Congratulations on joining Summit Community Gardens! Welcome to our community. This welcome packet contains important information about how the garden operates, and how you can get involved to make the garden run smoothly and efficiently. Community gardening requires work beyond tending to your plot, every gardener is asked to participate to the best of his or her ability in the management and upkeep garden.
Early registration for full-day summer camps for grades 1-6 and half-day Pre-K camps will open on February 1st for members and gift certificate holders. Registration will open to the public on March 1st.
The High Altitude Gardening 101 class is designed for people interested in learning how to successfully grow vegetables in our short growing season and high desert terrain. Garden Advisor Andrea Morgan will offer details on how to get the most out of your growing season including planning your garden, understanding our climate, and most importantly, what we can grow at altitude! This class will provide a better understanding of how to get the most out of a short growing season.
Wednesday, February 12th, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Zoom, $25
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Registration for full-day summer camps for grades 1-6 and half-day Pre-K camps opens on March 1st for everyone. Early registration is available for members and gift certificate holders as of February 1st. Become a member today!
Andrea Morgan of Moonshadow Farm will share with you advanced tips and tricks for growing at high altitude. She is excited to work with us and answer all your questions!.
Andrea joins us as SCG-EATS’ Garden Advisor. She will bring her extensive professional farming expertise to refreshing our crop plan, supporting plot renters and education spaces, and hiring our garden team this spring. A Park City native, the first farm she ever visited as a child was Ranui Gardens. She farmed there starting in 2018, and purchased the farm in 2024, bringing her journey full circle!
Wednesday, March 5th, 6:00 - 7:15 pm, Zoom. $25.
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Join us to learn all about starting seeds indoors to transplant in your garden once it warms us and the danger of frost is behind us. Andrea Morgan, our garden advisor, will walk us through the entire process and share tips and tricks she has learned over the years.
*Materials will be provided. We will have some seeds to share and feel free to bring your seeds!
Wednesday, April 9th, 6:00 - 7:30 pm. This class will be held indoors at a TBD location. $35
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June 9th - 13th, 9:00 - 12:00 pm
Age 3 - rising 1st graders
Our “Thyme Travelers” camp is an opportunity to learn about all things culinary arts and science. Each day holds opportunities for art, physical activity, gardening, and cooking. In the Garden, we will care for our beds, plus harvest, prepare and cook food. Typical early crops include: herbs, greens, and radishes. Each day, campers will learn about team building, sportsmanship, recipe creation, preparation, and execution. We will explore cuisine from various countries around the world as we use local foods to prepare.
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June 9th - 13th, 9:00 - 3:00 pm
Rising 1st graders through 6th graders
Our “Thyme Travelers” camp is an opportunity to learn about all things culinary arts and science. Each day holds opportunities for art, physical activity, gardening, and cooking. In the Garden, we will care for our beds, plus harvest, prepare and cook food. Typical early crops include: herbs, greens, and radishes. Each day, campers will learn about team building, sportsmanship, recipe creation, preparation, and execution. We will explore cuisine from various countries around the world as we use local foods to prepare.
Registration opens Feb 1st for members and Mar 1st for everyone. Become a member today!
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June 16th - 20th, 9:00 - 12:00 pm
Age 3 - rising 1st graders
Our “Arts in the Garden” Week explores our natural world as art. Each day will hold opportunities for art, physical activity and gardening. We will forage and gather items to create art pieces such as nature mandalas, self-portraits and landscapes. We will explore painting floral still life with our Garden backdrop. We will incorporate art as movement, through dance; art as music, with new instruments incorporated in the garden space; and food as edible art, preparing food from the garden. We will tend our rainbow garden and plant vegetables in the Children’s Garden planters. Each day campers will learn about art as an expression of creativity and imagination.
June 16th - 20th, 9:00 - 3:00 pm
Rising 1st graders through 6th graders
Our “Arts in the Garden” week explores our natural world as art. Each day will hold opportunities for art, physical activity and gardening. We will forage and gather items to create art pieces such as nature mandalas, self-portraits and landscapes. We will explore painting floral still life with our Garden backdrop. We will incorporate art as movement, through dance; art as music, with new instruments incorporated in the garden space; and food as edible art, preparing food from the garden. We will tend our rainbow garden and plant vegetables in the Children’s Garden planters. Each day campers will learn about art as an expression of creativity and imagination.
Registration opens Feb 1st for members and Mar 1st for everyone. Become a member today!
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