Red Spruce Grove Girls and gender non-binary 11-14
Strong hands, strong hearts
confidence in self and community Life in the Wild
Immersed in a wilderness community, campers distill daily life to the essentials. While cooking over an open fire, they create tasty meals, build shelters, learn ax and knife safety, archery and other wilderness-living skills.
Amid the knot tying and blueberry picking, campers learn resilience and self-reliance. They emerge from the experience stronger, more confident, aware and capable.
Red Spruce Grove Dates
| Full Session | June 26-August 11 | |
| July Session | June 26-July 19 | |
| August Session | July 21-August 11 |
Red Spruce Grove Activities
Campers, who start off together at Indian Brook, hike to their site on a wilderness plateau. After their time living closely to the land in a small, supportive community, they return excited and eager to share their experiences and wilderness craft with other camps.
Gender at Farm & Wilderness
Farm & Wilderness strives to empower young people to understand and navigate the social pressures they encounter in their lives, pressures that may be related to their gender identity. At Farm & Wilderness, we offer community members the opportunity to choose a camp environment that best supports their gender identity. To this end, all programs educate about gender during the summer to provide a safe space for campers to share their thoughts on and experiences with gender, and to become familiar with others’ experiences.
"I learned how to invite fire using a bow drill kit, which made me feel self-sufficient and more connected to the Earth. I also learned how to live in the present and more deeply appreciate my surroundings, whatever they may be."
—-Red Spruce Grove Camper
Posts from Red Spruce Grove
Wild Harvesting
At Red Spruce Grove, we talk about ethical foraging and what it means to live in a positive relationship with the land. Going beyond the idea of “Leave No Trace,” we strive to interact with the more-than-human world in a reciprocal way. Ethical wild harvesting guidelines encourage species diversity and plant regeneration and also instill […]
How to Encourage your Child to Write Home
The age-old saying that “no news is good news” is often true about not getting letters home. But there are a few things you can do to encourage those precious letters home. 1. Pack some stamped, self-addressed “peel and seal” envelopes. The regular ones tend to weld shut in summer humidity. Include some blank envelopes […]
Zen and the Art of Writing Letters to your Camper
A letter at camp is a magical thing. Campers love getting mail – even mail from a sibling they fight with at home – mail at camp is a piece of home. Letters can lift the spirits of even the happiest camper and maybe, just maybe, even elicit a reply. Here are some 7 tips […]
