SUMMER 2021 |
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Who:
Campers: Rising 3rd to 5th graders Junior Garden Educator: Rising 6th- 12th graders What: Garden-based day camp When: July 2021, 4 week-long day camps Where: Salmon Creek School Garden Why: Connect with nature and other campers in a garden to enjoy and learn about food in a fun environment. |
Registration: OPEN
Forms: Required* After registration submit: Cost: $350 per week per camper $150 for Junior Garden Educator ( includes a small questionnaire process) |
wigGle, giggle, connect and grow
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Healthy Roots Garden Campers will spend their week immersed in the delights of a working garden. They will connect with the plants, learn to cook and eat from the garden, explore native habitats and cultures, create arts and craft, make new friends and spend their summer days outdoors.
Each week is full of creative, hands-on activities that will nurture a life-long appreciation of the outdoors, build healthy habits, and create lasting friendships! |
 Garden based, nature focused, and fun!
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Learn to lead and lead to learn
Junior garden educators
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School Garden Network also welcomes rising 6th - 12th graders to participate as Junior Garden Educators. Junior Garden Educators will join a camp group, assist the Garden Educator, and engage with younger campers in a fun and productive way. This program provides youth with the skills and experience needed to be leaders and outdoor educators. Teens will need to fill out a short questionnaire. Space is limited to only 5 junior educators each week. There is a certificate upon completion. If you are interested please fill out this application and we will be in touch.
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Each week Has its own flavor
Discounts offered to regular campers, not Junior Educators:
Sibling Discount:
Scholarship applications open March 18th-May 31st **Discounts don't compound, only the largest discount applies.** |
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Garden Camp Director and Instructors
Erin Bertsch
CAMP DIRECTOR |
Erin grew up hiking the Oakland hills and the islands around Oslo Norway. As a child she loved science, especially scientific investigations into her backyard’s soil. She began assisting outdoor science & gardening classes in sixth grade and has never looked back. Her number one goal in life is to get kids outdoors, largely as a form of preventative medicine. She cut her teeth designing programs in the parks & gardens of San Francisco teaching botany, biology, and ecology. Now in rural Petaluma she enjoys bringing her understanding of traditional ecological knowledge to gardening & land stewardship classes. In her free time you’ll see her building up compost for her food forest or reading up in an oak tree. Through teaching gardening, Erin finds that she can share her passion for science & ecological connection. With a focus on connection she brings fresh ideas to teaching creativity, empathy, and self awareness to kids of all ages.
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Celosia Arcadia
CAMP INSTRUCTOR |
Celosia started learning about plants when she was a wee small girl. One of her favorite pastimes was collecting and throwing rose petals. Soon thereafter, she learned to cook organic cuisine for her large family, working with herbs and spices. During college, Celosia began to study herbalism and later attended the California School of Herbal Studies. She also studied nutrition and flower essences. Also known as Miss Moon, Celosia has worked with tots and children at Earth Camp, she directed Sun Camp, and created and directed Earth Girls Empowerment Camp. She also worked as a Garden Teacher at Cherry Valley and she continues to work with plants, harvesting wild weeds, collecting seeds and helping others to keep their gardens.
Additionally, Celosia studied the Feldenkrais Method and is a Somatic Educator at Sonoma State University, where she teaches stress reduction techniques through breathing, yoga, and chi gong. |
Sam Pratt
CAMP INSTRUCTOR |
Sam Pratt is an Educator in Sonoma County who has taught art, P.E., outdoor summer camps and even substitute teaching since earning a credential in 2010. He has taught multiple subjects and worked with a variety of ages. Sam believes in developing core routines of nature exploration and discovery into the lives of youth and student experience. He has been involved with bringing gardening opportunities into elementary, middle, and high school programs. Whether through afterschool enrichment classes or coordinating field trips to local farms for high school students, he enjoys seeing students light up when outdoors. Sam spent a year developing his nature connection and permaculture skills with a program called Weaving Earth. He has been eager to use this knowledge to share with local summer camps. In his spare time, he enjoys playing guitar with made up nature songs, journal drawing and leading interactive games.
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Eri Sawairi
CAMP INSTRUCTOR |
Raised in central Chile, Eri is a lifelong learner who has studied viticulture, philosophy, and languages. She’s taught both Japanese and Spanish, been a winery worker, labored as a farmhand, and taught elementary school kids. Her home garden is a jungle of seasonal vegetables, roses, sunflowers, herbs, frogs, snakes, and butterflies. She is a Volunteer Naturalist at Sonoma State’s Fairfield Osborn Preserve. Eri has climbed volcanos, camped in deserts, and walked pilgrimage routes. She’s most happy when “playing in the dirt” or reading books to kids. She lives in Sebastopol with her husband and son and their cat Mao.
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Help a Child Attend Garden Camp
COVID-19 Information
(Updated 6/22/2021)
School Garden Network is adopting a hybrid mask policy for Garden Camp, so every instructor, camper and junior educator should bring a mask each day. (If needed, we will provide one for you.)
Staff will be asking campers and junior educators to mask for activities with sustained close contact (more than 15 minutes and less than 3 feet apart), ie. cooking and or food preparation.
Staff will be providing clear masking instructions to campers and junior educators prior to each activity. We are designing the vast majority of activities with ample space (more than 3 feet and less than 15 minutes in close contact) between campers and junior educators so that children can unmask.
We are confident that our instructors, junior educators and campers will adapt to this policy.
Any staff, camper or junior educator who prefers to stay masked throughout the day can do so.
School Garden Network will:
*Tailor camp activities to limit close contact or the sharing of tools or other equipment.
*Promote and enforce regular hand washing.
*Conduct regular cleaning and sanitizing of our shared spaces.
In addition:
*We will provide small garden snacks but all campers must bring their own bagged lunch and snacks each day.
A full description of all Program Protocols will be sent to each family no less than 2 weeks prior to the start date of their camp session.
Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns at: [email protected]
School Garden Network is adopting a hybrid mask policy for Garden Camp, so every instructor, camper and junior educator should bring a mask each day. (If needed, we will provide one for you.)
Staff will be asking campers and junior educators to mask for activities with sustained close contact (more than 15 minutes and less than 3 feet apart), ie. cooking and or food preparation.
Staff will be providing clear masking instructions to campers and junior educators prior to each activity. We are designing the vast majority of activities with ample space (more than 3 feet and less than 15 minutes in close contact) between campers and junior educators so that children can unmask.
We are confident that our instructors, junior educators and campers will adapt to this policy.
Any staff, camper or junior educator who prefers to stay masked throughout the day can do so.
School Garden Network will:
*Tailor camp activities to limit close contact or the sharing of tools or other equipment.
*Promote and enforce regular hand washing.
*Conduct regular cleaning and sanitizing of our shared spaces.
In addition:
*We will provide small garden snacks but all campers must bring their own bagged lunch and snacks each day.
A full description of all Program Protocols will be sent to each family no less than 2 weeks prior to the start date of their camp session.
Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns at: [email protected]
CANCELLATION and CHANGE POLICY
You will be eligible for a full refund (minus a $50 processing fee) if your Garden Camp cancellation is made at least 6 weeks before the Program start date. Cancellations received with less than 6 weeks' notice WILL NOT be eligible for a refund unless a replacement is available to take your spot. If you would like to reschedule your program, a $50 processing fee will be charged and changes will be accommodated only when there is space available.
Waiver and IMAGE RELEASE FORMs
After Registration please Sign our Waiver Release Form (required) and our Image Release Form.
Grind Corn!