Backyard Farm Camp

Canceled

Monday, June 29, 2020 through Wednesday, July 1, 2020 — 9 am - 3:30 pm

Tend vegetable beds. Take care of chicks. It's a mini-camp with your camper as an urban farmer!

Campers learn how a backyard can be a farm through daily garden tasks, garden record keeping, and interactive lessons about the garden. They'll even get to help take care of some feathered friends! We are teaming up with Mary Fosnaught, the 4-H and Youth Development Extension Associate in NCSU's Prestage Department of Poultry Science to bring chickens to the Yurt Yard Farm.

Campers transform the Yurt Yard into a productive backyard urban farm and bring the fruits of their labor home. Camp ends Wednesday afternoon with a Farmer's Market for camp families.

Enrollment is limited to 16 campers. Campers bring lunch and snack.

Other Camps for rising 1st through 3rd graders
Want more time in the garden this summer? We have other summer camps for rising 1st through 3rd graders. Check out these camps for your camper:

• Nature Detectives camp (June)

• Artists in the Garden camp (July)

Other Camps for rising 1st through 5th graders
Want more time in the garden this summer? We have other summer camps for rising 1st through 5th graders. Check out these camps for your camper:

• Garden Adventures camp (July)

Other Camps for rising 4th through 6th graders
Want more time in the garden this summer? We have other summer camps for rising 4th through 6th graders. Check out these camps for your camper:

• Garden Creations camp (July)

• Garden Chefs camp (August)

Age

Rising 2nd through 4th graders

Cost

$165.00 for Arboretum Family/Dual level or above members, $195.00 for Nonmembers

Cancellation

Participants wishing to withdraw from a camp must provide a written request by May 22, 2020, to Elizabeth Overcash, children’s program coordinator, at elizabeth_overcash@ncsu.edu. If the withdrawal request is received by May 22, 2020, a refund will be processed minus a 15% cancellation fee per child, per camp. No fees will be refunded if registration is canceled after May 22, 2020.

If the Arboretum cancels the camp, a full refund will be made.

Membership donations made in association with a camp registration are not refundable.

Location

JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University, 4415 Beryl Road, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Directions

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Parking

Camp drop off and pick up will be in the brick circle at the Bobby G. Wilder Visitor Center.

Questions

Try our frequently asked questions, or contact Elizabeth Overcash, children's program coordinator, at elizabeth_overcash@ncsu.edu or 919-513-7011.