2024 Summer Camps

2025 Camp Registraion will be available in late January

Draft Dates - Camp will run weeks of:

June 16th, June 23rd

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July 7th, July 14th

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July 28th, August 4th

Youth Camps: Farm/Art

Calling all 6-11 year olds to join us on the farm for week-long, half-day camps this summer! Each week will offer a unique opportunity to explore the farm, make new friends, and learn while immersed in the natural world. Get a good foundation in plant and animal care during our Farm Weeks, and bring your creative energies to Art weeks. All camps take place entirely outside or in the shelter of the open barn.

We value Curiosity, Courage, Kindness, Creativity, Resourcefulness, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Community. Camps are led by a licensed educator together with a farmer and teaching artists as appropriate.

Camps are Rain or Shine, and run Monday - Friday : 9am to 1pm
Please read the “Woodcrest Farm Visitor Guide” below. Contact us about our multi-child discounts!

Farm Camp

Weeks of: TBD

At Farm Camp, we will cultivate a love of growing food and caring for animals while having a whole lot of fun! Activities will include feeding and caring for the animals (goats, bunnies, chickens, pigs, ducks), planting and harvesting vegetables, hiking the trails and pastures, and exploring the pond and creek. All activities are rooted in outdoor play and learning and emphasize care and respect for the natural world. Ages 6-11.

Art on the Farm

Weeks of: TBD

Calling all artists and creative movers! Our Arts on the Farm Camp will allow young artists the unique opportunity to create their own art and movement - with goats (and all the other farm animals)! Campers will be encouraged to explore their creativity through nature-based art making and collaboration with others as they engage in physical movement & visual art projects. And of course we’ll have time for games and exploring the farm. Ages 6-11.

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Tween/Teen Farm Camp

Ages 10-15

Week of: TBD

At our farm camp for older kids, we will cultivate a love of growing food and caring for animals while having a whole lot of fun! Our farm educators will provide age-appropriate opportunities for all campers, with older campers and teens actively participating in many of the daily operations at the farm with a focus on sustainable practices and natural systems - learning how we care for our animals, enrich the soil, and grow our own vegetables.

Teen Blacksmithing Camp

Ages 12-17

9:30am - 1pm, Monday through Friday

Running the weeks of:

TBD

Bring your creativity and a desire to learn to Blacksmithing Camp; we’ll supply the rest! Campers will have the opportunity to work in a fully stocked professional forge with trained instructors as they craft items to take home with them. This project-based maker camp will teach fundamental blacksmithing techniques, shop and tool safety, and forge and fire maintenance as campers make hooks, fire tools, home decor, and more! All materials and PPE provided. Returning campers welcome.

Basket Weaving Camp

Week of: TBD

Ages 10-16

9am - 1pm, Monday through Friday

Weave beautiful baskets for carrying all your treasures! Basketweaving teaches respect for traditional knowledge, appreciation of natural materials, and important hand skills while offering lots of options for individual creative twists. Campers will learn to make several styles of baskets and forage for weaving materials on the farm, and go home with useful vessels, new skills, and new friends! All materials provided.

Summer Camp Scholarships

We’re dedicated to making the experience of Summer Camp available to as many kids as we can, and would love your help. This year we’ll be offering scholarships based on matching your donations - at checkout choose a donation amount if you can, and help us reach more kids in our community.

Visit our SCHOLARSHIPS PAGE to apply.

2025 Sumer Camp WAITLIST

If the week you would like to register for is full please use this Form to add your name and information to our Summer Camp Waiting List.

We will offer spots directly from this waiting list in the event of a cancellation.

Register

Change/Cancellation Policy

If your plans change please notify us as soon as possible. In many cases rescheduling is possible at the discretion of management.

  • No refunds will be granted.

  • Clients may reschedule with no fee via their original confirmation email up to 7 days before the start of the event.

  • Credit in the amount of the original purchase will be granted for cancellations made up to 14 days prior to the scheduled event. There is no refund or credit for cancellations made in the 14 days prior to the start of an event.

Woodcrest Farm Visitor Guide

In order to protect our visitors, staff, and our own community during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are taking precautions during these programs and will follow Orange County public health guidelines as per the date of the event. Community spaces will be cleaned regularly, and we will require that all visitors and program participants helps us minimize risk by following guidelines designed to prevent spread of Coronavirus.

Please do:

  • Bring a full water bottle, and a snack

  • Make frequent use of our hands-free hand-washing stations

  • Be safe, be kind, have fun!

Please don’t:

  • Attend if you are feeling ill or have a fever

  • Enter indoor areas unless specified

  • Feed the animals anything unless provided by the farmer