Summer Camps 2025
Summer camps 2025
forest, garden and beach adventurers
Our nature camps are perfect for children led and curiosity based learning styles, filled with nature art, gardening, feeling inner joy and practical wilderness skills!
Our summer camps will be centred on how to be a Friend to the Earth
We will explore: Ways to to take care of nature around us
Creating Art with natural materials
Foraging in the garden
Positive rolemodelling
Dressing up and imaginary roleplaying as forest, sea, garden creatures
We love arts and crafts such as leaf printing, rock decorating, wooden doll creating, wand making, or pouring beeswax salves with healing plants. We also play around with singing, rhythm and music inspired by sounds in nature, like bird calls. Furthermore, we create little theatre skits that show the lessons of boundaries, love, humour, and respect to the animals and trees, as well as other humans! All of these activities are inspired by the principles of building a home in nature, creativity in arts and imaginary role playing.
We learn about local Pacific North West coastal plants and animals through circle story telling, drawing upon teachings from different cultures including local indigenous stories and seasonal medicine wheels. We also explore a wide variety of nature settings such as coastal beaches, forests and many of the habitats in-between with questions and nature games with fun body movement, journalling, face painting and puppet making.
Most importantly each day is different because we tailor the experience with awareness based on the individual children and group dynamics. Each week is caringly curated and guided by experienced wilderness school mentors. You might ask 'How does it work with an age range of 5-12 in your camps?' We find that it works as a benefit rather than a detriment because the older kids care for the younger ones and share skills, while the younger ones learn off the older ones who are empowered to be role models. We function as a family as a whole and also split up into smaller friend circles for sharing with peers, or for skill levels and challenges that help us grow.
Safety is at our forefront and our experienced, first aid trained, mentors take care of small class size which helps us each child get the most out of our school.
It takes a a village to raise each other and we value your time spent with us!
We welcome you to apply to camp, please ensure you have these pre-requisites met for 2025
1. Registration Form completed (including Health and Wellness Code 2025 expectations Form, Behavioural Trends Form, and Codes of Harmony Form)- these 3 forms are found at the top of every registration form page, and linked to an external page that we kindly ask you to read over first before payment.
2. Appropriate weather gear for the season
3. Awareness that space is reserved only once registration fees are paid
4. Understanding that camp fees are non-refundable in the two weeks prior to start date
Scroll down for dates and registration forms for your region
Please note, we'd love to help you if-:
If you require additional financial assistance in any of our programs- send us an email
If you have older children aged 12+ wishing to mentor in the ages 5-12 camp- send us an email
Email us directly for e-transfer payments multiple week and sibling discounts
2025 Calendar Schedule
July 7-11
VANCOUVER
Vancouver Nature Camp!
Guardians of Gaia (Earth) Camp
Feminine Focus- tending, nurturing the Earth through art and crafts, speaking to animals, insects, celebrating play/freedom as girls, stories and mythology with female empowerment
Ages 5-12
Time 10-4
Location Pacific Spirit Regional Park, Vancouver, UBC gardens
$360/Child/includes entry into UBC gardens
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