Adkins Arboretum’s Summer Nature Camps provide an enchanted experience for children. Registration is underway.
Summer belongs to children. For the past nine years, families and children have grown with Adkins Arboretum’s Summer Nature Camps. The camps provide extraordinary ways for children to enjoy summer the old-fashioned way—outdoors.
Campers will make lifelong memories while exploring the Arboretum’s woodland, meadows, streams and wetland. From grazing on blackberries to splashing in the Blockston Branch, the Arboretum’s Summer Nature Camps provide children with a truly enchanted experience.
Preschoolers ages 2 and 3 (with an adult) who participate in Camp Bumblebee (June 16–20) will float leaf and twig boats down the Blockston Branch, create leafy magic carpets on the forest floor and mix gooey wetland “parfaits” while listening to a chorus of frogs and red-winged blackbirds. Camp Pollywog (June 23–27) campers ages 4 to 6 will learn about the mysteries and magic of summer as they snack on blueberries in the Funshine Garden, scoop up critters in the Arboretum wetland and dip their toes in the Blockston Branch.
In Camp Paw Paw (July 7–11), campers ages 7 to 9 will enjoy a week of outdoor discovery while keeping nature journals, developing photography skills, making paper and learning artistic and natural science skills. Camp Egret (July 14– 18) campers ages 10 to 12 will develop resiliency and confidence of character while gaining outdoor skills, including wilderness survival, archery, stealth, navigation and animal tracking.
Registration fees vary, and advance registration is required. Register at adkinsarboretum.org or by calling 410-634-2847, ext. 0.
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