Core focuses of leadership, communication, and collaborative problem solving.

Teen Programs in Nature

This year, we are offering two summer day camp options for teens ages 13-16:

Teen Ecology Summer Camp

Our Teen Ecology Summer camp is a transformative summer experience designed for teens who are passionate about the environment, hands-on learning, and deepening their connection with the natural world.

At this immersive camp, participants will explore ecology, stewardship, and indigenous ways of knowing, while gaining practical skills that foster self-reliance, mindfulness, and respect for the land.

  • Ecology, conservation, and environmental stewardship
  • Indigenous knowledge and traditional ways of understanding the land
  • Mindfulness and nature connection techniques
  • Hands-on skills like whittling, beading, and using traditional tools
  • Foraging for edible and medicinal plants
  • Cooking with wild ingredients and learning their uses in healing and nutrition.

DATE: July 14-18, 2025
TIME: 8:30am – 3pm daily
AGE: 13-16
COST: 390+gst

Teen Leaders In Nature

We are looking for 5-10 motivated teens who want to develop their leadership, cooperation and communication skills while also strengthening their connection to the natural world. While the program focus will be on leadership and personal skill building, we will weave a love of nature throughout each day. Over the course of the week, participants will experience and practice different forms of leadership giving them a better understanding of which methods work for them both as a leader and as someone being led. The focus will be on experiential and explorative learning giving the teen leaders agency to make decisions and push themselves to grow.

Program topics include:

  • Trip planning
  • Site safety assessments (hazardous tree identification)
  • Stewardship experience (invasive species removal)
  • Wayfinding
  • Role modelling for younger campers

At the end of the program, successful teen leaders will receive a completion certificate along with 32.5 hours of volunteer work that can be used to build their resume.

Limited spaces available!

DATE: August 11-15, 2025
TIME: 8:30am – 3pm daily
AGE: 13-16
COST: $390 +gst