Earth Keepers Summer Camps
2024 Summer Registration will be available (TODAY) February 1st at 5:15pm -
“We are growing a better world for our children and better children for our world.”
Earth Keepers Community Day Camp *for ages 5 through 10* inspires young people to care about the planet. Through hands-on activities with farmyard animals, gardening, creative art projects, & wilderness exploration, kids learn about healthy living & develop compassion for themselves, their families, their communities, and the world. Our Earth Keepers camps are 5 days a week, from 10am-3pm, beginning in June.
Summer 2024 Camp line up*
Raising Baby Chicks June 10-14
Pollination Exploration July 29-August 2
Goats, Butter, & Cheese August 5-9
Happy Healthy Harvest-Fest! August 12-16
At Earth Keepers “We are growing a better world for our children and better children for our world.” Guided by nature, our 10-weeks of summer camp programs provide children of all ages with hands-on fun at our unique half-acre “FarmPark” of outdoor gardens and greenhouses and the wilderness setting that surrounds.
*Para información en español ver abajo
Scholarships for the 2024 Summer Program are available now, please contact Corina Person Minniti
our Education Director
corina@farmco.org for more information.
Our experienced educators support each child’s innate curiosity about the world around them, guiding their hunger for healthy food and inquisitive desire for knowledge, by teaching them to interact with, and learn from, our outdoors; stewarding a better future. Earth Keepers leave with a desire to eat fresh healthy food that is locally grown within their own community.
Our fun filled programs get children outside, off of their devices, and encourage them to share the joy of exploring nature and the farm in an outdoor classroom. Our summer camps balance the childhood need for wild fun, with a lasting interest in a healthier lifestyle and a healthier planet.
We aspire to inspire an inherent sense of environmental scientific discovery by incorporating real life farming experiences with sustainable agriculture practices, soil sciences, eco-design, land stewardship, renewable technology, and leadership training, compassion for the land and animals, and -oh yes- dirt, as they unearth the thrill of hatching baby chicks, discover the power of the sun, and grow their own food. Earth Keepers become excited about solving environmental challenges, and are given practical tools to do so, all while developing healthier relationships with their food, their friends and their land.
Register for multiple camps and experience how the changing seasons influences our activities and daily life on the farm,
and watch as our gardens grow from seed to plate!
Please contact our Education Director
Corina Person-Minniti with questions.
corina@farmco.org
Campamento de Verano
Cuidadores de la Tierra
““Estamos cultivando un mejor mundo para nuestr@s hij@s y mejores hij@s para nuestro mundo.”
El Campamento “Cuidadores de la Tierra” *para edades de 5 a 10 años* inspira a las jóvenes a cuidar el planeta. Con actividades a mano con animales de la granja y el huerto, con proyectos creativos y artísticos, y con exploración de la naturaleza, las niñas aprenderán a cómo llevar una vida saludable y crear compasión para sí mismas, sus familias, y el mundo. Nuestros campamentos son 5 días a la semana, de 10am a 3pm, comenzando Junio .
Nuestros profesores con mucha experiencia apoyarán la curiosidad natural que cada niña tiene sobre el mundo que le rodea, guiando su apetito para que opten por comida saludable, y guiando su deseo de conocimiento al enseñarles a cómo interactuar con el medio ambiente. Las Cuidadores de la Tierra saldrán con un deseo de comer comida saludable cultivada localmente en su comunidad.
Con nuestros programas divertidos las niñas tendrán la oportunidad de alejarse de las pantallas de teléfonos y computadoras y compartirán la felicidad de explorar el medio ambiente y la granja en una clase al aire libre. Nuestros campamentos de verano buscan el equilibrio entre la necesidad de un estilo de vida divertido y un planeta más saludable.
Con nuestros programas divertidos las niñas tendrán la oportunidad de alejarse de las pantallas de teléfonos y computadoras y compartirán la felicidad de explorar el medio ambiente y la granja en una clase al aire libre. Nuestros campamentos de verano buscan el equilibrio entre la necesidad de un estilo de vida divertido y un planeta más saludable.
Intentamos inspirar un sentido de descubrimiento científico y ambiental incorporando experiencias reales de la vida de la granja con las prácticas agrícolas sostenibles, la información sobre el suelo, los diseños-ecológicos, cómo cuidar la tierra, la tecnología renovable, el aprendizaje del liderazgo, la compasión por la tierra y los animales y- claro que sí- el suelo. También tendremos la experiencia de empollar pollitos, descubrir el poder del sol, y cultivar verduras. Las Cuidadores de la Tierra se emocionaron al resolver desafíos del medio ambiente, y recibirán herramientas prácticas para hacerlo todo mientras desarrollan una relación más saludable con sus alimentos, sus amigas, y la tierra.
Inscríbanse para varios campamentos y aprendan cómo las estaciones influyen en nuestras actividades y vida diaria de la granja, y déjense asombrar al ver cómo nuestros jardines crecen desde la semilla al plato!
Escríbanos para preguntarnos sobre las becas disponibles para las familias Latinas o las familias que necesiten ayuda monetaria.
Earth Scouts After School
Nature-connection series
The program will be held at our FarmPark each Wednesday after school until 5pm,
begins September 13th and runs through December 6th.
Our Earth Scouts will have the opportunity to explore the magic of the natural world around them, from farmyard experiences to fun nature connection games, learning compassion while interacting with living plants & animals throughout the vast environment all around us. \
This year our after-school program will be held on Wednesdays in an effort to help families on early-release days. The program will be every Wednesday.
We welcome all students from all the area schools- regardless of when their day ends.
*We can greet Aspen Public School students at the Bus Stop at Cozy Point.
**Info for week of fall break/conferences will be gathered from parents and we will determine if we will run the program during those times.
Our younger program Earth Scouts After School, Kindergartners to 4th graders, will engage in mindfulness practices, experience nature connection through present observation and be mentored to love even more, our precious Earth. Grades 5th and up are welcome to join the program and will work together (collaborate) with a goal project of their own choosing, learning farming skills, connecting with and growing food, and considering the impacts of (nourishing) feeding our Earth, each other, and our collective eco-experience.