Nature Adventure Summer Day Camps
Heed the call of the wild, develop your skills, connect deeply with nature, forge new friendships, and develop self-awareness and confidence, all while having tons of fun!
Immerse your child in the healthy nourishment of nature connection while they have the time of their lives at our unique and engaging summer camps!
We’ve offered our popular summer day camps for children, on Salt Spring Island, since 2005. All camps are open to all genders.
2024 Summer Camps
(More details coming soon)
We have various day camps for different ages and interests.
Choose one or more!
Camps fill quickly. REGISTER NOW to avoid disappointment.
ART & NATURE Day Camp (ages 8-13):
July 1 – 5, 2024 (Mon-Fri)
FOREST EXPLORERS Day Camp (ages 4-6) :
July 15 – 20, 2024 (Mon-Thurs)
HERBAL ADVENTURES Day Camp (ages 7-14):
July 22 – 26, 2024 (Mon-Fri)
NATURE NINJA Day Camp (ages 7-13):
August 5 – 9, 2024 (Mon-Fri)
TOOL MAKERS Day Camp (ages 8-14):
August 12 – 16, 2024 (Mon-Fri)
FOLKLORE Story & Craft Day Camp (ages 7-13):
August 19 – 23, 2024 (Mon-Fri)
For DETAILS about each camp (stil being updated) and to REGISTER, see below.
Read more about our mentoring philosophy here.
ART & NATURE Day Camp
AGES: 8 – 13 years
DATES & TIMES: JULY 1 – 5, 2024
MON – FRI, 9:00am to 3:00pm
COST: $ plus GST
LOCATION: Salt Spring Island, BC, south end
INSTRUCTORS: CLAUDELLE CHARETTE & MARIE WHIMBEY
For creative kids that want to
Curious about music & storytelling and desire to learn more about how they come together in magical ways?
NATURE NINJA Day Camp
AGES: 7 – 13 years
DATES & TIMES: July 31 – August 4, 2023
Mon-Fri, 9am to 3pm
COST: $370 plus GST
LOCATION: Salt Spring Island, BC, South end
Instructors: FRANK DOSS is a highly skilled martial arts teacher and nature mentor, who has been practicing Ninjutsu for decades and brings these ancient practices to life with passion and enthusiasm! (see bio)
2nd instructor TBA
Learn the amazing skills and secrets of the ancient ninjas, in this exciting camp! Practice stealth and camouflage, travel silently and invisibly among the shadows, communicate with secret codes, discover animals and plants, learn stick fighting, jumping and climbing skills, and more through games, stories, and traditional Ninja training methods.
Real skills, real challenges, and real adventure:
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Natural Camouflage (get down and dirty!)
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Stealth and Invisibility
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Animal Tracking
- Immersion in Nature and Sensory Awareness Training
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Sneaking & Natural, Silent Movement
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Secret Codes
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Plant Medicines
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Stick Fighting, Jumping and Climbing Skills
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Martial Arts Ethics & Role of Protector/Helper
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Games and Stories
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And much more!
TOOL MAKERS Day Camp
AGES: 9 – 14 years This Camp is FULL.
DATES & TIMES: August 7-11, 2023
Mon-Fri, 9am to 3pm
COST: $360 plus GST
LOCATION: Salt Spring Island, BC, South end
Instructors: FRANK DOSS is a highly skilled martial arts teacher and nature mentor, who has been practicing ancient bushcraft and wilderness skills for decades and brings these ancient practices to life with passion and enthusiasm! He has worked with Wisdom of the Earth since the beginning, and teaches all over Vancouver Island. (see bio)
CANDICE SEAGULL is a graduate of the Wisdom of the Earth Immersion and Apprenticeship, and is a popular summer camp mentor, as well as working for Cahoots Outdoor Programs for 2 years. When she not leading Summer Camps for Wisdom of the Earth, Candice is leading nature connection programs for youth through Fianna Wilderness School in Powell River.
Learn to make fun and useful tools out of simple materials like wood and rope and a knife, in this exciting hands-on creative camp! A great camp for kids who love to make practical things with their hands. Every tool has a story and so of course, Frank will bring his great stories and Ninja lore, as well as exciting and fun games!
Real skills, real challenges, and real adventure:
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Make a mallet
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Fashion nails out of wood
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Make a wooden box
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Design a stool to sit on
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Create least 5 tools/items you can make and bring home
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Immersion in Nature and Sensory Awareness Training
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Play Games and hear great Stories
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And much more!
WAY OF THE SCOUT Day Camp
AGES: 7 – 12 years 2 Spaces Available!
DATES & TIMES: August 14-18, 2023
Mon-Fri 9am to 3pm
COST: $360 plus GST
LOCATION: Salt Spring Island
INSTRUCTORS: This camp is led by two of our most experienced year-round mentors who are also super fun summer camp instructors, Matt McKinney and Candace Miller (see bio)
Stealth – Camo – Invisibility – Sneaking – Play – Skills – So Much Fun!
This camp is like the best game of hide and seek you ever played plus so much more!
Scouts are the Protectors of the Forest. They are skilled naturalists with knowledge of edible and medicinal plants and ancestral skills. Scouts are masters of camouflage and concealment; they can track and trail animals, all while moving unseen across the landscape.
Learn old skills of stealth, tracking, friction fire, and plant ID, as a way of becoming a part of the natural world around you. These old skills have allowed kids all over the world to thrive in nature. They allowed Aragorn to lead the hobbits to safety from the ring wraiths in the Lord of the Rings!
We will play camouflage and stealth games, go on wild tracking and trailing adventures, learn to navigate without a map or compass, practice ancient skills and crafts, and cultivate a deeper sense of our place in the natural world. Through activities and challenges youth will discover greater self-confidence, learn cooperation and teamwork, and gain a sense of environmental care taking.
Come learn the ways of the Scout:
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Survival skills
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Friction Fire (fire without matches)
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Wild Edibles & Medicines from the land
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Animal Tracking
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Interpret the language of the birds
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Camouflage
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Stealth & Moving Invisibly on the Land
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Become a Protector of the Land & People
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Exciting Games & Inspiring Stories
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And much more!
NATURE ADVENTURE Day Camp
AGES: 7 – 13 years
DATES & TIMES: August 21-25, 2023
Mon – Fri 9am to 3pm
COST: $360 plus GST
LOCATION: Salt Spring Island, BC
INSTRUCTORS: This camp is led by two of our most experienced year-round mentors who are also super fun summer camp instructors, Matt McKinney and Candace Miller (see bio)
Looking for a camp that full of fun, adventure, exploration, and some awesome skills?
Join us for this exciting Nature Adventure Camp for youth ages 7-13, to learn a variety of exciting skills and experience fun nature adventures!
Learn about tracking animals, birds, and edible plants, go on wild adventures, make crafts, and play fun games, while building a connection with the living Earth.
This camp includes:
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Ancestral survival skills
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Wild edibles & food foraging from the land
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Animal Tracking
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Make natural Crafts
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Expand your senses and learn Invisibility
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Exploration and Adventure
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Storytelling and fun games
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Make new friends
FOREST EXPLORERS Day Camp
AGES: 4 – 7 years
DATES & TIMES: TBD
Mon-Thurs, 9:30am to 1:30pm
COST: $325
LOCATION: South end, Salt Spring Island, BC
Limited space for small group size.