Camp

Choose from the following Camp options:

Here Comes the Sun!
May 29 –  June 1 / Tuesday - Friday

• For children in preschool or going into kindergarten (Ages 4 and 5) / 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / Register Now
  • Members: $130 | General Public: $160

Snacks provided. Campers must bring their own sack lunch.

Description
Skip into summer by discovering a well known character in the desert – the sun! Search for shadows and delve into the hot wonders of the sun with hands-on experiments exploring the sun’s relationship with plants and animals. Test the power of the sun by capturing its energy to see if a solar oven can cook your very own snack. Imagination will shine this week with a visit from Childsplay theatre company. Snacks are provided. Campers must bring their own sack lunch.

• Limit: 12 campers per class

Let's Dig In!
June 4 - 8 / Monday-Friday

• For children going into 1 – 2, 3 – 4 and 5 – 6 grades / 8:30 - 3:30 p.m. / Register Now
  • Members: $250 / General Public: $310
  • Aftercare / 3:30 - 5 p.m. / $50 per week  

Snacks provided. Full day campers must bring their own sack lunch.

Description
As part of Michele Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative, we are bringing back our popular gardening camp for 2012. Learn about and participate in the cycle that brings food to our tables. Campers will explore what it takes to grow food in the desert and will participate in each step of the process as they plant, care for, harvest and feast during Let’s Dig In camp. The highlight of camp this week will be a trip to Love Grows CSA Farm and other local gardening hotspots.

• Limit: 14 campers per class
  

Solar Powered Sun Fun
June 11 – 15 / Monday – Friday

• For children going into 1 – 2 grades / 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / Register Now
  • Members: $130 / General Public: $160
• For children going into 3 – 4 and 5 – 6 grades / 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. / Register Now
  • Members: $250 | General Public: $310
  • Aftercare / 3:30 - 5 p.m. / $50 per week

Snacks provided. Full day campers must bring their own sack lunch.

Description
Explore the science behind the summer sun and how it affects our lives as desert-dwellers. Investigate how the sun can make plants bend over backwards and causes animals to pant, flutter and thermoregulate through hands-on experiments designed to test the awesome power of the desert sun. Learn how to transform the abundant energy from the sun into a useful cooking tool when you make your own snack in a real solar oven!

• Limit: 14 campers per class
  

Home, Home in the Desert
June 18 – 22 / Monday – Friday

• For children going into 1 – 2 grades / 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / Register Now
  • Members: $130 / General Public: $160
• For children going into 3 – 4 and 5 – 6 grades / 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. / Register Now
  • Members: $250 | General Public: $310
  • Aftercare / 3:30 - 5 p.m. / $50 per week

Snacks provided. Full day campers must bring their own sack lunch.

Description
So many interesting plants, animals and people call the Sonoran Desert home. Discover how all these organisms survive and thrive in our desert home. Sign up to explore and experience the amazing adaptations desert wildlife, plants and people have in order to flourish in this environment. Campers will learn how to use desert plant resources for food, tools, and entertainment and explore the ways in which plants and animals are adapted to the temperatures and dry air of the desert. We will explore movement and imagination this week of camp with a magical visit from Childsplay theatre company staff.

• Limit: 14 campers per class
  

Overnight Summer Camp Celebration
June 22 / Friday

• For children going into grades 1-6 / 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 a.m. / Register Now
  
  • Members: $40 / General Public: $50
    
  • Price is per person (adult or child)

Night time snack and simple breakfast provided.

Description

We will top off the 2012 summer camp season with an exciting nocturnal experience as we invite Home, Home in the Desert participants as well as other friends to participate in an overnight camping experience at the Garden. Make s’mores, sing songs around the campfire, and sleep under the stars. Participants will experience the Garden in a whole new way! Parents are welcome to join us.

• Limit: 10 campers per class