Programs & Workshops
Our Program Descriptions
Field Trips
Field trips to the farm, also known as our Learning Adventures, were created to give our participants a chance to experience nature based education. These sessions are focused around broad themes and lead learners to think about topics such as Trees, Trails, and Tracks. Sessions are age appropriate and have hands-on learning that incorporates literature, movement, and music. We will integrate outdoor experiences and current curriculum. Many sessions will have a take-home project and extension activities will be offered for teachers or families to further the discussion and learning back in the classroom or at home.
Summer Camps
Pond sampling and water quality studies are one of the many activities that we will be doing at Camp WILD. Our learning is always fun, always interactive and student directed and very often directly supports STEM. Next generation science standards and common core are embedded in our camp program. Yep, learning through play while building new neuropathways, it’s how we roll. Registration for our summer Camp Wild /Sprouts Programs are posted mid-January and fill quickly! Scroll down for more information on our summer camp programs.
Workshops
Family oriented, hands on learning – fun – workshops! Past recent workshops have included: Cookie Decorating, Brooms and Brews – The Magical Power of Herbs, Mosaic Tile Making, Fairy Houses, and Gourds Galore Birdhouse Building. Check out our Events tab, or our Facebook page to see what events are coming and for registration links. And if you have a talent, craft, or nature-based knowledge that you’d like to share with others, send us a message to discuss hosting your very own workshop at our farm in one of our unique venues.
Homesteading Club
Homesteading Club is a great opportunity for children ages 3-10 to experience hands-on, weekly nature education (under 5 attends with caregiver). We focus our lessons and activities around farm animals, homesteading principals, and plants. Each seasonal series will vary from 4-8 weeks and include activities such as animal interaction (and how to care for them / anatomy / life cycles), plant interaction (identifying/ growing cycles, etc), themed art projects and snacks, cooking, music, games and more. Two co-directors are present at each session. Scroll down for more information on our Homesteading Club programs.
Current Workshops
Spring Cleaning with Essential Oils
Monday, April 14th, 2025 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Perfect way to Think Spring…. Have you been wanting to switch out some of your cleaning products for healthier, less toxic versions? Well here is your chance to learn just how to do it in this educational workshop to be held in our Sunflower Market on Monday, April 14th, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
Let’s learn how to clean with non-toxic, environmentally safe products. All instruction and supplies are included in the workshop fee of $25, and you’ll get to take home 3 full size bottles of various cleaning products.
Online registration is required, visit the link below for additional information and to register. This class has a very limited number of spots, so if you’re interested, register soon. We look forward to seeing you at this educational workshop!
2026 Programs
Blessing Baskets
We began a new giving program last winter called “Blessing Baskets”. It grew out of a wish to do a little more for people than just our one-time gift of a “Giving Basket” during the holidays that we have done in the past. The idea was to make a more substantial impact on their needs, by providing them with fresh food and cooking lessons on a weekly basis over the winter months.
With your help, in 2025 we were able to provide 20 local families in need with weekly fresh food for 12 weeks through the gifting of a CSA Share. If you sponsored a family(s) last year, THANK YOU! We and the participants are so very grateful. It was an amazing program and so of course, we want to do it again!
Our Winter CSA has changed a bit (will be 8 weeks this year and formatted a bit differently / please visit our Market page for more information specifically about our Winter CSA program), but the general concept for the Blessing Baskets will remain the same… providing fresh food, recipes & cooking instruction weekly over the winter months of 2026 through sponsorship of CSA shares.
This year, we are hoping to provide 25 sponsorships. If you are inspired to help out this winter, click the link below to Learn More / Sponsor for 2026. Thank you, for all of the ways that you help us to be better together!
Homestead Club
A nature-based education program at Clarkston Family Farm, presented to you by our partners in outdoor education, Sarah Bann, certified teacher, of Nature and Nurture, along with community garden coordinator and certified yoga instructor, Meg McGinn. This club consists of 3 different series; the Winter Series is focused on homesteading principals, the Spring Series will focus on plants and gardening, and the Fall Series, which is focused on farm animals and fall harvest.
