Outdoor Classroom
Join us on teacher workdays, spring break and all summer for fun, experiential garden adventures! Each camp matches the season and is full of garden-centric games, exploration and art, music and cooking. Activities are suitable for children having completed kindergarten through completed fourth grade unless otherwise noted.
Our camps are primarily outside, if the weather allows.
School's Out! Day Camps occur on non-federal holidays when school is not in session for Poudre School District. Activities are especially suitable for children ages five to 10 years old who have completed or are currently enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Time: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | Cost: $55 per child
Scholarships are available and pre-registration is required.
Spring 2024 Date
Note: Children may be dropped off as early as 8:30 a.m. and picked up as late as 4:30 p.m.; camp programming will not begin until 9 a.m. and will end at 4 p.m. The Gardens close at 5 p.m.
Registration for 2024-2025 Dates: to be determined
Camp descriptions and dates are posted below.
Join us for fun, outdoor summer education! Our summer camps are full of garden–centric activities like gardening, art, science, animals and cooking! Pre-registration is required.
Cost: Range from $275 to $300 for the week. Scholarships are available. Family-level members receive a 10% discount on camp admission.
Ages: Unless otherwise noted, summer camps are planned and geared for children having completed kindergarten through fourth grade.
Please note: Gardeners and Chefs Allergy Aware requires an application to register.
Waitlists will be available for sold-out camps. Please email our Education Team with your phone number, your child's name, grade level next year, desired camp and date: GardensEducation@fcgov.com
Notes:
| Dates | Ages | Camp | Cost |
| June 3 - 7 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Gardeners and Chefs – Allergy Aware | $275 |
| June 10 - 14 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Gardeners and Chefs Level I | $300 |
| June 17 - 21 | Rising 4 - 6 grade | Gardeners and Chefs Level II | $300 |
| June 24 - 28 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Garden STEM | $275 |
| June 24 - 28 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Garden Visual Arts | $300 |
| July 8 - 12 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Garden STEM | $275 |
| July 8 - 12 | Rising 3 - 6 grade | Garden Performing Arts | $300 |
| July 15 - 19 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Garden Visual Arts | $300 |
| July 15 - 19 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Garden STEM | $275 |
| July 22 - 26 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Garden Animals | $275 |
| July 29 - Aug. 2 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Garden Animals | $275 |
| Aug. 5 - 9 | Rising 1 - 5 grade | Garden Animals | $275 |
Age: Open to Rising First through Fifth Graders
Dates: July 22 – 26 | July 29 – Aug. 2 | Aug. 5 – 9
Cost: 275
The Gardens on Spring Creek is an animal's paradise! Spend the week exploring relationships between the animals and plants that live in The Gardens. We will get up close and personal with garden critters and the evidence they leave behind. Whether we are building habitats, practicing our skills of camouflage or exploring the pond, it is going to be a wild time!
Please note that the programming for this camp will be identical each week. Due to reduced enrollment, we will only accept campers for one of these weeks of camp.
Age: Open to Rising First through Fifth Graders
Dates: June 3 – 7
Cost: $275
Join us for a week of gardening and cooking at the Gardens on Spring Creek. We will spend the week learning about the garden, making fun recipes, caring for the plants that flavor our foods and making our own book of recipes to take home!
This week is reserved for students with food allergies or health-related conditions that make certain foods unsafe. This camp will be shaped around creating an extra safe space to share and normalize our experiences around food.
We choose our weekly recipes based on the registered students’ allergies and food sensitivities, avoiding unsafe foods and food processors. All ingredients will be sent to parents for approval before camp and modifications can be made.
If your child fits these criteria, please apply below and we will send you a special link for registration.
Any campers that register for this camp, but do not have food allergies or health-related food limitations, will be refunded their camp fees.
Ages & Dates:
Cost: $300
Join us for a week of gardening and cooking at the Gardens on Spring Creek. We will spend the week learning about the garden, making fun recipes, caring for the plants that flavor our foods and making our own book of recipes to take home!
All our camps are vegetarian and safe for students with food allergies or health conditions. We choose our weekly recipes based on the registered students’ allergies and food sensitivities, avoiding unsafe foods and food processors. All ingredients will be sent to parents for approval before camp and modifications can be made.
This year we are offering a Level II Gardeners and Chefs for our older campers. We will be stepping up the recipes and skills for these more experienced foodies.
Age: Open to Rising Third through Sixth Graders
Dates: July 8 – 12
Cost: $300
Have you always wanted to be an actor and perform on stage? Then this is the camp for you! This week we will explore our relationship with nature and each other through an immersive theater experience. The show will be directed by local playwright and theatre director, Michelle Grimes. We will design our own costumes, learn stage directions, performance techniques, work as a team, and conclude the week with a performance for family and friends on our Everitt Pavilion stage!
Due to the skills needed for the performance, students need to have finished 2nd grade through entering 6th grade. Students must be able to attend all week and the performance Friday at the end of camp.
Age: Open to Rising First through Fifth Graders
Dates: June 24 – 28 | July 8 – 12 | July 15 – 19
Cost: $275
The garden can be your laboratory! The garden is steaming with secrets to be discovered and puzzles to solve! Come learn to ask deep questions and design solutions to real-world problems. Each day we will be harnessing our science, technology, engineering and math skills to tackle new and exciting challenges like designing garden-inspired inventions, exploring tiny things through microscopes and learning to harness the power of the sun!
Please note that the programming for this camp will be identical each week. Due to reduced enrollment, we will only accept campers into one of these weeks of camp.
Age: Open to Rising First through Fifth Graders
Dates: June 24 – 28 | July 15 – 19
Cost: $300
Learn to see the natural world through the perspective of an artist. Gardens provide us with inspiration, materials and a beautiful environment to create in. Through drawing, painting, printmaking collage, and mixed media, kids will explore The Gardens and create art that expresses their own ideas and unique vision of the natural world.
Please note that the programming for this camp will be identical each week. Due to reduced enrollment, we will only accept campers for one of these weeks of camp.
We offer need-based scholarships for classes and programs to income-qualifying families, up to $250 per child per year. Apply at anytime. Please submit the following application:
Program Scholarship Application
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Summer Camp Refund Policy: Cancellations made prior to May 1 will be refunded at 100%. After May 1 and up to two weeks prior to the first day of camp, a 50% refund will be given. After two weeks prior, no refunds will be given. If camp is cancelled by The Gardens on Spring Creek for any reason, a full refund will be issued.
Spring Break Refund Policy: Cancellations made prior to two weeks out from camp will be refunded at 100%. After two weeks prior, no refunds will be given.