Red Spruce Grove Off-the-Grid Summer Camp
Girls & Gender Non-Binary, Ages 11-14
Strong hands, strong hearts
Red Spruce Grove Off-the-Grid Summer Camp
confidence in self and community Life in the Wild
Immersed in a small wilderness community, campers learn to live off-the-grid, unplugged and close to the land. 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 Summer Camp Dates
| Full Session | July 1-August 16 | |
| July Session | July 1-July 24 | |
| August Session | July 26-August 16 |
Red Spruce Grove Camp Activities
Campers, who start off together at Indian Brook Camp, 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.
Red Spruce Grove Gender Inclusive Summer Camp
At Farm & Wilderness, we offer all campers the opportunity to choose a camp environment that best supports their gender identity. Red Spruce Grove is a gender inclusive summer camp for those that identify as female or gender non-binary. Like all of the camps in the Farm & Wilderness system, Red Spruce Grove provides gender education and a safe space for campers to share their thoughts on 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
Tracking Spring
Just because many things in our human world have ground to a halt doesn’t mean that the wheel of nature has stopped turning! There is a beautiful world unfolding all around us, especially now with spring just around the corner (or already here, depending on where you live). In this scary and destabilizing time, it’s […]
Living Gratefully at Red Spruce Grove
It seems like a study comes out every week about the importance of gratitude. Everyone agrees that cultivating a practice of giving thanks improves mental and emotional well-being. But I think there is more to it than that. Sharing gratitude in community, as we do at camp, can be a richer experience than simply writing […]
What’s Brewing at Red Spruce Grove?
What a summer! Red Spruce Grove is really finding its identity within the F&W community. The campers, counselors, and the land itself are informing how the program grows and evolves. Already, plans are brewing for next year, based on input from all of our community members. First up: Building projects! Consistently, the biggest highlights of […]
