July 11th Week 1: Bees and Pollinators

Students will learn all about pollinators with some fun hands-on classroom activities and then we will go on a pollinator search in the learning garden! Learn about “meadowscaping” and why it helps pollinators! Everyone can take home their own bouquet of picked flowers and wildflower seed packet.

July 18th Week 2: Living Dirt – The Microbiome of Soil

What is composting, and exactly how does it work? Learn how to create and maintain a healthy compost pile indoors or out, and also take home your own red wiggler composting worm kit!

July 26th - No Farm Camp this week

August 1st Week 3: Feathered Friends

We will learn about egg development and all about chickens and turkeys. Students will have the opportunity to candle eggs at different stages of development, and interact with all the new baby chicks!

August 8th Week 4: Pigs

Oink oink! What do pigs eat? How many breeds of pigs are there? Where do they come from? Students will play with our friendly piglets at the end of the class.

August 15th Week 5: Horses

Neigh horses eat hay! Learn all about horses and their care. We will meet this morning at Northside Veterinary Clinic for a private tour and demonstration, followed by a Q&A with Dr. Caleb Cannon. Students will then have the opportunity to come back to our farm school after the vet tour and pet and groom our horse Trixie at the end of the class.

August 22nd Week 6: Corn an A-maizing Plant!

Tour the corn plot and take home different varieties of corn seeds. Students will get to make biodegradable packing peanuts from corn!

August 29th Week 7: Celebration party!

Join us for a summer celebration party and mini “Graduation Ceremony”. We will have a splash pad, popsicles and pony rides!