Spring Discovery Days

Spring looks a little different this year at Gage Park, with a fresh approach designed to bring the community together to celebrate the arrival of spring. The traditional Spring Tide Bulb Show won’t be on display in 2026, however the excitement continues at Gage Park with Spring Discovery Days.

Families and visitors can enjoy hands-on activities, scavenger hunts and interactive experiences in Gage Park and the Tropical Greenhouse during March Break.

During Spring Discovery Days, you will get to step behind the scenes and explore the greenhouse where thousands of flowers for the City are grown each year.

We also look forward to May, introducing Spring in the Park which brings blooming flowers and hands-on programs for the whole community! More details to come.

Spring Discovery Days Programming

• Saturday, March 14: Hamilton Naturalist Club - Learn about Hamilton's local plants and animals with the Hamilton Naturalists' Club through fun, hands-on activities for all ages. Visit the booth to try the "Would This Help Wildlife?" habitat sorting game, "Design a Pollinator Paradise" to share with your friends and test your knowledge with interactive trivia, all while discovering simple ways to support biodiversity in your own backyard!
• Sunday, March 15: Green Venture - Additional details coming soon.
• Monday, March 16: Hamilton Water - Children and parents will explore how toilets and sewers work in Hamilton while learning about the 3Ps — pee, poo and toilet paper — the only things that should be flushed! Through a fun, hands-on activity, families will discover how flushing wipes and other garbage can clog pipes, cause sewer backups and harm local waterways.
• Tuesday, March 17: Hamilton Waste Management - The Waste Management team will be on site to answer your questions and share educational materials on how to properly sort waste in your household. Stop by to play fun games and win prizes while you learn.
• Wednesday, March 18: Hamilton Forestry - Visit the Forestry Edition of Discovery days! Young explorers can dig into the wonders of trees through hands-on activities and outdoor adventures. Participate in a guided tree walk, interactive invasive species game or sensory seed activity. Visitors can even create their own pollinator seed bomb or take home a seedling. Connect with nature while learning how trees grow and thrive.
• Thursday, March 19: Hamilton Forestry - Forestry will be teaching the value of trees, proper potting techniques and planting instructions. There will be a crane truck and stumper, the operator will demonstrate crane operation and describe how the stumper grinds stumps, they will also have a log for participants to guess how old the tree is.
• Friday, March 20: Hamilton Traffic - Traffic Signal specialists and Roadway Safety representatives will be on site to provide engaging, hands-on educational experiences focused on transportation infrastructure. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about traffic signs, signals, pavement markings and important roadway safety initiatives designed to keep our communities safe and connected.
• Saturday, March 21 The Children’s Garden Project - Visit The Children’s Garden Project Canada Activation Centre featuring Let’s Get Growing Series and Paper Botanicals. Families can plant seeds, learn propagation basics and jump into hands-on gardening fun while exploring simple, kid-friendly lessons in environmental stewardship and how tiny seeds grow into thriving gardens.
• Saturday, March 21: Hamilton Dundurn - Budding Scientists, Grow Your Own Berry Bush! Dive into the science of Spring while bringing dormant branches to life! Participants will explore buds and baby leaves with a variety of sprouting fruit trees and bushes from Dundurn’s Historic Kitchen Garden. Learn about how to create a whole new berry patch from just a little piece of wood. Participants will take home a red currant cutting to root up and care for.
• Sunday, March 22: Hamilton Civic Museums - Explore children's pastimes of yesteryear and make connections between the past and present with fun and educational hands-on activities! Learn about old tools used on the farm and in the home for the past 200 years, then get creative at our crafting table.