🌿 Kids Nature Art Camp at The Garden Haven & Farm

Friday, June 20 | 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Ages 6–10 | $70–90 (Pay what you can)
Optional aftercare available until 5:30 PM (limited spots – $20 – email to arrange after purchasing the camp day)
Location: 2620 Alston Chapel Rd., Pittsboro

✨ A day at the Garden Haven and Farm —creative, screen-free, and grounded in nature.

This isn’t a shuttle-in, air-conditioned, tight-schedule kind of camp. It’s a day for kids to slow down, get their hands dirty, make something beautiful, and feel good in their bodies and imaginations.

We’ll start our day under the big white oaks by setting our intentions together: the kids will help come up with shared group agreements (we bring a few non-negotiables for safety, but the rest is up to them). Then we head into the woods—to notice, to wander, and to see what the woods are offering that day for the kids nature art projects.

🌻 What the day includes:

• A morning walk through the woods to gather natural treasures—petals, pods, bark, or whatever calls to them

  • Each camper gets a take-home cotton treasure-gathering bag to collect their finds—they can decorate it with fabric markers and nature stamps at the craft station if they’d like!

• A guided canvas art project using pressed flowers and leaves we’ve grown here, plus anything they found along the way

• Hands-in-the-dirt time in the budding fairy and gnome garden, planting herbs and flowers in a space prepared just for them

• Unstructured, screen-free outdoor time: crafting, card games, active play, reading, decorating and planting their own little plant pot to take home (complete with their handmade fairy/gnome lantern tag), and beanbags under the trees

• Sprinkler play to cool off and cut loose (weather permitting— be sure to pack suits, towels, and dry clothes)

• After lunch, a quiet rest hour—reading, napping, drawing, or just relaxing in the shade

🪵 Our values:

• Agency: Kids co-create the day. We provide a safe, thoughtful container and supplies —they fill it with their ideas and energy.

• Nature connection: Not just time outdoors—time in relationship with a living place.

• Creative freedom: Unique art, natural materials, no cookie-cutter projects.

• Respect for rhythms: Room for movement, room for stillness. No pressure to perform.

• Inclusivity: We welcome every child, every temperament, and work with families to ensure a safe, joyful experience.

📌 What to Bring & Know:

• Bring: A healthy lunch, snack, water bottle, swimsuit, towel, and change of clothes.

• Bug spray and sunscreen should be applied before camp—we encourage you to send extra for the kids to reapply!

• We’ll provide a simple morning snack that is allergen-friendly (dairy, gluten, and peanut/nut-free).

  As a family with our own food allergies and restrictions, we are committed to welcoming all children and working closely with parents to ensure a safe, inclusive environment! Please let us know if your child has food restrictions and if you have go-to workarounds and we’ll accommodate!

• The day is fully screen-free!

• Aftercare available for up to 6 kids until 5:30 PM ($20 add-on)

• We have indoor facilities if needed to avoid inclement weather.

• We need at least 6 children to run, so please share with your friends!