Resource person: summer@ashbury.ca

Description:

In this active, experiential summer program, campers will get their hands dirty and become gardeners, famers, conservationists, biodiversity experts and food justice leaders using their school garden as a centre for learning.

Highlights include:

• Growing vegetables and herbs;
• Planting wildflowers for pollinators;
• Learning about planting crops important to diverse cultures;
• Managing and maintaining a compost;
• Making terrarium habitats;
• Creating eco-crafts and public space art;
• Writing a community cookbook;
• Developing leadership and entrepreneurial skills'
• Hands-on workshops on urban agriculture, sustainability, conservations, food systems & security, climate change, and health & wellness;
• Service-learning projects benefitting school and community at large

Campers will come away with 21st century skills and qualities including collaboration, communication, growth mindset, creativity, problem-solving, initiative and leadership, as well as a deeper sense of community, environmental stewardship, and local and global citizenship.

Available:

Price: $500.00 Taxes waived

Required age: 9 - 13 as of 12/31/2024

Notes: Lunch is included for all summer camp registrations. Our dining room provides healthy and delicious meals with a variety of choices. Special dietary needs are supported by our Food Services team.

Tags: Summer Camp

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