Summer Camps

Trees Are Terrific! Nature Explorers Camp

$200 / week

June 21 – 25, 2027 (Monday – Friday)

9am – 1pm | Ages 4-7 years old

Five days of outdoor adventure, discovery, creativity, and FUN!

Give your child a summer experience filled with muddy hands, buzzing bees, animal tracks, treasure hunts, nature experiments, and plenty of time outdoors.

Trees Are Terrific! Nature Explorers Camp is a one-week environmental adventure created especially for curious children ages 4–7.

Instead of sitting inside learning about nature, campers will explore it, touch it, investigate it, play in it, and learn how to care for it.

Ages: 4–7
Days: Monday–Friday
Time: 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
Camp Theme: Trees • Wildlife • Birds • Bees • Water • Conservation
Bring your own lunch, snacks, drinks

Yes, children will learn.

But they’ll be learning while they’re…
Hunting for treasure.
Following animal tracks.
Building bird nests.
Buzzing like bees.
Getting their hands dirty.
Making rain.
Exploring the forest.
Playing games.
Creating nature art.
Helping the environment.

Activities are kept short, active, and hands-on so they’re appropriate for young campers.

By the end of camp, children will have explored questions such as:
- What does a tree need to live?
- What jobs do roots, bark, trunks, branches, and leaves have?
- Which animals call the forest home?
- Why do birds need trees?
- How do bees help make fruit?
- What is erosion?
- How do trees help keep water clean?
- What can kids do to help nature?
Most importantly, we want children to leave camp looking at the natural world a little differently.
A tree isn’t just a tree anymore.
It’s a restaurant for a squirrel.
A bedroom for an owl.
A hiding place for a raccoon.
A source of flowers for a bee.
A protector of soil and water.
And an entire world waiting to be explored.

9:00 AM — Arrival & Nature Exploration
9:20 AM — Morning Circle, Songs & Today’s Adventure
9:40 AM — Outdoor Exploration
10:25 AM — Snack & Water Break
10:45 AM — Hands-On Nature Investigation
11:25 AM — Nature Art & Creativity
11:55 AM — Games & Movement
12:20 PM — Picnic Lunch
12:45 PM — Story, Sharing & Closing Circle
1:00 PM — Pickup

Flower Farm Camp

$200 / week

July 12 – 16, 2027 (Monday – Friday)

9am – 1pm | Ages 4-7 Years Old

At Flower Farm Camp, kids (ages 4 – 7) won’t just stay busy—they’ll connect with nature, learn new skills, and create lasting memories in a hands-on farm setting.

✂️ Harvest fresh flowers from the garden
💐 Design and build their own beautiful bouquets
🌼 Explore the basics of botany through fun, hands-on activities
🎨 Create nature-inspired art and outdoor crafts 🐓 Help care for friendly chickens
🐝 Discover the important role of bees and other pollinators
Bring your own lunch, snacks, drinks

As a prek – 1st grade teacher, I’ve designed this camp for children who love to create, explore, ask questions, and get their hands a little dirty. Every activity encourages curiosity, confidence, and a deeper appreciation for the natural world. 💛

🌸 Small group experience for personalized attention
👩‍🏫 Led by teachers
🌿 Calm, screen-free environment
🌞 Plenty of outdoor exploration, creativity, and hands-on learning

9:00–9:20 Welcome Circle & Morning Farm Chores
9:20–10:00 Nature Lesson
10:00–10:20 Snack & Free Play
10:20–11:15 Hands-On Activity
11:15–11:45 Outdoor Game or Exploration
11:45–12:30 Creative Project
12:30–1:00 Lunch, Reflection & Pick-Up

MINI HOMESTEADERS CAMP

$250 / week

July 26 – 30, 2027 (Monday – Friday)

9am – 1pm | Ages 8-11 Years Old

What if your child spent a week learning how to grow food, bake bread, preserve a harvest, care for a homestead, build useful things, and make something from scratch?

At Mini Homesteaders Camp, kids won’t just learn about homesteading.

They’ll do it.

Campers will roll up their sleeves and discover where food comes from, how things are made, and just how capable they can be when they’re given real tools, real responsibilities, and real work to accomplish.

Mini Homesteaders Camp is designed around a simple idea:
Kids are capable of doing real things.
Throughout the week, campers will learn practical skills that people have used for generations to provide for their families and communities.
Instead of simply watching demonstrations, campers will be encouraged to measure, plant, harvest, mix, knead, carry, build, problem-solve, clean up, and contribute.
Because there’s something pretty special about being able to say: “I made that.”

One of the things that makes this camp different is that we’re not filling the day with activities just to keep kids busy.

We want campers to experience the satisfaction that comes from doing meaningful work.

That might mean carrying a watering can.

Pulling weeds.

Measuring a board.

Kneading dough.

Cleaning up after cooking.

Turning the compost.

Harvesting vegetables.

Sweeping the work area.

Or helping another camper finish a job.

These simple experiences help kids practice responsibility, patience, teamwork, problem-solving, and independence—while having a whole lot of fun.

Behind all the dirt, bread dough, garden baskets and sawdust is a week packed with learning.
Campers will explore gardening, food systems, cooking, preservation, basic economics, sustainability, woodworking, science and practical life skills.
They’ll also practice something that’s increasingly valuable:
- Figuring things out.
- Rather than immediately giving campers the answer, we’ll encourage them to observe, predict, test, adjust and try again.
Because sometimes the garden doesn’t grow the way you expected.
- Sometimes the dough is too sticky.
- Sometimes your measurements are off.
- Sometimes your idea doesn’t work.
That’s part of homesteading—and part of learning.

9:00 AM — Homestead Chores
- Check the garden, water, weed, harvest and take care of the day’s jobs.
9:30 AM — Homesteading Skill of the Day
- Gardening, preserving, cooking, composting, seed saving, woodworking or another practical skill.
10:30 AM — Snack & Break
10:45 AM — Big Hands-On Project
- Cook it. Build it. Plant it. Preserve it.
11:45 AM — Outdoor Challenge / Farm Game
12:15 PM — Lunch (Bring your own lunch, snacks, drinks)
12:40 PM — Homesteader’s Journal & Closing
1:00 PM — Pickup

Welcome to Hummingbird Acres

Hi, I’m Deeanne

—educator, gardener, lifelong learner, and the heart behind Hummingbird Acres.

For more than 19 years, I’ve had the privilege of working with children and families as an early childhood and elementary educator. I hold a master’s degree in education, and have taught kindergarten, first grade, preschool and students with special needs. I also spent two years running my own licensed in-home daycare.

But some of the most important things I hope to teach children don’t come from a textbook.

I believe kids grow in confidence when they have the chance to do real things—dig in the dirt, plant a seed, make something with their hands, solve a problem, help someone else, get a little messy, and discover, “Hey, I can do this.”

That belief is a big part of Hummingbird Acres. We believe in raising kids who are capable, respectful, curious, helpful, and connected to the world around them. Our summer camps are an extension of that: a place where children can slow down, spend time outdoors, learn practical skills, create, explore, and experience the pride that comes from doing things for themselves.

My background as an educator shapes everything we do. Activities are designed with children’s ages, abilities, and learning styles in mind, while still leaving plenty of room for imagination, play, exploration, and good old-fashioned summer fun.

At Hummingbird Acres, we’re not looking for perfection. We’re giving kids opportunities to try, learn, grow, and discover just how capable they really are.

Small skills build big confidence—and sometimes the best classroom has dirt on the floor.

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