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!
2025 Programs
Homestead Club
A nature-based education program at Clarkston Family Farm, presented to you by our partner in outdoor education, Sarah Bann of Nature and Nurture, along with community garden coordinator Meg McGinn. This club consists of 3 different series; the inaugural Fall Series focused on Farm Animals, the Winter Series focused on homesteading principals, and the spring series which is focused on plants and gardening.
There are 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: Apr 7, 14, 21 & 28, May 5, 12 & 19, Jun 2, 2025 $180
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.
Farm After 5
This is a new for 2025 program bringing various free activities to the farm on Thursday evenings. Beginning in April, 2025, and continuing throughout the season, our farm and Sunflower market will be open until 9:00 p.m. on Thursday evenings only. This is an excellent opportunity for you to come out and shop our Sunflower Market with our new extended evening hours. You can also enjoy just visiting the farm in the evening (it’s especially beautiful later in the day). And, of course, we hope you’ll join us for some of the various free activities offered each Thursday evening, You are welcome to just come and shop the market or visit the farm without registering, but if you wish to participate in any of the free activities, you will need to pre-register, even though there is no admission fee, due to limited space / supplies.
Each week of the month is a different type of activity as follows:
- 1st Thursday – Open Mic
- 2nd Thursday – Garden Yoga
- 3rd Thursday – Art at the Farm
- 4th Thursday – Chelsea’s Cooking Corner
Why are we offering these programs for free? Well, we love to have fun, and we’re guessing that you do too. We are so blessed with our volunteer community, who are constantly sharing their talents with us, and now they want to share directly with you! The folks organizing these Thursday night events are all volunteers…. and this is a new venture for us, so bear that in mind when you come out for a visit 🙂 And if you have a talent / idea you’d like to share that fits into one of these categories, please let us know.
Click the link to Learn More / Register… for our Farm After 5 program activities. Thanks and we hope to see you at the Farm soon!
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 (exceptions for siblings may apply)
Session 1: June 16th- 20th, 2025, HALF DAY, 9 am – 11 am, $160
Session 2: June 23rd – 27th, 2025, HALF DAY, 9 am – 11 am, $160
Please note that all 2025 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.
Registration for Sprouts Camp 2025 began at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, January 20, 2025. All of our Sprouts Camp spots for 2025 have been filled. We wish we could do more camps, because we’d love to have everyone come who wants to be there, but only so much time and space available. We do have a waitlist you are welcome to join, and we will fill any cancellations based on our waitlist. As always, we’re super excited for summer camps… you know we dig it!
Where: Most of our time will be spent outside in our many kid-friendly farm and garden spaces. Drop off and pick-up at the Learning Pavilion behind the Sunflower Market.
Focus: Our youngest learners will enjoy exploring our farm and garden spaces utilizing our 5 senses on the farm in a way that is developmentally appropriate as we incorporate art, music, simple math and science.
Activities: Student directed self exploration and nature hunts, baby farm animal interaction, tasting and harvesting stations, music, art and movement using the sense of smell, taste, touch, sight and hearing
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)
Camp Wild about MUSIC: *NEW* June 30th – July 2nd, 2025, 3 FULL DAYS, 9 am – 2:30, $190
Session 1: July 21st – 25th, 2025, HALF DAY. 9 am – noon, $185
Session 2: July 28th – Aug 1st, 2025, HALF DAY. 9 am – noon, $185
Session 3: August 4th – 8th, 2025, FULL DAY, 9 am – 2:30 pm, $300
Session 4: August 11th – 15th, 2025, FULL DAY, 9 am – 2:30 pm, $300
Camp Wild about ART: August 18th – 22nd, 2025, FULL DAY, 9 am – 2:30 pm, $320 (Includes materials fee)
Please note that all 2025 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.
Registration for Camp Wild 2025 began at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, January 20, 2025. All of our Camp Wild spots for 2025 have been filled. We wish we could do more camps, because we’d love to have everyone come who wants to be there, but only so much time and space available. We do have a waitlist you are welcome to join, and we will fill any cancellations based on our waitlist. As always, we’re super excited for summer camps… you know we dig it!
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 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 twelve campers per group to allow for our “move and do” approach to learning! Each 5 day camp session is an exploration of the following themes: Wonderful Wetlands, What’s Under Our Feet, Marvelous Meadows, Fantastic Forests, and Getting Our Thumbs Green.
Activities include: Each day campers will enjoy games, art, a make and take craft, some type of snack or tasting, and music; as well as “sneaky science” and language arts… supporting thinking and learning in ways that are fun and always outside in nature.
Please note that MUSIC & ART camps have similar programming to our other Camp Wild sessions, but with an added emphasis on Music and Art respectively. Sample activities for ARTS camp include; working with clay, textiles and weaving, farm animal art, and plein air art. The end of the week for ARTS camp includes a “gallery” show.
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.