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
Drawing for Beginning Painters
Improve your painting.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $30
- Non-Members $40
Have fun exploring the survival techniques of a barn owl.
Ages
Cost
- Members $5
- Non-Members $10
Beginning Acrylics
This is a class for beginners.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $60
- Non-Members $70
Cabin Fever Yoga
Break free of the snow and join us.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $7
- Non-Members $17
Coffee with the Curator
Join our Director of Horticulture, Steve LaWarre, for a special behind the scenes tour of the Fred and Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming exhibition.
Cost
- Members $15
- Non-Members $25
Family Mindfulness
Spend time with family members practicing mindfulness.
Ages
Instructor
Cost
- Members $10 member child, $15 member adult
- Non-Members $13 non-member child, $18 non-member adult
Butterfly Photography
Learn techniques for creating fantastic butterfly photos.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $30
- Non-Members $40
Gardens and Grandeur: A Taste of Australia
Enjoy a cup of coffee and an Anzac biscuit.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $15
- Non-Members $20
Beginning Vegetable Gardening*
Learn methods for preparing your site and the importance of good soil.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $30
- Non-Members $40
Advanced Vegetable Gardening*
A continuation of Beginning Vegetable Gardening.
Instructor
Cost
- Members $30
- Non-Members $40