On Tuesday, July 24, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens will offer a fun-filled and creative family activity in the Bibby and Harold Alfond Children’s Garden. Local artist Arden Georgi Thompson will present two programs during which different age groups can learn to make origami birds and flowers.

The younger Botanical Gardens group, ages 4-7, will meet from 10 a.m. to noon; the workshop for the older group, ages 8-12, will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Adults should accompany their child or children and are welcome to try their hand at the origami technique along with them. Younger children with origami experience are welcome to join the afternoon session with permission from the Botanical Gardens children’s education staff.

Arden Georgi Thompson has taught gifted and talented students and enrichment classes in regular and special-education classrooms in Maine for more than 30 years. She is a former president of the State Science Teachers Organization and has won many teaching awards, including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. She truly enjoys helping children create beautiful things by folding paper.

Prices for this hands-on workshop, which includes origami paper, are $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers. Preregistration is required; call 207-633-4333, ext. 101, visit www.MaineGardens.org, or stop by the Botanical Gardens off Barters Island Road in Boothbay.