Review: Star Garden Scavenger Hunt

The Star Garden is a very small park in the center of Doylestown. It's just across from the outdoor bar area for Puck. The main attraction of the park is the mosaic wall, although my kids are also fascinated with the water fountains: the drinking fountain and the rock sculpture fountain. After a few trips to the park with both boys, I started to wonder how many words were on the mosaic wall. That's when I had the idea for a scavenger hunt. It's not a traditional scavenger hunt in that you're not going to gather anything to take somewhere to get a prize. But I think it's a fun little addition to your visit to the park and to Doylestown in general, especially for curious kids. See if you can make the observations and find the things listed below at the Star Garden. The answers are listed below the photos.

1. The tree in the middle of the park is a sweet gum tree. What shape are the leaves? Also, what shape is the fruit of the tree?

2. How many sweet gum leaf tiles are there on the mosaic wall?

3. What are the "hidden" virtues listed on the mosaic wall?

4. What animals live in the towers?

5. How many chimneys can be seen from the Star Garden? (You may need to walk around to get a view of all of them.)

6. How many of these animals can you find on the mosaic wall? (you may find more than one)

• worm


• snail


• clam


• spider


• dog


• frog


• snake


• butterfly


• flower


• dragonfly


• turtle


• owl


• crab


• fish


• duck
  
• ladybug


• cat


• bee


• person

ANSWERS: *Note, if you find different answers than I've come up with here please feel free to post them in the comments below. Hope you have fun.

1. a star, and the fruit of the tree also kind of looks like a star

2. seven

3. peace, justice, compassion, friendship, freedom

4. a bird and a squirrel

5. 24 chimneys