Summer Camp 2023 - Gilchrist Farm
*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 08/04/2023
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Gilchrist Farm Summer Farm Camp Includes:
Horse care, grooming, riding and an end of the week horse show! Learn how to groom, tack up, and ride horses or enhance your current riding expertise by trying something new. End the week with a super fun horse show (with ribbons and prizes). We explore English, Western, Driving, Mounted Archery and more!
Milk goats, gather eggs, pet pigs and bunnies, feed the ducks and tortoise, enjoy the horses and take the mini mule for a walk! Learn about gardening, composting, and raising your own food. Watch eggs hatch and learn to care for chicks!
Country Arts & Crafts galore! Soap and candle making, leather working, rag doll making, and wood working.
GAMES! Milk jug bowling, horse shoes, corn hole, water balloon battles, tug o war, gunny sack races, and more! Water play, obstacle course, mud run & more!
Typical schedule-
8:00 -10:00 Horse care, grooming, safety, games, fun and lots of riding! Riding students are assessed and placed into appropriate groups for their skill level. More advanced riders are welcome, first time riders are welcome! Advanced riders are welcome! Archery! Learn to shoot arrows or advance your skills. By the end of the week, we combine the two-learn to shoot arrows from horseback! Mounted Archery is always a camper favorite!
10:00-12:00 (Snacks) Goat milking, small animal adventures, egg gathering, animal care and fun with animals! Holding chicks, brushing pigs, learning about life on the farm, trying out new adventures! We work with the wool from our sheep each week learning how to clean, card and spin the wool into yarn!
12:00-2:00 Lunch, gardening, games, arts & crafts! Water play, obstacle course, snow cones and more.
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