Summer Camp

Join us for Meadowlark Summer Camp!

Meadowlark Summer Camp nurtures children’s inherent connection to the natural world and each other through creative work and imaginative play. Each day is carried by a gentle rhythm - allowing for a balance of focused work, exploration, group games, and free play. All camps include woodworking, fort building, creative projects, water play, and gardening. 

June 10-14: Gnomes and Fairies

Magical forest creatures are all around us. We will look for them in the gardens and trees, hear their legends and make maps of where the gnomes and fairies reside. Each camper will design and create their own multi-level gnome or fairy house and furniture from natural materials - including the stones, moss and sticks we collect during nature exploration walks. Children will also create their own gnomes and fairies from beeswax, wood and felt. 

June 24-28: Celebrating Summer

Warm sunshine, green growth everywhere, long days…we will explore the natural world and our place in it as we celebrate summertime. Campers will create with materials from the earth: woodworking, natural tie-dye, fort building, making hemp friendship bracelets, gardening, making flower and plant presses, sewing nature collection bags, and making sun prints. Children will learn how to use their beautiful creations to explore and support nature. And of course, there will be plenty of time for games, songs, and maybe even some s’mores. 

July 15-19: Birds, butterflies, bats, and bees 

We will explore the beauty and uniqueness of our pollinator friends and work with wood, paints and natural materials to create pollinator-friendly habitats. Campers will learn about the life cycle of the monarch and how they can become helpers for monarchs, protecting them and watching them grow. Children will learn to identify and collect milkweed for butterfly homes, they will raise caterpillars and bring home their beautiful creations to add to home gardens.