Clover Brooke Farm Camp

Clover Brooke Farm is a day camp for children between the ages of 7-12yrs old. The farm is located in Hyde Park on 45 acres supporting a varied ecosystem. 

Through curiosity, exploration, creative play, and hands-on lessons around the values of regenerative farming, campers will understand the complex relationships of a farm's ecosystem.  Staff and participants work and learn together, as an extended farm family does, to accomplish basic daily farm tasks such as feeding the animals, collecting eggs, harvesting food and spending time with the animals through daily hikes and walks. We enjoy nature around us, learn about sustainable ways of farming and process these experiences through storytelling, art and games.

Offering themed week camps:

Love & Livestock-Campers meet and learn about the many different species on the farm and how each of them play an important role in the farms ecosystem. We will focus on the varied livestock, the purpose they serve and how the farmer balances management and mindfulness. We will expand our thinking about the world to include animals and our relationships with them. We will spend time learning what our animals produce or purpose they serve (fiber, food, therapy, land management and/or companionship) and how we benefit from each. We will learn about nature-based mindfulness and how we integrate these practices into everyday life on the farm. Walks in the woods, hike with the animals and other nature activities . By the end of the week, Campers will have developed an understanding of the relationships farmers have with their animals and the careful balance of the farms ecosystem .

So you want to be a Farmer-Campers will learn about Human-Nature connections, deepening their understanding of the complex relationships between between farmer, landscape, animals and plants. Each day will focus on aspects of farm life, through curiosity, exploration and the importance of being a regenerative farmer.

Campers will learn about care and management of livestock, the benefits of livestock guardians, animal therapy, raising forage, managing grazing programs, soil interdependence, waterways and more. Campers will be assigned daily farm jobs, underscoring the importance of responsibility when raising livestock. By the end of the week, Campers will understand what roles they play on a farms ecosystems based on regenerative farming.

Farm to Table- Campers learn about interdependence farmers have on healthy soil, how both humans and farm animals benefit. We will sample different seasonal foods that come from our farm. We will learn about the importance of composting and our friends the decomposers. We will discuss the connections between farming, culture, history, ecology and nature have on recipes. We will engage in Food Art creations, Cooking Demos while cultivating a positive, playful and artful relationship towards food.

Registration is directly through our website and questions can be directed to cloverbrookefarm@gmail.com