Summer Camps for Elementary Age Children
Registration is open!
Join us this summer at our awesome camps in the Garden! Every week includes daily cooking and tasting so all kids build skills, confidence, and willingness to try new foods. Children garden, engage in nature-based arts and crafts, learn environmental stewardship, and savor unstructured time to play and explore outside. Special guests and field trips round out the camp experience. We can't wait to welcome your child to summer camp!
Camp information
Camp runs from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm for children who are rising 1st through 6th graders (except Cycle the Cycles, more info below).
Camp is held at the Garden, 4056 Shadow Mountain Dr, Park City, UT 84098 (off of Old Ranch Road).
Fees are $375 per weekly session (except the 4 day week 6/30-7/3). Scholarships may be available.
All of our camps are ripe for adventure—but some might be full! Get on the waitlist, and you could be the next to harvest a spot!
If you have younger kids, register for our Pre-K camps.
If you have older kids, we welcome junior high or middle school students to participate in our camps as volunteer counselors-in-training. Reach out to Erica, our Director of Youth Education at erica@summitcommunitygardens.org with any questions.
Parent/Guardian must submit this SMARTWAIVER for each camper before they can participate in camp.
Scholarships
We want to make sure all kids can come to camp. If cost is preventing your family from participating, scholarships may be available! Children whose families live in Summit or Wasatch County and have an income below 80% Area Median Income (AMI) for Summit County may be able to have qualify for a full scholarship, and attend for free. For children whose families are 80-120% AMI, a partial scholarship may be available. We would also like to hear from you if there is a special circumstance. Scholarships are limited to 2 per child, 4 per family, to enable more young people to participate. Please reach out to Erica at erica@summitcommunitygardens.org for more information. We have already given out over 55 scholarships this year! Please sign-up below to be considered for a scholarship if more open up.
2025 Summer Camp Schedule - Elementary Age Children
Refund Policy
You will receive a full refund (minus the 3.5% processing fee) if notice is given within 10 days of registration or purchase. You will receive a 50% refund if notice is given no later than 30 days prior to the start date. We are not able to offer refunds less than 30 days before a camp, class, or event starts (even if notice is given within 10 days of registration or purchase). Please email your request to withdraw to erica@summitcommunitygardens.org.
June 30th - July 3rd, 9:00 - 3:00 pm THIS IS A 4 DAY CAMP
Rising 1st graders through 6th graders
This camp is currently sold out. If you are still interested, sign up for the waitlist.
“Garden Wonders and Legends” camp is an opportunity for campers to use their imaginations and the Garden as inspiration as we create stories and art. We will understand the history of gardening in the U.S.A., such as Victory Gardens and how gardening became seen as a form of patriotism. We will spend our time planting in our own Victory garden bed and cooking in our outdoor kitchen. In addition, we will be tending to Garden beds, harvesting and creating recipes while preparing food from the garden. Campers will also learn about herbs and mindfulness, and the metaphorical connections between plant nature and human nature. We will spend time in our Imagination Area, tending our beds and completing our geometric build out. Each day will hold opportunities for art, physical activity and gardening.
El campamento “Garden Wonders and Legends” es la oportunidad perfecta para que los campistas usen su imaginación y el Jardín como inspiración mientras creamos historias y arte. ¡Mitos, leyendas y cuentos de hadas cobrarán vida! Los campistas comprenderán la historia de la jardinería en los EE. UU., como Victory Gardens, y cómo la jardinería se convirtió en una forma de patriotismo. Pasaremos nuestro tiempo plantando nuestro propio jardín Victory y cocinando. Los campistas cuidarán nuestros huertos, cosecharán y crearán recetas mientras preparan alimentos frescos. Los campistas también aprenderán sobre las hierbas y la atención plena, las conexiones metafóricas entre la naturaleza vegetal y la naturaleza humana. Cada día habrá oportunidades para el arte, la actividad física y la jardinería.