CAMPS
Camp 2026
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Camp 2026 *
🌾 Spring Break Camps at Johnson Nature Center
📅 March 30 – April 3, 2026
Registration Coming December 15 … Give the Gift of Camp!
We’re offering multiple small-group cohorts to ensure meaningful, personalized experiences for every camper.
Spring Break Camp includes outdoor discovery-based programming with nature hikes, shelter building, tracking, and environmental science activities. Designed to build curiosity and confidence in nature.
Campers will leave with new friendships and an unforgettable week of nature adventure.
Campers must bring a lunch and 2 snacks each day, along with appropriate clothing for outside activities (long pants and closed shoes/boots required)
Ages: 6-10 yrs old
Cost: $390 for the week
Date/Time: March 30 - April 3 at 9:30a - 3:30p
Interested in Spring Camp at Bowers Farm? Look here.
Summer Camp 2026 Info
TENTATIVE 2026 SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE
(subject to change - pricing coming soon)
Camp Registration Dates:
Opens Wednesday, February 4 at noon for NC Members
Opens Friday, February 6 at noon for public
Nature Camps are an immersive, weeklong experience for children ages 6-13 to learn and meaningfully engage with the natural world. Activities are mindfully created to provide campers with a deeper understanding of the connections between themselves, our community, and the natural world. Campers will experience canoeing, archery, hiking and more.
NOTE for B.O.B. Camp: Parents must drop off and pick up their camper at Bowers Farm on Monday-Tuesday and at Johnson Nature Center on Wednesday-Thursday.
HEALTH FORM INFORMATION REQUIRED DURING REGISTRATION:
During registration, health information will need to be input in order to complete your camper’s registration.
As an example of the information required, you can view a health form here to assure you have all necessary information and documents.
Those registering campers for Forest Friends, you will also need to input information in an Early Childhood form as well.
NOTE: Links above are example forms to show what information will be required upon registration. You will need to type in all information upon registration. Do not download/fill out the form, as there is no space for upload in our registration system.
FOREST FRIENDS IMMUNIZATION REPORT REQUIRED AFTER REGISTRATION
By May 1, please submit up-to-date immunization records as required by State licensing, HERE.
Payment & Confirmation
Full payment with a credit card is due at the time of registration.
Financial aid may be available. See below.
There are no discounts available.
There are no prorated daily rates available.
Waitlist Policy
If a camp session is full, you can choose to be added to the waitlist. You may stay on a waitlist as long as you would like to. There is a required deposit of $10 to hold your spot on the waitlist and it is nonrefundable. The deposit cannot be transferred to another week or session of camp.
If a registered spot opens up, you will be contacted via email or phone and have the opportunity to accept or decline the spot. You have 24 hours to respond beginning at the time we contact you, before we contact the next family. If you accept the camp session spot, you are responsible for paying the remaining camp tuition balance, less the $10 deposit.
Registrants cannot remove themselves from a waitlist. If you wish to be removed from a waitlist, email Lou.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Before May 1, 2026:
Your tuition is fully refundable, less a $50 processing fee per camp and per child, if pertinent, provided that you submit a request to cancel a camp session(s) in writing no later than May 1, 2026. Refunds are issued to the credit card account that was used to purchase the reservation.
On or After May 1, 2026:
There are NO REFUNDS. There are NO REFUNDS or prorated rates for missed days of camp. Payments or registration(s) cannot be transferred or exchanged to another session of camp.
Financial Aid Opportunities: