4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens: Week 3!

(As July moves along, so does the inaugural season of our new 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens program! Here's some highlights from last week's Session #3!)

We had another great week here at 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens!

As we welcomed all of our new campers,

We were super excited to get on with our Monday

Until we had a surprise stop from an interesting visitor... 

and his pet Shnukums.

While we were busy in our cabin meetings

Shnukums ate the camp spirit!

So together we had to create some more

By going on a Gardens wide scavenger hunt 

to collect the necessary materials

And capture back the spirit

From all of the magical places we visit throughout the week

After our scavenger hunt we were able to continue with the rest of our week as normal

Painting pots and planting our seeds

Getting crafty with some of the natural materials around us

Playing some brand new

Never-before-seen 

Creative and wacky games 

during our bamboo forest time

Hiking in Helyar Woods

And learning from University Experts each day

With our

Student Farm Tour

Grounds and Gardens Tour

At our Display Garden

And Rain Garden

Our Bat and Wildlife Workshop

With RU Wildlife Biologists

And our Nutrition Vegetable Showdown

Throughout the days 

as we tried new things

Learned new skills

And played outside

We got to know each other

Made new friends

And built a community

In our cabins

And as a camp

Finally bringing us to our last day

Where we got to do some shopping 

at Cook’s market

And play our favorite

All camp game

Predator

Versus

Prey

After a long week

Of playing outside

Exploring

Learning

And creating new things

We called Session 3

To a close

With our closing ceremony

Where we had a little reflection on our week

And came together as a community 

One last time.