General Summer Camp Information
- 9 one-week themes, register by the week
- Monday to Friday 9 AM- 3 PM
- Before and After Care available
- Ages 4-12, with helper opportunities for older children:
- Counselor In Training Application
Weekly Themes
Week 1: Monday, June 29 - Friday, July 3: FIRE, Wind, Water, WORKS
Explore each of the four elements – earth, fire, wind, and water – and the special powers each possess. Craft a model boat and make a wind catcher, cook and dry with the sun. Taste vegetables grown with earth, water and sun, feed your body, spirit and imagination with their powers. End the week with a “Make your own farm fresh pizza” party!
Week 2: Monday, July 6 - Friday, July 10: Young Seed Song Farmers
A whole week of plants, pollinating insects, preparing and sharing farm fresh snacks, and exploring the work and play of a Seed Song Sustainable Farmer. Learn agroecological techniques, help staff a farmstand, collect eggs in the chicken coop, sing songs of food and farming, work and play in the dirt, and participate in all aspects of bringing food from seed and soil to table and market. The week culminates with a camper-run farmers' market for camp families and friends.
Week 3: Monday, July 13 - Friday, July 17: Bird is the Word!
Learn about the wild birds who call the farm home including kestrels, great blue herons and bald eagles. Explore our unique relationship with chickens, the world's most common bird. Each day we will spend time with the farm flock. Practice bird calls, build bird boxes and create a natural artwork celebrating our feathered friends.
Week 4: Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24: The Land Grows Music
Make home-grown music, songs, and musical instruments. Sing the song of the seed! Culminate the week with a “Pop Up Music Festival” created by the campers.
Week 5: Monday, July 27 - Friday, July 31: L is for Locavore
Celebrate locally grown food by exploring small-scale, sustainable agriculture, and a gift economy. Experience the joy of growing food from farm field to plate. Harvest and prepare farm fresh snacks. Learn the farmers favorite go-to recipes. End the week with a camper-directed “Pop Up Restaurant” on the farm.
Week 6: Monday, August 3 - Friday, August 7: Power to the Pollinators
Explore insects and other pollinators, their special relationship with the flowers and other farm plants, both wild and cultivated. Experience edible and medicinal flowers, pick and decorate with the flowers in our fields! We will become invasive vs non invasive detectives, and learn about each of their roles on our farm and wetland. We will sprout wings and buzz through a flower and pollinator art gallery to culminate the week.
Week 7: Monday, August 10 - Friday August 14: All things Animalia
Learn about and care for the animals of the farm and forest. Choose a mammal, reptile, amphibian, insect, bird, fish, or microorganism animal spirit guide, and explore how its gifts may change you. Make an animal mask, listen to animal stories from the many past and present cultural traditions of Kingston. Create a song, dance, costume, or sculpture. At Friday's Council of All Beings, share with the group your animal spirit and the work that it inspired.
Week 8: Monday, August 17 - Friday, August 21: Esopus Village Back in Time
Travel back in time and explore the lifeways and wisdom of the Lenape people of the 1600's that lived on and farmed this land along Esopus Creek. Work in the wicwam, play traditional games, meet around the fire pit, and cultivate the field of corn, beans, squash, and other heritage crops with members of Neetopk Keetopk (educational Native American and allies group). Explore the woods and creek, find signs of wildlife. Make goods and art from natural materials, sing songs, and tell stories. Culminate the week with a “Feast by Fire”.
Week 9: Monday, August 24 - Friday, August 28: Eco-Settlement Builders
Eco-Settlement Builders Week Description coming soon...
Explore each of the four elements – earth, fire, wind, and water – and the special powers each possess. Craft a model boat and make a wind catcher, cook and dry with the sun. Taste vegetables grown with earth, water and sun, feed your body, spirit and imagination with their powers. End the week with a “Make your own farm fresh pizza” party!
Week 2: Monday, July 6 - Friday, July 10: Young Seed Song Farmers
A whole week of plants, pollinating insects, preparing and sharing farm fresh snacks, and exploring the work and play of a Seed Song Sustainable Farmer. Learn agroecological techniques, help staff a farmstand, collect eggs in the chicken coop, sing songs of food and farming, work and play in the dirt, and participate in all aspects of bringing food from seed and soil to table and market. The week culminates with a camper-run farmers' market for camp families and friends.
Week 3: Monday, July 13 - Friday, July 17: Bird is the Word!
Learn about the wild birds who call the farm home including kestrels, great blue herons and bald eagles. Explore our unique relationship with chickens, the world's most common bird. Each day we will spend time with the farm flock. Practice bird calls, build bird boxes and create a natural artwork celebrating our feathered friends.
