2026 Summer Camps
Join us for three weeks of 5-day camps packed with hands-on learning, creativity, and outdoor fun! New this year, we are offering two age groups each week for 5-9 & 10-14 year olds.
Creative Roots families - Check your email for our welcome letter that was sent on Tuesday, July 14th!
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Become a steward of the land while connecting with farm animals and wildlife habitats!
Each summer camp theme includes farm animal care, free play & games, farm hikes & adventures, plant tending, food & drink preparation, and creative expression through nature crafts and visual or performing arts. See the sample daily flow below. Learn through:
Animal Care: Meet and care for goats, pigs, chickens, rabbits, birds, and bees.
Wildlife Habitats: Understand how to protect and nurture natural ecosystems.
Permaculture Principles: Discover how to work with the land, not against it.
Sustainable Farming: Explore methods that enhance both farm life and wildlife, and how animals contribute to these practices.
Environmental Stewardship: Learn how to create positive impacts on the planet, including how animals interact with the environment or how we use them to help us improve the land, soil, and ecosystem.
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Follow your curiosity & explore the wonders of the natural world through fun applied science, farm ecology, cultural practices & arts activities.
Each summer camp theme includes farm animal care, free play & games, farm hikes & adventures, plant tending, food & drink preparation, and creative expression through nature crafts and visual or performing arts. See the sample daily flow below. Learn through:
Animal Science: Meet and care for goats, sheep, pigs, chickens, and rabbits. Conduct animal-friendly experiments to explore how animals interact with their environments.
Fermentation & Culinary Science: Experiment with growing, preserving, preparing & cooking fresh foods. Make fermented foods like sourdough and cook with fire in our cob oven. Practice safe & essential fire skills, and learn the unique relationship between humans, fire and food.
Decomposition & Soil Science: Dig in the soil, play with worms, and discover the world beneath our feet. Record data and increase microbial activity with compost chores. Learn what makes healthy soil and how it supports all life.
Ethnobotany: Forage for medicinal plants and connect to cultural practices across the globe. Conduct experiments to study plant life cycles & natural phenomena. Uncover the healing properties of plants, creating teas, infusions, and more.
Water Science: Play in & with water while exploring aquatic ecosystems & species, build & observe watersheds, purify water, and complete conservation projects.
Naturalist Studies & Ecology: Study farm ecology by observing the land & wildlife, create a nature journal, track wild animals, identify bird calls, and conduct biodiversity studies.
Weather Science: Craft upcycled wind socks to monitor wind speed and direction. Go on a temperature hunt to find the hottest and coolest spots on the farm. Model precipitation & evaporation by creating the water cycle in a bag.
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Campers explore self-expression, collaboration, and imagination through land-based art, music, movement, and storytelling—all rooted in the natural world.
Each summer camp theme includes farm animal care, free play & games, farm hikes & adventures, plant tending, food & drink preparation, and creative expression. See the sample daily flow below. This camp has the most creative expression of our camps, infusing it in most activities. Learn through:Natural Art: Create charcoal drawings, sun prints, mud sculptures, natural dyed fabrics, and process art using plants, soil, and upcycled materials.
Creative Farm Life: Participate in gardening, harvesting, and animal care with extra silliness & imaginative fun. Meet and care for goats, sheep, pigs, chickens, and rabbits.
Collaborative Creations: Work together to create large nature mandalas, painted signs, and a “Nature Museum” filled with our favorite found items.
Performing Arts & Play: Build skits from scratch, craft costumes from upcycled materials, and bring stories to life through pretend play.
Music & Dance: Create a Farm Sound Symphony. Craft instruments from natural and reclaimed materials. Listen quietly to bird song and belt the silliest songs loudly while dancing to the beat.
Kitchen & Herb Magic: Create simple teas, snacks, and recipes, learning how creativity flows from garden to table.
Grow creativity from the ground up! Creative Roots is an experience of the farm as a shared masterpiece—one joyful, imaginative day at a time.
Key details
Two age groups:* 5-9 & 10-14
Cost: $350 per child + 15% sibling discount & scholarships available
Camp time: 9 am to 3:30 pm
Flexible drop-off & pick-up: 8:30-9am & 3:30-4pm
*Age groups may vary depending on age range of actual registered campers.
How to sign up for camp
Apply for a Seeds of Success scholarship before registering for camp. All families who need financial support are eligible to receive a scholarship until funds run out.
Review PLG COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS & EXPECTATIONS with your child(ren) before enrolling & our new payment plan options.
Complete the 2026 summer camp enrollment form before or on the same day you register your child.
Register for camp (open as of 2/4/2026!). Remember you can split the camp cost into multiple payments. Select camp week(s) & theme. Add a code if you received a scholarship. Check out & pay for camp. Now your spot is confirmed!
2026 daily flow
The schedule changes slightly depending on each day’s activities.
8:30–9 • Camper drop off: Arrival activity (bunny chores, child-led options)
9:00–9:30 • Morning Circle: song, stretches & icebreaker, farm rules &
previous day review, bio break / needs check
9:30–10:15 • Garden & Animal Chores
10:15–10:45 • Pre-made snack + games or free play
10:45–11:30 • Music Activity + Nature Connection OR Nature arts & crafts
11:30–12:15 • Lunch + Free Play
12:15–1:45 • Camp theme projects: Active lessons & farm adventures
1:45–2:30 • Make your own snack + games or free play
2:30–3:15 • Music Activity + Nature Connection OR Nature arts & crafts
3:15–3:30 • Closing Circle & Reflection
3:30-4 • Flexible pick-up + child led time, free play, clean up
What we provide
Snacks: Two farm-fresh organic snacks will be provided per day like popcorn and fruit spreads with crackers. Each day campers will help to make snacks or drinks like popsicles, smoothies, herbal tea, lemonade, or pickles.
Materials & tools: all items needed for camp activities.
Take-home items: Campers will make or harvest items to take home most days of camp like seed starts, nature art, wild-crafted musical instruments, upcycled items, preserved foods, fresh herbs, and more.
Curriculum: We develop curriculum and activities that encourage & develop: child-led & free play, land-based & experiential learning, farm skills, community building, creativity, fun, and care for plants & animals.
Instructors with experience supporting youth outdoors who also receive training from our program leaders in land-based learning, emotional regulation & meeting kids’ diverse needs & identities.
Highly experienced on-site program leaders: Usnea, Knotwood & Redbud who support youth & instructors throughout the day, responding promptly to any incidents or support needs as well as supporting or leading arrival, lunch, pick-up & select activities that require more expertise.
What you bring
Water bottle - crucial for the hot days of summer camp!
A filling, shelf-stable packed lunch; we will provide 2 farm-fresh organic snacks
Note in your enrollment form if your child needs accommodations for a hot or cold lunch.
Comfortable, weather-appropriate clothing that can get wet and dirty
Closed-toe shoes or sandals
Sun hat or cap, sunglasses
Sunscreens
Extra clothes, shoes & socks (in case of accidents & water / mud play)
Note: Long, thin pants are recommended for more comfort walking in tall grass, near blackberries. Shorts are ok but legs may get scratched up.
Sunscreen; Apply before camp & keep in backpack. We will also have some available.
Bag or backpack to keep belongings