Farm Camp
Common Ground Farm Camp provides children with a rich experience exploring the natural world and deepening their understanding of how food is grown—from the soil, to the crops, to the animals!  A summer at Common Ground Farm includes digging in the garden, cooking projects, walking through the woods, catching frogs in the pond, music, visiting barn animals, making arts and crafts, and much more!

Farm camp is offered to children ages 4-6 and 7-9.  Each session is limited to 12 children and will be led by an adult educator and an assistant.  Children bring a lunch and snack.  This will be supplemented by fresh food grown in our garden.

This year farm camp will run Monday through Friday for 4 weeks.  Choose one or more of the following sessions:

July 9th to July 13th

July 16th to July 20th

July 23th to July 27th

and July 30 to August 3rd

9am to 1pm is $150 per week (4 to 6 year olds) or 9am to 3pm is $200 per week (4 to 9 year olds)

10% discount for CGF members

Nature and Art Camp
Children will find inspiration in curling leaves of lettuce, blooming flowers, fluttering butterflies, and much more to create art, using a variety of materials and techniques!  Projects may include homemade paper, artist books, stepping stones, found object sculpture and en plein air painting, in addition to poetry and music every day!

Nature and art camp is offered to children ages 5-8 and 9-12.  Each session is limited to 12 children and will be led by an adult educator and an assistant.  Children bring a lunch and snack that will be supplemented by fresh food grown in our garden.

This year nature and art camp will run Monday through Friday from August 6 through August 10th.

The program runs from 9am to 3pm and is $225 (includes all materials)

10% discount for CGF members

Outdoor Skills Camp
Children will engage in a variety of activities designed to help instill knowledge of and confidence in their abilities to live and be outside.  Some of the skills include: building shelters, fire building and safety, animal tracking, cooking, gardening, making pickles, drying herbs, and much more!

Outdoor skills camp is offered to children ages 8-12.  This session is limited to 12 children and will be led by an adult educator and an assistant.   Children bring a lunch that wil be supplemented by fresh food grown in our garden.

This year outdoor skills camp will run Monday through Friday from July 30th through August 3rd.

The program runs from 9am to 3pm and is $225 (includes all materials)

10% discount for CGF members

Register now, space is limited!
Print, complete and mail the Registration Form to Common Ground Farm, P.O. Box 148, Beacon, NY 12508 or email Education Director, Sember Weinman

For more information: email Sember Weinman or call 231-4424.