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Summer Camps
with IBG

Get excited for a summer full of activity and fun at the Idaho Botanical Garden!

Summer camps at IBG feature hands-on, activity-focused, experiential programming that supports creativity, problem-solving, and fostering a passion for the natural world. Participants in our summer camps with IBG conduct experiments like scientists, discover the Treasure Valley’s complex ecology, and explore our outdoor classroom and living museum. Learning and fun combined into one!

We are excited to offer extended camper programming at the Garden - over 5 hours per day! This means learners will participate in structured activities, eat their lunch on-site, and explore our outdoor classroom in varying weather conditions.
To ensure the best camper experiences, ideal learners will have completed Kindergarten or previously participated in a daycare and/or preschool educational setting and be at least five years of age when camp is held.

5 hours / day

extended camper
programming at the Garden

Adventures in Gardening

Dates: June 24th-27th
Times: 9 am - 1:30 pm*
Ages: 5-6, 7-8
Max registration: 20 per age cohort
Prices: $225 members | $300 non-members

Oh, the things you'll grow to know! Campers will work together to
plan and plant raised garden beds. They will learn how to create
their own soil through compost, gain experience transplanting and seeding, and then harvest mature veggies in IBG's Veggie Garden.

STEAM in the Field

Dates: July 8th-11th
Times: 9 am - 1:30 pm*
Ages: 5-6, 7-8
Max registration: 20 per age cohort
Prices: $225 members | $300 non-members

Let’s explore the many ways we practice measuring STEAM in nature! During camp we will invite STEAM experts to share their field practices and experiences. Campers will explore topics that can be measured in the Garden such as, the value of plants, determining what insects are present, looking for signs of wildlife that roam around, and watching for birds that occupy our branches in the Garden.

Budding Artists

Dates: July 22nd-25th
Times: 9 am - 1:30p*
Ages:5-6, 7-8
Max registration: 20 per age cohort
Prices: $225 members | $300 non-members

This camp will offer learners the space to think, reflect, and observe to better understand STEAM in nature and provide opportunities to let their creativity bloom. Campers will explore the Garden through their senses and gain perspective from guests such as children-specific Yogi instructors, art-forward STEM scientists, and local musicians. Learners can look forward to connecting with nature in new ways!

Garden Greatest Hits

Dates: August 5th - 8th
Times: 9 am - 1:30p*
Ages: 5-6, 7-8
Max registration: 20 per age cohort
Prices: $225 members | $300 non-members

Did your learner miss their chance to attend one of our earlier STEAM camps? Well, have no fear, the Garden Greatest Hits camp is here! Our STEAM Team will pick the best activities from the summer season to curate a fun week to end the summer.

*Camp programming runs 9a-1:30p, with ½ hour drop off and pick up window with supervised choice activities (drop off 8:30a-9a, pick up 1:30-2p)

Wizarding Camp

Thank you for an amazing two weeks full of learning and
growing. We can't to see you next year!

The Discovery Center of Idaho and the Idaho Botanical Garden
are excited to partner again this year to provide whole day
programming full of hands-on magical fun! Learners will start
their day at the Garden and end each day at the Discovery
Center, where campers will be sorted into unique houses, learn
about herbology, potions, magical creatures and more! The week
will end with a scavenger hunt (your wand will choose you!) and
an official wizarding ceremony!

*Transportation daily from the Idaho Botanical Garden to the
Discovery Center is included in the Wizarding Camp cost. Drop-
off location: Idaho Botanical Garden. Pick-up location: Discovery
Center of Idaho..

Wizarding Camp registration will be through the Discovery Center of Idaho webpage. For partnership camps, there are no membership discounts. Wizarding Camp offers no member
discounts that will apply for either IBG or DCI members.

Getting Here

Bike, walk, carpool, or even jump on a broom stick. We love our
planet and we love it when our guests use alternative forms of transportation. But if driving is a must, here are some directions!
Please be advised there are detours on Warm Springs Ave.

2355 Old Penitentiary Rd. Boise, Idaho 83712

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