There are generally two different time slots offered on Mondays, each features a safe indoor and outdoor learning environment and small group setting focused on nature-based activities and play.
Age: Ideally suited to kids ages 3 – 10 (<5 must attend with caregiver)
8-Weekly Monday Sessions; Winter 2026 Dates as follows:
1/26, 2/2, 9, 23, 3/2, 9, 16, 23 * No meeting 2/16 $185
Morning Session is 10:30 am – Noon / Afternoon Session is 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
*There is an additional childcare option available from 3:45-4:30 before the afternoon session for $20 ($2.50 per session)
Please note that all cancellations are subject to a $25 cancellation fee. No refunds will be granted for cancellations occurring less than one week prior to the start of classes. Thank you for your understanding.
Sprouts Camp
An award winning summer camp program for our youngest learners…
Sensory Exploration in Nature using the sense of touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing!
Age: Ideally suited to ages 3-6 years (must be potty-trained / age exceptions for siblings may apply)
Session 1: June 15th- 19th, 2026
Session 2: June 22nd – 26th, 2026
Time and Cost: Half Day (9am-11am) = $165, Full Day (9am – 3pm) = $350
Please note that all 2026 camp prices include service fees (there will be no additional fees applied at registration).
All cancellations/changes are subject to a $25 processing fee. No refunds will be granted for cancellations occurring less than one week prior to the start of camp. Thank you for your understanding.
Both Sprouts Camp sessions are now Sold Out. We wish we could have enough spots for every child who wants to attend, but only have so much time and space available. We do generally open up a few more spots in each camp closer to camp time. We will fill all camp openings with the waitlist, so if your child still wants to attend, please fill out the waitlist info and watch our fb page for an email being sent to everyone who signed up for first chance at openings. Thank you for loving our farm and our camps…. we appreciate all of you and hope to see your kids at camp this summer!
Sprouts Camp is a week long summer camp experience for our youngest learners, that is based on our award winning Camp Wild summer program. Like Camp Wild, Sprouts Camp has been successfully engaging young people for almost a decade. Sprouts Camp utilizes our Sensory Exploration in Nature curriculum and highlights the 5 senses (focus is on exploring one sense each day). It is directed by Chelsea O’Brien, B.S., an experienced and certified environmental educator as well as founder and executive director for the Clarkston Family Farm. Teaching team also includes certified teachers, master gardeners, farmers, naturalists, artists, and camp counselors selected from trained National Honors Society CHS students and aspiring teachers. Great camper to teaching team ratio of no more than 5 to 1, and many times will be 3 to 1 with our youngest learners. We also employ activity station leaders and junior camp counselors for the most safe and engaged program available for your young explorer! Our teaching team pays special attention to dividing campers into color groups based on age, parental preference and developmental appropriateness. Groups are carefully organized and have never more than 15 campers per group to allow for our “move and do” approach to learning! Each day of Sprouts Camp highlights a different sense: Monday – sense of sight, Tuesday – sense of hearing, Wednesday – sense of touch, Thursday – sense of smell, and Friday – sense of taste.
Activities include: Most of our time will be spent outside in our many kid-friendly farm and garden spaces. Our youngest learners will enjoy exploring these spaces utilizing their 5 senses in a way that is developmentally appropriate as we incorporate art, music, simple math and science into our Sprouts Camp curriculum.
New this year to our half day Sprouts Sessions is the opportunity for your camper to stay for the afternoon as well. We are hoping that this will provide more flexibility for all campers/families, but still allow for a half day session for kids who prefer them. The morning sessions will provide center based learning and themed activities. The optional afternoon (FULL DAY) includes time for lunch (brought by campers), read-aloud time, trail walks, baby farm animals, games, self-directed (but always supervised) play, cooking labs, discovery zones, and rest time if needed or desired. Note that afternoons are optional.
Camp Wild
An award winning summer camp program using next generation science standards supported in a fun, nature-based, hands-on outdoor learning experience!
Age: Ideally suited to kids ages 5 – 11 (age exceptions made for siblings)
Session 1: July 20th – 24th, 2026, HALF DAY: 9 am – noon, $200. FULL DAY: 9 am – 3 pm, $350.
