Farm Camp 2008
For Campers Ages 6-11

Directed by Martha Cheo, Education Director of the Phillies Bridge Farm Project

Fun and learning comes alive at the Phillies Bridge Farm! This camp provides a stimulating, healthy and beautiful environment where children become connected to the soil, plants, animals and the source of their food. The program will integrate hands-on farming and food activities, cooperative games, music, storytelling, and farm arts & crafts for a memorable and diverse camper experience. The week culminates with campers working together to create their very own farmer's market for their families to enjoy, complete with farm produce for sale, refreshments and entertainment.

Farm Camp runs for three weeks, Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., each week.

» Week 1: August 4th - August 7th
» Week 2: August 11th - August 14th
» Week 3: August 18th - August 21st

Campers can sign up for one or more weeks. The program is essentially the same all three weeks, with some natural variation. New activities for returning campers. Please bring lunch.

Fees: $180 Phillies Bridge & Unison members / $200 non-members

To register, visit the Unison Arts and Learning Center web site at www.unisonarts.org or contact directly by phone at 255-1559

Sample activities include:

• Meet the farm animals, feed them some treats, and collect some fresh eggs.
• Go on a "Tasting Tour" of the farm and make a snack featuring fresh vegetables and herbs.
• Discover the fascinating world of insects by hunting for pests and beneficial bugs and play a game to learn about their life cycles.
• Pick flowers and use them to make paper or a natural dye for wool.
• Make felt or spin yarn from sheep's wool that you dyed with flowers from the farm.
• Discover the secret life of soil and build a compost pile.
• Help the farmers harvest vegetables and make a snack featuring fresh vegetables and herbs.
• Visit the "Three Sisters" garden, grind some corn, and hear a Native American story about corn, beans and squash.
• Take part in a "Weeding Contest" to see if you can dig up the weed with the longest root.
• Take a hike on the Nature Trail to explore the woods and wetlands of Phillies Bridge Farm.
• Pick some raspberries and cook berry cobbler in a solar oven. Top it off with your own
• hand-cranked, home-made ice cream.
• Visit the bee hives (from a safe distance), taste some fresh honey, and learn about the
• fascinating life of bees by playing "Bee Jeopardy."
• Put together a camper-managed farmer's market for your family to enjoy on the last afternoon of camp, complete with produce, snacks, and entertainment.

For more information, contact Martha Cheo at 256-9316