At the first blush of spring, I drag out my shovel and start planting. If your kids are like mine, they want to help dig, plant, and water. Gardening is a wonderful learning opportunity for children that can lead to stewardship and, hopefully, a lifelong love of healthy food.
If you want your children to dig in the dirt this summer, consider one of these programs.
Food Literacy Project
at Oxmoor Farm Family Program
June 16
Seasonal educators will lead you on a tour of Oxmoor Farm, where your family can taste fresh herbs and vegetables and harvest crops. Along with hands-on gardening activities, your kids can enjoy face painting or earth art. At the end of the day, everyone makes pizzas in a corncob oven and samples hand-churned ice cream with such inspired flavors as lavender, basil, and beet. Register early to reserve your spot. Children of all ages are welcome.
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
$10 per person for children and adults, free for children under 2
Need-based scholarships available
All ages
For more information or to download the registration form:
foodliteracyproject.org/programs/family-program
Contact: Angelique Perez or Shadea Mitchell, (502) 491-0072
The Earth & Spirit Center
Camp Odyssey
June 18-22 and June 25-29
Embarking on its seventh year, Camp Odyssey is organized into four lessons: science, art/music, gardening, and cooking. Special guests to the camp have included beekeepers, sculptors, and state soil scientists. Campers enjoy yoga and live farm animals. Campers also plant and harvest vegetables, then cook the produce for lunch. Beth Zangari, the camp director, began the camp after seeing Alice Waters’ Edible Schoolyard Project, a California-based organization that teaches food literacy through gardening and food preparation. Zangari’s goal is to help kids connect the food they eat to the earth, not to the grocery store.
Basic morning session: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., $90
All day expanded session: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., $180
Need-based scholarships available
For children who have completed kindergarten to sixth grade
For more information or to download the registration form:
earthandspiritcenter.org/programs.htm
Contact: Beth Zangari, (502) 452-2749
Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church and Sustainable Agriculture of
Louisville Garden Camps
June 4-8, June 10-15, June 18-22, June 25-29
Week-long, full-day camps at the Crescent Hill Presbyterian Church John Leake Memorial Garden offer many outdoor adventures. In the morning, campers plant and harvest vegetables and herbs, grind corn for cornbread, and prepare the harvested food into luncheon feasts. In the afternoon, the campers play capture the flag, listen to Native American stories, and walk to the Mary T. Meagher Aquatic Center for swim lessons. Every Friday, the campers bake fresh rhubarb pies. Camp coordinator Stephen Bartlett has been running the camp for 10 years.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
$100
Scholarships available
Children ages 7-14
For more information:
crescenthill.org/Mission/GardenCamp.html
Contact: Stephen Bartlett, sbartlett@ag-missions.org or (502) 896-9171
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