Session 2: July 27th – 31st, 2026, HALF DAY: 9 am – noon, $200. FULL DAY: 9 am – 3 pm, $350.
Session 3: August 3rd – 7th, 2026, FULL DAY: 9 am – 3 pm, $350
Session 4: August 10th – 14th, 2026, FULL DAY: 9 am – 3 pm, $350
ARTS: August 17th – 21st, 2026, FULL DAY: 9 am – 3 pm, $400, *includes art gallery and musical performance on Friday
Please note that all 2026 camp prices include service fees (there will be no additional fees applied at registration).
All cancellations/changes are subject to a $25 processing fee. No refunds will be granted for cancellations occurring less than one week prior to the start of camp. Thank you for your understanding.
All of our Camp Wild Sessions are now Sold Out. If your child is still interested in attending, please fill out the waitlist. While we always wish we could have enough space for every child who wants to attend; our farm space, teaching staff and calendar are limited. We generally are able to open up a few more spots in every camp closer to camp time, after we determine exactly how many more campers we can accomodate. Know that we will fill all future camp openings with the waitlist before the general public. If you are on the waitlist, we will send out an email (announced on fb ahead of time) to all on waitlist for first chance at openings.
We are truly sorry if your camp session is full, and will do our best to offer what spots we can closer to camp time. Thank you for loving our farm and our camps…. we appreciate all of you and hope to see your kids at camp this summer!
Camp Wild is a unique, popular and award winning summer program that has been successfully engaging young people for almost a decade. It is directed by Chelsea O’Brien, B.S., an experienced and certified environmental educator as well as founder and executive director for the Clarkston Family Farm. Teaching team also includes certified teachers, master gardeners, farmers, naturalists, artists, and camp counselors selected from trained National Honors Society CHS students and aspiring teachers. Great camper to teaching team ratio of no more than 5 to 1. We also employ activity station leaders and junior camp counselors for the most safe and engaged program available for your young explorer! Our teaching team pays special attention to dividing campers into color groups based on age, parental preference and developmental appropriateness. Groups are carefully organized and have never more than 15 campers per group to allow for our “move and do” approach to learning! Each day of Camp Wild highlights a different ecosystem: Monday – Wonderful Wetlands, Tuesday – What’s Under Our Feet, Wednesday – Marvelous Meadows, Thursday – Fantastic Forests, and Friday – Getting Our Thumbs Green.
Activities include: Each day campers will enjoy interaction with our farm animals, games/play, art, a make and take craft, some type of snack or tasting, and music. We also work hard to have fun “sneaky” science each day, offering STEM curriculum that is developmentally appropriate, supporting thinking and learning in ways that are fun and always outside in nature.
New this year to our half day Sessions 1 & 2 is the opportunity for your camper to stay for the afternoon as well. We are hoping that this will provide more flexibility of dates for all campers, but still allow for a half day session for kids who prefer them. The morning sessions will provide center based learning and themed activities. The optional afternoon (FULL DAY) includes time for lunch (brought by campers), and more self-directed (but always supervised) play, crafts, reading clouds, trail hikes, nature themed games, farm to table cooking labs, music and art. Note that afternoons are optional for Sessions 1 & 2 only as Sessions 3, 4, & Arts are full day camps.
Camp Wild About the Arts uses the same ecosystem themes as our other Camp Wild sessions as a backdrop for exploration in dance, visual art and music. Monday is rhythm and pattern, Tuesday is tone and color, Wednesday is line and melody, Thursday is Texture and Harmony, Friday is shape and composition. In this camp only, we will be showcasing our learning on Friday from 12:30-2:30 pm for parents, as well as local community during a Festival of the Arts event. Light refreshments are served during this fun and exciting student gallery, musical and dance performance.
AT HOME Series
The Clarkston Family Farm has created 5 new instructional videos that promote thinking, learning and growing outside in nature and in your own backyard.
Each video ties in the language art, science and visual art disciplines as well as some fun and practical activities to engage critical thinking skills.