For children ages 6-7The soil underneath our feet is an amazing and fascinating world for children (and some adults like myself!) Worms and other soil creatures are hard at work around the clock, decomposing leaf litter and other organic matter into rich compost that feeds the plant roots in every forest and field in the Pacific Northwest.
The Children's Garden contains a working worm bin where our leftover lunch scraps and fallen leaves feed the red wiggler worms and their friends. We also have yard waste bins where our garden trimmings compost with the help of potato bugs and other decomposers. These garden features enable children to explore and examine this wonderful world up close and in living color.
This camp is filled with adventures such as digging in the garden to search for earthworms and ground beetles, and building healthy soil by harvesting our compost and taking its treasure to spread under the vegetable crops in our p-patch plot. Children will also learn basic identification skills for the "soil critters" they'll see, and enjoy helping the decomposers who are hard at work in our "messy materials" area by opening up the stumps and branches that are slowly turning into wood chips.
Your children will come home from this camp with extra amounts of dirt on their knees, matched by the giant smiles on their faces and interesting soil stories to share!
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