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Summer Dates (Ages 6 to 12)
July 13 to 17
August 10 to 14
A Week of Connection, Confidence & Curiosity
Your child will spend the week:
✓ Exploring a private forest near Bayfield
✓ Learning from community guest experts
✓ Cooking over the fire
✓ Fishing with Bayfield Anglers
✓ Creating nature-inspired art
✓ Building outdoor confidence and independence
✓ Making meaningful friendships in a small-group setting
Ages 6–12 | Maximum 10 participants | 8:45am–4:00pm
Extremely limited space! We keep our cohorts small (max 10 kids) for a highly attentive, safe, and personalized forest experience.
Featured Experiences
New this year, you can join us for the full week or choose the individual days that fit your summer. Each day stands on its own, with its own focus and guest experts.
Monday, Into the Forest. We spend the first day getting to know the land, exploring the trails, and easing into the rhythm of the week.
Tuesday, Confidence Through Challenge. Huron & Area Search and Rescue joins us for hands-on problem solving, teamwork, and outdoor skills, then we build our own shelters.
Wednesday, Art and Nature. We make nature-inspired art with Linda Wiebe, where children build creativity, confidence, and the ability to see beauty in unexpected places. We also explore wildlife, ecology, and observation skills with the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority.
Thursday, Cooking Over the Fire. We build a fire, tend it, and cook a meal over the flames, building independence, practical life skills, and confidence through food preparation.
Friday, Down to the Water. We close the week learning to fish with the Bayfield Anglers, building patience, focus, and connection to our local waterways.
Daily Routine
Drop off from 8:45 to 9.
Start with a morning gratitude circle.
There be a morning and afternoon activity and/or guest speaker.
There will be sit spots and groundings.
The day will finish with a reflection of the day circle.
Pick up at 4.
What you will need to send with your youth each day;
✓ Closed-toed shoes (safety since we will be in the forest each day)
✓ Water shoes (or any extra shoes that can get wet)
✓ Sunscreen
✓ Bug spray
✓ Hat
✓ Water bottle full, I will have more water for the rest of the day.
✓ Long pants are preferred as we will be in the forest and the youth can easily scratch their legs, along with ticks becoming more normal in Southern Ontario
✓ Lunch and snacks (we will have one day where we cook everything together and the menu will be chosen by the kids on our first day)
✓ Backpack
To register your child complete the following steps:
1. Payment for each individual youth you are signing up.
2. Download and complete all the forms attached here and email to seedsrooted@gmail.com
Once registration is complete, a detailed welcome email will be sent approximately one week before camp begins. This email will include the exact camp location, directions, what to bring, camp policies and procedures, emergency contact information, and a detailed outline of the week's activities.
To protect the privacy of the landowners who generously grant access to this outdoor learning space, the exact location is shared only with registered families.
