WILD ARTS summer camps 2024

AERIAL, YOGA & NATURE CAMP - JUNE 24 - 27th AGES 11+

WILD AND WISE NATURE CAMP - JULY 1 - 4TH AGES 6+

MUSIC CAMP - JULY 8 - 11th AGES 11+

WILD & WISE NATURE CAMP - AUGUST 21 - 24th AGES 6+

DAYS: MONDAYS - THURSDAYS

TIMES: 9 am - 1 pm

AGES: 6 - 16 yrs old (See each camp for specific ages)

PRICE: $175 per week or $50 per day

(sibling discount available)

WILD & WISE NATURE CAMPS

July 1 - 4th, 9 - 1pm, 6 yrs +

August 21 - 24th, 9 - 1pm, 6 yrs +

Camp is for wild and wise kids and teens who love to explore, create and get their hands into the earth, build, dream, imagine and create beauty.

EXAMPLE ITINERARY…. please note every camp is different - what we do one week to the next changes to allow kids and teens who have been to class & camp to explore and learn new things.

Day 1: Plants, Potions & games

Potion making is one of the best and most fun ways to learn about plants. Apothefinca’s herb garden has a wide arrange of medicinal plants: Mexican tarragon, Oaxacan lemon verbena, Aztec sugar leaf, Turmeric, Ginger, Vanilla, Boldo, Gotu Kola, Rosemary, Butterfly pea flower, Medicinal varieties of basil (african, tulsi, thai, lemon, sweet), Aloe, Various trees whose barks are medicinal, Incense, Insulina …. so many medicinal plants… and many of them smell amazing. Guided by our senses and the color of plants the kids will collect plants and pot a plant to take home and we will make edible medicinal potions in beautiful glass jars (these will come home with the kids). The kids decide what their potions are for. I will tell them the real medicinal uses of the plants they choose and they can decide if they are making a cure-all remedy or something to make dragons appear or get super powers. Also being day 1… we will have a tour of Apothefinca and a nature walk on the secret trails into the nature reserve behind the property. And the kids who need to run around will run around.

Day 2: Ocean & secret trails DaY

We will head out to the beach and search for bones and building materials and study the beach/river environments and learn whats special about them and what grows there. We will bring home a collection of things to start making designs and art.

Day 3: Design, imagine and building day

With our collection of materials from the beach the kids will design a structure. We will do some real building - both with our hands using natural building material and with a couple of adults helping with tools.

Previously we have create huge pieces of art, incredible duende (fairy/pixie) villages & forts, monkey feeding platforms, garden boxes and secret doorways.

Day 4: Graffiti Garden Art Day

Graffiti day is seriously seriously FUN. The kids will bring home a cool piece of art or two as well as contributing some colour to Apothefinca’s garden.

Price Includes: materials for art, organic botanical medicine making, LOTS of take homes from the garden.

Meals & Snacks: We will provide a hearty home made snack & natural juice daily. Please send your child with an extra snack, lunch & water.

What to send your child with:

• Hat, sunscreen, flip flops & closed toe shoes.

• For the garden: garden scissors & gloves are good options (totally optional but kids enjoy having their own cutting scissors), and a basket or open bag (not plastic - cloth bag or basket is best) to take home plants & cuttings.

• On our beach day you’ll need to send your child with a towel & swim suit.

• Lunch, water & a snack

Wild & Wise Kids Nature CLasses & CAmps

DETAILS

Kids get to learn the secrets of nature in the tropics in wild and wise after school class. We’ll collect herbs and learn about medicine teas; we’ll visit wild, stingless bees; we’ll spend time journalling under the home tree and developing our nature skills, we will play and we will make potions and medicines. In these series of classes and in every camp your child will go home with their arms full of herbs, joy and their spirits lifted.

Classes change with the seasons and what we do, the plants we gather depends on the climate, what’s growing and what’s happening in the Apothefinca gardens.

Here are the guiding principles of Nature class, and main areas of focus:

Observation, Connection & Gratitude

The first step to becoming a young herbalist is to observe what’s around and start to know which plants can be used in the kitchen and medicine cabinet. Before we start using plants we need to observe and then we can begin our connection, always with gratitude and admiration of the beauty of the wilds.

Herb Study and Collection/Gathering & Medicine Tea

In each class series or camp will learn about a few specific medicinal herbs - we’ll collect herbs and make our own tea blends to learn the flavours, benefits and favorites.

Potions and Medicinal Salve Making

With knowledge of which herbs and flowers are edible and medicinal the kids will have the opportunity to roam the organic gardens and collect whatever they want to make their own potion. This is always a favourite activity and a fun way for us to review what we’ve learnt and make something magical and stimulate the senses.

Making a medicinal salve is one of the most useful things to have in our first aid box. Salves are made with a herb infused oil and beeswax.