Program · Outdoors

Cottonwood Tales Story Time at the Overland Park Arboretum

When

Recurring / by appointmentFirst Saturday of each month at 10:00 a.m. (next listed: Nov. 7, 2026)

Where

Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens (Education Center)8909 W. 179th Street, Overland Park, KS 66013Open in Google Maps ↗

Ages

Young children with caregiver

Cost

Fee per participant (amount not shown); caregivers and siblings pay Arboretum admission

Organizer

City of Overland Park Parks & Recreation

Cottonwood Tales is the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens' first-Saturday story time for young children, led by O.P. the Bookworm and Miss Laurel. Families gather at 10 a.m. at the Education Center for interactive, nature-themed stories, fingerplays and musical activities that quietly build early literacy and math skills. It is held outdoors when the forecast high is at least 70 degrees and dry, otherwise inside the Education Center. Registration is required and a caregiver must stay; the fee is per child participant, while caregivers and siblings pay only Arboretum admission. Dates not shown on the ticket calendar are sold out.