More Information about COMMON GROUND FARM CAMP

At Farm Camp, kids learn through collaboration, exploration, imagination, and discovery. Children engage directly with farmland and the natural world and make their own culinary, scientific, and artistic creations with their own hands. Campers spend time in the garden, at the pond, in the field, in the barn, and along our nature trails. Kids develop new skills, make new friends, and grow an appreciation for the beauty and complexity of the natural environment within which we live.

Our camp instructors develop plans for the morning sessions based on the weekly themes, using a variety of methods for exploration. Our campers dig into each week’s program through direct engagement, scaffolded to their age level. We harvest, we explore, we make art, we experiment, we move our bodies, we play games, and we get really dirty! 

In the afternoons we offer Campers’ Choice, where children will have the opportunity to choose their activity and interact with different age groups. Each day we will offer a variety of options that allow kids to create, move their bodies, and explore in different ways to suit their different needs.

This year, Farm Camp is open to children ages 4 to 9 from June 30 through July 18, and 4 to 12 from July 21 through August 22. Children will be grouped according to age.

Farm Camp runs from 9am to 3pm, with options for before and after care starting at 8am and ending at 5:30pm.

It’s the only place my child wanted to be. He was happy, excited, learned so much in such a kind nurturing environment. Thank you.

-2024 Farm Camp Parent

[My child] loved camp! Her two weeks were filled with learning, making new friends, and spending time outside on a beautiful farm.

-2024 Farm Camp Parent

Having a farm such as Common Ground within the community is such a value for our family. We all think it is a special place and love how camp allows such a wonderful experience.

-2024 Farm Camp Parent

Questions? Contact Kate Sanderson, Education Manager at education@commongroundfarm.org. Common Ground Farm’s day camp is located at the Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center in Wappingers Falls, NY and is a local and affordable summer camp option for families who live in and around the communities of Beacon, Newburgh, Wappingers Falls, Fishkill, and Cold Spring.