Summer Camp in the Gardens
Weekly Monday-Friday, 8am-12pm

Fee: $100 per week for members, $120 per week for non-members (unless otherwise noted)

Summer Camp in the Gardens offers children a unique outdoor experience. We offer a variety of themed, hands-on activities tailored to a specific age camper. We make sure the activities are developmentally appropriate, educationally relevant, and most importantly fun! At the Gardens campers will be able to learn about relevant environmental subjects through hands on activities, work together with their peers, and spend time outdoors!

Campers should register for the camps associated with the grades they will enter in fall 2021.

Camps

Survivor: Wildlife Adaptations - June 14-18, 1st-2nd Grades
Why are owl feet feathery, and why do foxes have such tiny feet? How much pollen can a bee carry, and why do skunks have that white stripe? Every day we'll step into the paws and claws of new animals to see how they survive.

Over & Under - June 21-25, 4K-Kindergarten
Look up, down, and all around to notice the things you usually don’t see! Look under logs, over the tops of the trees, and all across the Gardens. Discover life in unexpected places.

Bio-Blitz - June 28-July 2, 3rd-5th Grades
Be part of a community scientist team finding and listing all of the living plants, bugs, and animals we can find in the Gardens. Use cameras, field guides, binoculars, and nets to catch and document everything we find!

Miniature Life - July 5-9, 1st-2nd Grades
Notice the tiny life around you in the gardens, and see if we can grow our own. Look at bugs under rocks, snails in the pond, and use microscopes to see the tiniest things up close. We'll grow our own tiny microgreens and sprouts too!

Seuss in the Sun - July 12-16, 4K-Kindergarten
Meet Thidwick and the Lorax, and see how many thinks you can think in the Gardens! With each day themed around a different Dr. Seuss story, we'll have so many adventures!

Kitchen Garden Kids - July 19-23, 3rd-5th Grades
Take control of a section of the kitchen garden. Learn about the plants in it, help take care of it, eat some fresh-grown snacks, and see all the life that a garden bed can hold!

Art from the Ground Up - July 26-30, 1st-2nd Grades
Experience the Gardens through different art mediums, start your own nature journal, and use natural materials to create art each day. Watercolor at the pond's edge, sculpt with clay, sketch leaves, press flowers, and more.

Busy Bees & Butterflies - August 2-6, 4K-Kindergarten
These things with wings do great work in the Gardens! Find some butterflies and bees at work, learn all about where they live, what they eat, and their life cycle. Make your own set of wings!

Colossal Cavemen (with Colossal Fossils!) - August 9-13, 3rd-5th Grades
Can you imagine being a CAVEMAN!? Learn how to survive in prehistoric days with special guest Sean the Mammoth Hunter from Colossal Fossils! Make rope, build fishing lures, create caveman art, and more! $130 for members, $150 for non-members.

Summer Camp in the Gardens

By Monk Botanical Gardens

Summer Camp in the Gardens