Spring Great Garden Gang Concludes

Learning About Chickens (and more!)
during Spring Great Garden Gang Farm Camp
by Anya O’Halloran, PCLF Farm Camp Assistant

The Great Garden Gang Farm Camp participants have been busy working and learning at the Children’s Garden.  They have learned much about soil components – how, why, and what we compost, the journey of a seed from seed to plant, and some chicken chores required to care for a flock of chickens.

During each session of camp, participants receive a demonstration relevant to that day’s topic.  For seed day, Farmer Sharon did a skit with the campers on how a seed grows into a plant.  The kids were the seeds (in the process of turning into plants), while Farmer Sharon was the farmer as she explained the nutrients, sun, and rain needed for the seeds to grow!  This simulation was a big hit! 

Campers also do hands-on farm and garden tasks.  This Great Garden Gang broke up the soil in the Children’s Garden beds in preparation for planting, added ingredients to the compost bins, planted calendula seeds in pots, and collected eggs and held the chickens (always a farm camp favorite!).
 

Throughout the camp, participants work in their camp journals.  The journal included a scavenger hunt for things found around the farm, a worm worksheet for our worm observing activity, crossword puzzle, word search, supplemental diagrams, coloring pages, and more. 

Great Garden Gang was educational, active and fun!  Each camper came away with something new that they learned or did during camp!

Thank you, campers, for being a part of the Spring 2013 Great Garden Gang Farm Camp!

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for information about our summer camp offerings and to register.