Kingwood Center Gardens

Transportation costs shouldn't stand between
students and meaningful learning experiences.

For generations, Kingwood Center Gardens has inspired wonder and curiosity in young visitors. We regularly hear from guests who visited on a school field trip, attended a children's program, or explored the gardens as a child and still remember those experiences years later.

A first peacock sighting. A favorite flower. A lesson brought to life outside the classroom. Seemingly small moments like these can spark a love of learning and become cherished memories.

At Kingwood, students can study nature up close, engage with history, and connect classroom lessons to the world around them. But for many schools, the cost of transportation can make these experiences difficult to access.

That's why Kingwood Center Gardens is launching the Kingwood Kids Field Trip Fund.

This new fund will help eligible schools offset transportation expenses, making it possible for more students to visit Kingwood and participate in meaningful educational experiences. By helping cover the cost of getting here, we can ensure that more children have the opportunity to learn, explore, and grow—beyond the walls of the classroom.

Creating Opportunities for Years to Come

Your gift will help establish the Kingwood Kids Field Trip Fund, an ongoing resource dedicated to helping schools overcome transportation barriers that can prevent students from visiting Kingwood Center Gardens.

Through an application-based program, schools will be able to request assistance with transportation expenses, with priority given to Title I schools and those with the greatest demonstrated need.

By helping launch this fund, you're supporting more than a single classroom. You're helping build a lasting resource that will serve students for years to come, giving more opportunities for young learners to explore and discover the wonders of Kingwood.

Double Your Impact

Thanks to the generosity of anonymous supporters who believe in the power of educational experiences, every gift made to the Kingwood Kids Field Trip Fund through Richland Gives will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000.

Together, we can raise $20,000 to establish the fund and help remove transportation barriers for local schools.

Imagine the Possibilities

A closer look at a butterfly. A question about a flower. The joy of digging in the soil and planting something new. 

Every student experiences a field trip differently, and even a single visit can introduce them to something they haven't seen or considered before.

Your gift helps make those moments possible.

Join Us

Every child deserves the chance to experience the wonder of learning beyond the classroom.

Help make that possible for the next generation of young explorers.

Make your gift to the Kingwood Kids Field Trip Fund and help open the gates to discovery.

Together, we can plant a seed and help curiosity grow.
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About Us

Kingwood Center Gardens is an exquisite garden estate on 47 acres in Mansfield, OH that once was the home of the innovative industrialist, Charles Kelley King. Kingwood is renowned for its distinctive floral displays, unique plant specimens, woodland trails, historic mansion and gardens, display greenhouse, duck pond, and peacocks. Signature events like Wine Walk, the Great Pumpkin Glow and Christmas at Kingwood delight tens of thousands of guests annually and provide vital support for this non-profit organization.