Summer in the verdant Vermont valley. Does it get any better than this? Inspiring, enthusiastic human beings gathered to live simply and well together. A lake for swimming. Woods and fields for exploring and sanctuary. In addition to a superstar staff we’re sharing the land with a milking cow called Strawberry, a dozen laying hens, Halifax the pig, Sapphire the calf and 98 meat birds growing every day.
The year-round crew has tended this land lovingly. We, the 66 Tamarack Farm campers, two dozen summer staff and a cadre of others will reap the fruits of the year-round labors: healthy farm animals, rows of flowers, herbs and vegetables that will nourish us as we tend and cultivate them this summer.
The foundation for a new, more functional, livestock barn has been poured and construction is underway. Campers will build a cupola and barn doors in Work Projects this summer.
It is the campers who make summer camp. It is the community of support with a healthy dose of challenge — dancing on the precipice being stretched while being lovingly held…
that makes Tamarack Farm. Welcome, campers. We’re thrilled you’re here.
-Leonora