Summer Camp at the Farm
Farm Camp
Terhune Orchards welcomes children between the ages of 7 and 10 to enjoy a fun-filled week of summer camp on the farm.
The three identical one-week sessions focus on how the farmer and nature work together to grow healthy crops and how they sometimes are at odds with each other.
This hands-on program includes a variety of activities, games, crafts and field trips that will teach the campers about farm life. Activities include picking and preparing fruits and vegetables, tending animals, studying insects, butterflies, and bees, identifying trees, learning about pest management practices and water quality to name a few. Hiking the Farm Trail, exploring the StonyBrook, and a trip to the Howell Living History Farm provide additional fun activities for the campers.
Schedule for 2012
Farm Camp - The camp sessions meet between 9am and 3:30pm:
July 16 to July 20
July 23 to July 27
August 6-10
Call early since space is limited. For additional details or questions, call the Farm Store at 609-924-2310.
Future Farmers Gardening Camp
For children between the ages of 8 and 12 to experience a week of summer gardening camp on the farm. The two one-week sessions engage in hands-on activities that provide an understanding of how a farm works, it's environmental context, as well as plenty of hands-on farming and old fashioned games! The activities blend learning, doing, and of course fun! Come and experience life on the farm.
Campers will have a full week of activities focused around Terhune Orchards children’s garden. Gardening topics will include garden preparation and planting, tool safety, weeding, watering, plant types and harvesting. In addition, campers will explore and harvest from among the 35 different crops grown here at Terhune Orchards and get a behind the scenes look at farming. They will harvest and eat their own “Jersey Fresh” snacks from the fruits and vegetables they pick. Nothing like eating what you grow! Along the way, campers will study insects and pollinators, take a nature hike, learn about water cycles and even learn some historical agricultural.
Camp leader, John Emmons is the Elementary Lab Science teacher at Community Park School in Princeton. He holds a BS in Environmental Planning and Masters in Teaching (Elementary Education specialization). His background includes leading nature programs, school garden clubs and farming. * see additional topics below
Schedule for 2012
Future Farmers - The camp sessions meet from between 9am and 3:30pm
July 9 to July 13
July 30 to August 3
For additional details or questions, call the Farm Store at 609-924-2310.
*Specific topics camp may cover:
(Children's Garden)
-Tool types, uses, and safety -Soil preparation and management
-Planting methods and plant care -Plant types (herbs, fruits, and vegetables)
-Garden care -Food harvesting methods
(Farm Behind the Scenes)
-Farm machinery and tools -Farm chores including caring for animals
-Exploring farm crops, fields, and harvesting
-Seeing a farm as a business (selling crops, farm store, farm workers)
(Environmental Context)
-Exploring that natural habitats found on a farm (wood lots, streams, ponds, meadows, edges)
-Exploring the wildlife found on farms (amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, and insects)
-Learning about ecological balance between farming and the natural environment
-Nature hikes and scavenger hunts
(History)
-Agricultural roots and milestones -Farm life ways (Native American, Early American, Modern)
-Importance of farming in history
(Old-Fashioned Fun and Games)
-Hide and Seek -Kick ball
-Baby in the Air -Water Fun (water balloon toss, sprinkler, etc)
-Wagon Rides -Miniature boat building and racing in a stream
-Rock skipping and dam building on a stream