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Garden Explorerz 2025

June 9 @ 8:00 am - June 13 @ 1:00 pm

$60

🌻 Join Us for a Week of Farm Fun: June 9th – 13th from 8AM – 1PM! 🌻

Get ready for an exciting adventure at our Las Milpitas Community Farm! Spend a week exploring the garden, making cool crafts, and learning how to care for the Earth. Each day is packed with hands-on fun like:

🎨 Making art with colorful plant dyes
🐾 Discovering awesome animals and native plants
🌱 Digging into soil and compost to see what makes gardens grow
πŸ“ Cooking tasty treats with ingredients from the garden!

🎀 Plus Guest Speakers from U of A Cooper Center for Environmental Education and Pima County Parks and Recreation.

Get your hands dirty, make new friends, and become a nature hero!🌍✨

Details:

    • Ages: 8 to 12 (3rd to 5th Grade)
    • Monday, June 9th to Friday, June 13th
    • Time: 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM every day (A parent or guardian must arrive on time to sign in and out)
    • Las Milpitas Community Farm
    • Cost: $60 for the whole week. Scholarships will be considered on a limited basis.

Participants must be able to attend all five days. Parents and guardians are welcome to participate as little or as much as they wish throughout the week. The deadline to apply and submit your application will be Monday, June 2nd, 2025.

Please submit to: gsaavedra@communityfoodbank.org or rdavidson@communityfoodbank.org

Day 1: The Life Cycle of Plant 🌿

Objective: Understand the stages of plant growth and the needs of plants.

Day 2: Compost and Soil Science 🐌

Objective: Discover how nature recycles! Learn how food scraps and leaves turn into healthy soil, what belongs in the compost pile (and what doesn’t!), and what makes soil strong and full of life.

Day 3: Colors of the World 🌞

Objective: Learn about all the different colors that can come from plants and explore plant adaptations to the sun.

Day 4: Farm to Table 🚜

Objective: Learn where food comes from and the importance of eating fresh, local produce.

Day 5: Environmental Stewardship and Celebration 🌎

Objective: Celebrating all we’ve learned.

Details

Start:
June 9 @ 8:00 am
End:
June 13 @ 1:00 pm
Cost:
$60
Event Category:

Organizer

Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona
Phone
(520) 622-0525

Venue

Las Milpitas Community Farm
2405 S Cottonwood Ln
Tucson, AZ 85713 United States
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Phone
5206220525