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garden & farm camps
2025 Camp dates:
June 2 - 6 - Little Roots Gardening & Farm Camps
June 9 - June 13 - Little Roots Gardening & Farm Camps
June 23 - June 27 - Little Roots Gardening & Farm Camps
July 7 - July 11 - Little Roots Gardening & Farm Camps
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ages:
4-12 years old
location:
NEW this year will be our camp location on a LIVE DAIRY FARM!
Riverport Dairy
Address: 6010 Lawyer Rd, Port Republic, VA 24471
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Coming soon - Little Roots Cville
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camp description:
We are providing a week long gardening & farm themed summer camp! We will provide hands on learning, in the garden and with farm animals. Each day will be spent actually digging in the garden, feeding the animals, making fun garden projects, arts and crafts, forest adventures, and time to explore!
We will be creating projects each day that your camper will be able to take home at the end of the week, these include (but are not limited to) worm jars, fairy houses, toad abodes, garden journals, butterfly feeders, grass hut houses, microgreen planters, etc. We hope that each child walks away from the week with knowledge on how to start growing their own garden, maintaining a garden, maintaining small animal pens, learning to care for small farm animals, and newfound friendships!
Friday is WATER DAY & Dress Up Day! We will have a fun water day with a water slide, splash pad, kiddie pools, and smores for the first part of the day 😊 If they are staying for a whole day, we will be re-creating a REAL LIFE Jane Austen garden tea party (with dress up clothes) and REAL LIFE hobbit themed build-your-own-adventure (with dress up clothes) in the afternoon. I am SO excited to see the imagination take over for this event!
We alternate the garden and art projects we create each week for the age groups. This will give him/her an opportunity to enjoy multiple sessions!
Important details:
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Registration for Little Roots can be accessed by using the buttons below.
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Camps are scheduled for a full week, we do not offer single-days at this time. Please see farm days on our Events page for single-day family fun on the farm!
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We have a minimum requirement for the camps each week. If the minimum is not met and we need to cancel a week, we will contact you to transfer your week or you will receive a 100% refund.
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If your child is staying for a full day, we will ask that you provide a packed lunch.
Safety
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Background checks are done on all staff
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Teachers are certified CPR and First Aid trained
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We are not licensed, we have an exemption on file with the VDOE, 5395
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We adhere to all laws and guidelines regarding the transportation of children
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We have an emergency preparedness plan in place
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We comply with all safe sleep guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
this may vary depending on what interesting things we get into during certain times, the outdoors can lead to lots of adventures!
Drop off 8:15 - 8:30 a.m.
Garden art project 8:30 - 9:00
Clean Up/Handwashing 9:00 - 9:10
Feed the animals - 9:10 - 9:40
Tend/Plant/Harvest in the garden 9:45 - 10:30
Snack time 10:30 - 10:50
Clean up/Wash Hands 10:50 - 11:00
Garden Project 11:00 - 11:45
Clean up and get ready for lunch 11:45 - 12:00
Lunch 12:00 - 12:30 OR 1:00 (full-day campers have a one-hour lunch and rest time)
Pickup for half-day campers - 12:30
Tend/Plant/Harvest in the garden - 1:00 - 1:45
Clean up/Wash Hands - 1:45 - 2:00
Feed/Pet/Groom Animals - 2:00 - 2:45
Clean up/Wash hands - 2:45 - 3:00
Snack and Recap - 3:00 - 3:45
Clean up/Wash Hands - 3:45 - 4:00
Pick up for full-day campers - 4:00
Available slots:
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Riverport DairyCome join us for a fun family day on the farm! Dig potatoes from the garden or cut a few herbs to take home! Let the kids play in the hay barn or make a craft in the workshop. Enjoy lots of cuddles at the petting zoos, then top your day off with a hayride!
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