Slip, slither, and slide into Summer at Earthplace! Campers will spend this session flipping rotten logs to search for salamanders, catching tadpoles at the Frog Pond, enjoying Slither & Slide waterplay activities, and meeting Earthplace Animal Ambassadors, including Banana the Ball Python and Gorgonzola the Blue-Tongued Skink!

Let’s get lost in the woods! Campers will spend this session taking advantage of the beautifully diverse natural landscape surrounding us here at Earthplace, exploring the streams, ponds, and forest trails, and meeting Earthplace Animal Ambassadors such as Zeke the Eastern Box Turtle and Peanut the Rabbit!

*Prorated four-day week. Closed June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.

Creepy crawlers? Not quite! Campers will spend this session learning to admire and appreciate the smaller members of our ecosystem while digging for worms, catching spiders and butterflies, playing bug-inspired games like “Pollinator Tag,” and meeting Earthplace Animal Ambassadors such as Bob and Janet, the Hissing Cockroaches, and Aragog, the Tarantula!

Let’s bring the beach to Earthplace! Campers will spend this session immersed in all things coastal, exploring maritime touch tanks, playing ocean-inspired games like “Sharks and Minnows,” and meeting beachy Earthplace Animal Ambassadors such as Lotus the Diamondback Terrapin and Eric Carle the Hermit Crab!

*Prorated four-day week. Closed July 3 in observance of Independence Day.

They may sleep all day, but they’re up all night! Campers will spend this session learning about the flip-flopped day-and-night habits of the nocturnal creatures that share our environment, playing games like “Lights Out,” and meeting nocturnal Earthplace Animal Ambassadors, such as Freckle the Eastern Screech Owl and Bramble the Hedgehog!

Up, and up, and up! Campers will spend this session developing and showing off their own climbing skills at favorite Earthplace locations like Big Rock and the Climbing Trees, and meeting Earthplace Animal Ambassadors such as Moss the Grey Tree Frog and Opal the Chinchilla!

And away they go! Campers will spend this session visiting the Bird Blind and Meadowgrass Trail to search for winged creatures great and small, flying through games such as “Bees and Butterflies,” and meeting Earthplace Animal Ambassadors such as Pecans the Pigeon and Belfry the Brown Bat!

Dive on in! Campers will spend this session exploring the Stony Brook Stream & Frog Pond, cooling off with frequent water play, and meeting Earthplace Animal Ambassadors like Flotsam the Water Snake and Pablo the Painted Turtle!

Here at Earthplace, we celebrate our planet each and every day! Campers will spend this session getting hands-on in Earthplace’s grounds and gardens, exploring and learning to protect different habitats and ecosystems, and meeting Earthplace Animal Ambassadors such as Pocus the Pigeon and Scarlett the Millipede!