Summer Camps are offered in a weekly format, running Monday through Friday. Programming includes cooking, games, mindfulness, reading, fire building, foraging, arts and crafts, exploring the outdoors, and learning about nature.

Drop-off each day is at 9:00 am, with early drop-off available starting at 8am. Pick-up is at 3:00 pm.

If you need to pick you your child at a later time, after care is available until 4:30pm.

Please add a note in the sign-up form if you need transportation help to or from programming.

Gardening Thursdays! Every Thursday, we will spend the morning gardening at our new garden space on Hermina Street on the east side of Madison.

In the mornings, children will help plant and care for vegetables and a native pollinator habitat, harvest produce, and participate in cooking and garden-based projects using ingredients we grow from seed.

In the afternoons, we will explore nearby locations within walking distance. Depending on the day, we will walk to a location such as Worthington Park, O.B. Sherry Park, Olbrich Gardens, or the Midwest Clay Project.

This structure will give us the opportunity to enjoy more harvests and recipes using fresh vegetables, and to see how the garden grows and changes throughout the summer.

Locations: 

We will be in different parks around Madison, WI. Locations change weekly. Here are our locations this summer. See the registration page for more details.

Inclement Weather Alternative Location:

In the event of inclement weather, we will likely transition as a group to the nearest public library or start the day there (depending on the timing of the weather event). Families will be notified by text of location change by 8am at the latest the day of. There will also be to pickup your child early if you prefer.

Other indoor locations include the Children’s Museum, Geology Museum, Physics Museum, Capitol, mini golf or indoor swimming.

Indoor time at libraries will include reading, fun research projects, games, arts and crafts, and of course, play!