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4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens

Embrace nature, create community, learn from experts, make new friends, and play outside at the Gardens Camp.

New Jersey’s 70-year-old 4-H Camp program is joining with Rutgers Gardens to offer an exciting new Day Camp experience for Summer 2023. The program will combine the social/emotional learning of 4-H Camp’s friendly, communal, tech-free experience with the beautiful environment and educational opportunities of Rutgers Gardens.



Campers will bond with their “cabins” throughout the week, as they enjoy a unique mixture of hands-on outdoor education and carefree games played outside.



Days will be spent:

• Learning in the garden
• Hiking Heylar Woods
• Getting creative in the Bamboo Forest
• Studying butterflies, birds, bats, and bees
• Team building in morning and afternoon All-Camp communal meetings
• Engaging in camper-initiated activities during free time
• Building a community based on mutual respect, curiosity, kindness, and treating each other well.
• Enjoying tech-free, outdoor summer experiences with new friends.

(Remember we said Shanna was heading up a special project? This is it!)

4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens is offering four sessions throughout the month of July for children ages 6 to 12.

“Inaugural Mini-Session!” Session One: July 5th - July 7th

Session Two: July 10th - July 14th

Session Three: July 17th - July 21st

Session Four: July 24th - July 28th

9am-4pm.

Session One runs Wednesday-Friday.

Sessions Two, Three, and Four run Monday-Friday.

Standard Session: $400 ($375 with RU/4-H discount. $350 for Rutgers Gardens Members.)

Mini Session: $225 ($200 with RU/4-H Discount)

Open to all youth, Ages 6-12.



4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens registration will open on 2.15.23. Limited spaces available.



We believe every child should have the chance to go to summer camp. If a scholarship would make 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens more feasible for your family, please contact the Camp Office for our Campership application.



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Drop-off windows will run between 9:00-9:30, and Pick-up between 3:30-4pm.



We ask that campers provide their own lunch each day. Snacks will be provided. On Friday, campers will also receive a voucher to pick out a healthy snack from the Cook Farmer’s Market located on-site at Rutgers Gardens.



The program offerings (classes, activities, etc) in the 4-H Camp at Rutgers Garden will be the same each session. The program is designed for campers to enroll in a single session of camp. However, for 2023, campers can enroll in the Inaugural Mini-Session and a full session as well.

We can't wait to take some of our community-creating, confidence-building, independence-instilling, new-friend-making, imagination-fueling, Summer Camp MAGIC and use it to build a brand-new experience with our friends at Rutgers Gardens. 

We hope you'll join us for the fun!