U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Visit

We were blessed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service visiting us twice this summer: their information about Fish was incredible and we had a unique opportunity to dissect fish who had died prematurely at the Bonneville Dam. We sketched local fish and made clay fish with Diane Jacobs for the upcoming PLACE welcome wall at Atkinson Elementary School.

Stations Day P2

Stations Day

The Last Day of camp we worked on projects, some new but many were voted upon repeats from the whole camp program:
plant presses (from plants in gardens)
web, bubble wand and crown making (from invasive plants cut and collected in local area)
Jewelry making (including own bead making)
Magnet Collages (recycled and re-used products)
Seed Mandalas
Clay Puppets
Modeling clay creating
Garden Flags
Sidewalk art
small flower pot painting
mint tea-bag compilation

Performing Arts Part 2

Performing Arts Day

The day began with costumes and rhythm, then a parade through the garden which was followed by flag making and ended with drumming, dance, creative play and naturally, more costumes.

Week Four

Week Four was a celebration week.
We painted, played and explored.

Pictures tell the best stories from this week, so we will let them and a few words explain the learning to all...

Birdhouses

We sanded and painted bird houses made from locals out of fully recycled lumber. We spoke of creative artists who create abstract and beautiful creations. We talked about the importance of re-using resources and how homes can come in all shapes and sizes.


Thanks to all the hands who designed and built these creative homes.

5-Berry Jam and service

The students took part in a few service-based projects, one was planting in the Pollinator Garden. We also had some excited students who made it their task to "conquer" the pricky weeds that covered an area of the gardens.
Thanks for all the hard work campers.

Jam making was quite a hit. We all had the opportunity to mash berries, squeeze lemons and limes and watch the canning process take place.
In the end we all took home our own jam to share with friends and family.
Thanks to all the wonderful volunteers who made this day possible.

Garden Flags

Our Garden Flags were made of all natural dyes: purple: Local Blue Berries, and Oregon Grape Berries; Yellow: dandelion petals and turmeric powder

We painted some of them with stamps and made seed patterns on others

Young Florists

Week Three Highlights

Week three we explored the garden as a means for food: we made and canned jam, we sampled tastes of the garden, we planted herb beds to take home, and made and loved watermelon mint coolers
We also looked at the garden as a means of creating and enjoying beauty, we designed floral arrangements to take home to our families, made Epsom salt and sea salt bath scrubs, we dyed fabric with natural dyes
The week also highlighted the numerous ways plants can be healers through games and exploration in the garden, and we also made a red clover tea

Insects, Ponies, and Paint

Week Two Nature Journals

Bee Man

One of the biggest highlights of week two was having a local bee keep join us.
We were able to see him in his attire, view honey comb, eat fresh honey, and look at bees.

MT Tabor