7 to 29 days in advance and receive a 50% refund. Less than 7 days, no refund. Call 616-975-3147 for class cancellations due to severe weather.
Class Discounts
All members receive discounts on classes.
Check out other membership benefits and find out how to join or renew.
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Events
Spring Foraging
This class has been cancelled.
Join Maggie Conklin, of Heirloom Academy, as you learn more about the abundance of “wild foods” in Southwest Michigan.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $35
- Non-Members $45
Drawing the Human Form
This class has been cancelled.
Practice drawing the human form from life in this introductory figure drawing class.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $50
- Non-Members $60
Family Night Hike: All About Owls
This class has been cancelled.
Join us for an evening tour looking for owls on the grounds of Meijer Gardens.
Ages
Instructor
Cost
- Members $10 member child, $15 member adult
- Non-Members $13 non-member child, $18 non-member adult
Watercolor Bootcamp in the Japanese Garden
This class has been cancelled.
Create mini-landscapes or work up close to your subject in this tranquil environment.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $110
- Non-Members $120
Labyrinth Zentangle
This class has been cancelled.
Enjoy a guided experience of drawing and creating your own labyrinth suitable for framing.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $35
- Non-Members $45
Grandparent and Me: Totally Turtles (cancelled)
This event has been cancelled.
(ONE-DAY CAMP) Find out what turtles eat, where they live and how they move through group art activites, songs and a story.
Ages
Cost
- Members $18 per child, $18 per adult
- Non-Members $22 per child, $22 per adult
Grandparent and Me: Plant Pals - Morning Camp (cancelled)
This event has been cancelled.
(ONE-DAY CAMP) Learn different uses for plants, make an edible sculpture, and take home your own tomato plant!
Ages
Grandparent and Me: Plant Pals - Afternoon Camp (cancelled)
This event has been cancelled.
(ONE-DAY CAMP) Learn different uses for plants, make an edible sculpture, and take home your own tomato plant!
Ages
Amphibians and Reptiles (cancelled)
This event has been cancelled.
(TWO-DAY CAMP—Monday AND Tuesday, June 15-16, from 9 am-2 pm) Become a Junior Herpetologist by creating a field-guide as you learn what makes reptiles and amphibians so amazing and unique!
Ages
Cost
- Members $85
- Non-Members $95
Silly Sculpture (cancelled)
This event has been cancelled.
(FOUR-DAY CAMP—Monday THROUGH Thursday, June 15-18, from 9:30 am-12 pm) Play silly games and take wacky walks through the gardens.
Ages
Cost
- Members $85
- Non-Members $95