CAMP WEEKS: 2012 SEASON

 
                                                           

We invite children to join in the farm fun at FarmWonders this summer! The theme of each individual week will be learnt through a variety of exciting recreational activities, crafts and hands-on science experiments. Each week will include a forest hike, a visit with our farm chickens, a workshop by one of our Farm Friends and a special harvest lunch on our last day of camp!

 

 

FarmAdventures: out of school programs - Registration opens Monday, February 6 at 6am!

SpringFarmers  

SpringFarmers offers a hands-on, farm-based after-school education program for 8 to 13 year olds designed to give children a science-based approach to land, food and community. Children work in small, collaborative groups with community volunteers to sow, grow, harvest, and eat crops they grow in the Children’s Learning Garden at the UBC Farm. Opportunities to explore other parts of the farm are included. Participants engage in the environment through all of nature's cycles, learning what nature has to teach through the seasons. Each visit of the program corresponds with a theme. Pre- and post-visit materials will be included for most visits to support families in exploring these visit themes in more depth at home or in the community.  Please note that SpringFarmers runs from 3:45pm to 5:45pm on the visit dates listed with each program.

 

Wednesday SpringFarmers (alternating Wednesdays, 3:45pm to 5:45pm, March 14 - June 20) $200 

(Open to children ages 8 to 13 years)

Tired of sitting in the classroom?  Run on out to the farm where you'll learn all about planning, planting, tending, and harvesting from your own garden plot. 8 visits.

Thursday SpringFarmers (every Thursday, 3:45pm to 5:45pm, April 5 - June 21) $300

(Open to children ages 8 to 13 years)

Tired of sitting in the classroom but want a bit more consistency?  Join us every week this spring to garden, explore the farm, and cook yummy snacks straight from your very own garden. 12 visits.

 

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FarmSprouts (9 am - 4pm, March 19-23) $220  ****NEW****

(Open to children ages 7 to 11 years)
Spring is officially here! Get a jump start on the summer and join us in exploring the Children's Learning Garden at the UBC Farm. You’ll get to help get the gardens growing, eat winter kale, dig in the cover crop, plant potatoes, make pizza in the cob oven, and experience early spring on the farm.

 

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FarmWonders Summer Camps - Registration opens Monday, February 6 at 6am.

Registration limit: To accommodate the growing demand for our summer camp, we have decided to limit camper registration to one summer session per camper. Please respect this limitation.

 

SummerFarmers Session I (July 9 - July 27) $640

(Open to children ages 8 to 13 years)

Summer has just started and so have the giant peas! Get outside and breathe the fresh air as all the plants begin to take-off growing. Taste-test a fresh salad from the seeds you plant, feed the chickens, make scrumptious lunches, and learn all about the science that makes this farm work. You’ll even get to plan and plant your very own winter veggie garden.

SummerFarmers Session II (August 7 - August 24) $640

(Open to children ages 8 to 13 years)
Summer is here in full force and so is the harvest! Eat fresh blackberry jam on bread you bake in our Children's Garden Cob Oven. And the jam, that's not all you made, sip a smoothy, and chew some mixed berry fruit leather - yum! Spend your afternoons exploring the cool shade of the forest but . . . . make sure you find all the zuccini before they are bigger than our chickens!

FarmExplorers (June 25 - June 29) $220
(Open to children ages 6 to 11 years)
Get a jump start on the summer and join Farmer Feww in exploring the Children's Learning Garden at the UBC Farm. Who knows what you'll find, perhaps a couple of very special guests welcoming "moooooo!" to the farm?!

FarmHabitats (July 3 - July 6) $200

(Open to children ages 6 to 11 years)

What kind of habitat would you like to live in? From the precise honeycombs of bees to the complex tunnels of ants, explore and discover the many places that our farm creatures call home. Then, using clay, sand and straw, help us to build your own kid's Cob House!

FarmElements (July 9 - July 13) $220

(Open to children ages 7 to 11 years)
Join Farmer Feww on an adventure! Explore four amazing elements that give the farm power to grow: Fire, Earth, Water, and Wind. Make fruit leather using solar power!

FarmSoils (July 16 - July 20) $220

(Open to children ages 7 to 11 years)
Dig deep into the soils that grow our food. Learn about soil formation and the processes changing soils. You will mix and analyze the compost, find the forest humus layer, make a soil water filter, and marvel at the diversity of the stuff under your feet.

FarmForests (July 23 - July 27) $220

(Open to children ages 7 to 11 years)
Give the trees a chance to amaze you with their abilities. Investigate our eco-forest, build a tree fort, eat tasty tree sap, and find out how the forest helps us breathe!

FarmCritters (July 30 - August 3) $220
(Open to children ages 6 to 11 years)
From the critters that care for the farm to the tiny ones that feed the farm, help us find and identify these amazing little creatures. See how they work together with the farm community to help build, grow and protect the plants you eat.

FarmTransformers (August 7 - August 10) $200

(Open to children ages 7 to 11 years)
Have you ever wondered how the tiniest seed transforms into a plant taller than you? The farm is changing all around you, but can you see it? The food you eat and you yourself are constantly transforming. Explore the wonders that allow this to happen and how you are involved in it already!!

FarmPower (August 13 - August 17) $220

(Open to children ages 7 to 11 years)
Blast through this week by exploring new and cool ways that energy is used and produced. From vegetable-powered vehicles to wind-powered turbines, see how our farm can truly be an “Energy Farm”.

FarmH2O (August 20 - August 24) $220

(Open to children ages 7 to 11 years)
H2O is the water you drink and the clouds in the sky. The farm is your playground for water fun and discovery: giant sprinklers, ice cube towers, muddy earth, and maybe a lil' water from the sky! Water can be fun and amazing, but its most incredible stunt is keeping you and our farm alive.

Farmtastic (August 27 - August 31) $220
(Open to children ages 6 to 11 years)
If you’ve missed FarmWonders, come out to this Farmtastic Mystery Week! What FarmFun could we be having?