Little Roots Gardening & Farm Summer Camps 

We are excited to be offering 13 weeks of camps for the 2024 year and to be partnering with Snapology of Harrisonburg once again! We are offering alternating camp weeks for 4-6 year old's and 7-12 year old's.  NEW this year will be ALL DAY Little Roots Camp options.

Pricing, dates, and descriptions are outlined below! 

Please note a few important details:

• Registration for Little Roots can be accessed by using the buttons above.  Registration for Snapology will be a separate registration link sent to you after the Little Roots registration form has been completed, along with a payment link for Little Roots.
• Camps are scheduled for a full week, we do not offer single days at this time.
• We have a minimum requirement for the camps each week.  If the minimum is not met we will contact you to transfer your week or you will receive a 100% refund.
• If your child is staying for a full day, we will ask that you provide a packed lunch.

Discounts 

Please take advantage of these discounts!  One discount per session/per child (if you sign siblings up for a full day you are able to use two discounts!)

• $25 Sibling Discount
• $25 Multi-session Discount (after the first session) 
• $25 Former Camper Discount

Pricing

Little Roots Gardening & Farm Camp (half day, 4 hours) - $225.00 per week (8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

Little Roots Gardening & Farm Camp (full day, 7.5 hours)- $450.00 per week (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)

Little Roots Gardening & Farm Camp (4.5 hours) AND Snapology (3 hours) - $390.00 per week (8:30 - 4:00 p.m.)

**if none of the discounts apply above or the discounts don't make it affordable for your family, please contact me! :)

Dates and Location

Location: Riverside Farms, LLC

Address: 551 Old Bridgewater Road Mount Crawford, VA 22841 (next to Mount Crawford Creamery)   See below for photos of the location! 

2024 Summer Camp Calendar

4 - 6 Year Old Camp Weeks

May 28 - May 31 (4 day only)

June 10 - June 14

June 24 - June 28

July 8 - July 12

July 22 - July 26

August 5 - August 9

August 19 - August 23

7 - 12 Year Old Camp Weeks

June 3 - June 7

June 17 - June 21

July 1 - July 3 (3 days only)

July 15 - July 19

July 29 - August 2

August 12 - August 16

Description 

Little Roots Gardening & Farm Camp Description

We are providing a week long gardening & farm themed summer camp!  We will provide hands on learning, in the garden and with farm animals. Each day will be spent actually digging in the garden, feeding the animals, making fun garden projects, arts and crafts, river adventures, and time to explore!  

We will be creating projects each day that your camper will be able to take home at the end of the week, these include (but are not limited to) worm jars, fairy houses, toad abodes, garden journals, butterfly feeders, grass hut houses, microgreen planters, etc.  We hope that each child walks away from the week with knowledge on how to start growing their own garden, maintaining a garden, maintaining small animal pens, learning to care for small farm animals, and newfound friendships!   

Friday is WATER DAY & Dress Up Day!   We will have a fun water day with a water slide, splash pad, kiddie pools, and smores for the first part of the day 😊  If they are staying for a whole day, we will be re-creating a REAL LIFE Jane Austen garden tea party (with dress up clothes) and REAL LIFE hobbit themed build-your-own-nature-home (with dress up clothes) in the afternoon.  I am SO excited to see the imagination take over for this event! 

We alternate the garden and art projects we create each week for the age groups.  This will give him/her an opportunity to enjoy multiple sessions!

Schedule (this may vary depending on what interesting things we get into during certain times, the outdoors can lead to lots of adventures!)

Drop off 8:15 - 8:30 a.m.

Garden art project/Lesson on plant for the days theme 8:30 - 9:00

Clean Up/Handwashing 9:00 - 9:10

Feed the animals - 9:10 - 9:40

Tend/Plant/Harvest in the garden 9:45 - 10:30

Snack time 10:30 - 10:50

Clean up/Wash Hands 10:50 - 11:00

Garden Project 11:00 - 11:45

Clean up and get ready for lunch 11:45 - 12:00

Lunch 12:00 - 12:30 OR 1:00 (full day campers have a one hour lunch and rest time)

Pickup for half day campers 12:30

Farm maintenance - 1:15 - 2:15

Clean up/Wash Hands - 2:15 - 2:30

Animal Focus (this will include grooming, reading books, etc.) - 2:30 - 3:30

Clean up/Wash hands - 3:30 - 3:45

Snack and Recap - 3:45 - 3:55

Pick up for full day campers - 4:00

Below are past pictures of gardening & farm camp fun! 

Riverside Farm, LLC Photo Gallery 

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