If your teen or preteen loves gardening and working with younger children, this camp is for them! Junior Counselors will grow their skill as young leaders throughout the week in mentorship with camp staff, facilitating small group activities, and learning what it’s like to teach outdoors, all the while learning about organic gardening and farming. Junior Counselors will earn a Certificate of Leadership upon completion of the camp.

This week’s camp description:

Let’s discover what makes local farms and markets so special! In this weeklong camp, campers will get to try their hand at creating and operating their very own farm stand.

We will:

• Harvest summer produce from the Children’s Garden for the farm stand
• Meet and interview the staff behind the Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands farm stand and learn about the important decisions that make a successful market
• Use gardening skills as we tend growing spaces and save seeds from the garden
• Work together in small groups to create products for the farmstand, including handmade art, nature crafts, and tasty garden snacks
• Practice marketing, design, and entrepreneurship skills

At the end of the week, families and friends are invited to “shop” and experience the youth farm stand.

Grow a Farm Stand camp is a smaller group size and has an additional cost for supplies. This camp includes some farm stand-related cooking and crafting. Dietary considerations and food allergies must be communicated in advance. Please be aware that our kitchen is a shared facility that uses nuts and other allergens.

Junior Counselors will arrive 30 minutes before campers arrive and stay up to 30 minutes after campers depart. This allows time to prepare and set up for the events of the day and to wrap up and reflect on the day with the summer camp staff (built into the times listed).

An orientation will take place before summer camps, consisting of a tour of the farm/garden, a general overview of the Junior Counselor role, leadership training, and some team building activities as we go through a typical camp day! This will give youth an opportunity to get acquainted with each other, the space, and Tilth Alliance staff. Attendance at this orientation is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Orientation will take place at the site where the Junior Counselor will attend camp: The Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands, on Wednesday, June 10, 6:00-7:30pm. Light snacks will be provided.

Junior Counselors receive $5 off summer camp T shirts. To redeem, use code JUNIOR5 at checkout.