Week 4: Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 24: The Land Grows Music
Make home-grown music, songs, and musical instruments. Sing the song of the seed! Culminate the week with a “Pop Up Music Festival” created by the campers.
Week 5: Monday, July 27 - Friday, July 31: L is for Locavore
Celebrate locally grown food by exploring small-scale, sustainable agriculture, and a gift economy. Experience the joy of growing food from farm field to plate. Harvest and prepare farm fresh snacks. Learn the farmers favorite go-to recipes. End the week with a camper-directed “Pop Up Restaurant” on the farm.
Week 6: Monday, August 3 - Friday, August 7: Power to the Pollinators
Explore insects and other pollinators, their special relationship with the flowers and other farm plants, both wild and cultivated. Experience edible and medicinal flowers, pick and decorate with the flowers in our fields! We will become invasive vs non invasive detectives, and learn about each of their roles on our farm and wetland. We will sprout wings and buzz through a flower and pollinator art gallery to culminate the week.
Week 7: Monday, August 10 - Friday August 14: All things Animalia
Learn about and care for the animals of the farm and forest. Choose a mammal, reptile, amphibian, insect, bird, fish, or microorganism animal spirit guide, and explore how its gifts may change you. Make an animal mask, listen to animal stories from the many past and present cultural traditions of Kingston. Create a song, dance, costume, or sculpture. At Friday's Council of All Beings, share with the group your animal spirit and the work that it inspired.
Week 8: Monday, August 17 - Friday, August 21: Esopus Village Back in Time
Travel back in time and explore the lifeways and wisdom of the Lenape people of the 1600's that lived on and farmed this land along Esopus Creek. Work in the wicwam, play traditional games, meet around the fire pit, and cultivate the field of corn, beans, squash, and other heritage crops with members of Neetopk Keetopk (educational Native American and allies group). Explore the woods and creek, find signs of wildlife. Make goods and art from natural materials, sing songs, and tell stories. Culminate the week with a “Feast by Fire”.
Week 9: Monday, August 24 - Friday, August 28: Eco-Settlement Builders
Eco-Settlement Builders Week Description coming soon...
Payment Plans and Financial Aid
Seed Song Programs are committed to being accessible to all.
For the 2026 season, families requesting financial assistance or a payment plan are required to complete a separate Financial Assistance / Payment Plan Request Form, before completing the standard camp registration form.
Payment plans are offered to provide flexibility for families who need it. Financial assistance is available on a very limited, case-by-case basis for families experiencing significant financial hardship. All requests are reviewed individually, and submission of a request does not guarantee approval or enrollment.
Completing both forms allows us to review requests fairly, steward limited funds responsibly, and confirm enrollment details in a timely way. If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]
For the 2026 season, families requesting financial assistance or a payment plan are required to complete a separate Financial Assistance / Payment Plan Request Form, before completing the standard camp registration form.
Payment plans are offered to provide flexibility for families who need it. Financial assistance is available on a very limited, case-by-case basis for families experiencing significant financial hardship. All requests are reviewed individually, and submission of a request does not guarantee approval or enrollment.
Completing both forms allows us to review requests fairly, steward limited funds responsibly, and confirm enrollment details in a timely way. If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]
Parents & Guardians: View the General Welcome Letter below for all Summer Camp information:
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Additional Program Details
Ages 4-12: younger children must be potty-trained and able to communicate with staff regarding their needs.
Times: 9 am Drop off - 3 pm Pick up
After / Before Care: Available from 8:30 am or as late as 4:00 pm - $20 / hour. For before care, let counselors know the day before at pick up. For after care, Let counselors know in the morning drop off.
What to Bring: Brown bag lunch and two snacks, a hat with a brim, wear shoes and clothes that can get wet or dirty and keep an extra set of clothes at camp, bathing suit, towel, and a reusable water bottle. We have sunscreen and bug repellent on site but if you have a preferred brand please bring it.
After drop-off on the first day, Parents and guardians are welcome to stay at camp for the first hour until child feels secure. Parents are welcome to pickup their child(ren) at lunchtime on the first day of camp, and are required to pickup any time that becomes needed.
Ages 12 & up: We anticipate offering a middle school track of camp this season. Counselor-in-Training roles for available for teens (application at the top of this page).
Times: 9 am Drop off - 3 pm Pick up
After / Before Care: Available from 8:30 am or as late as 4:00 pm - $20 / hour. For before care, let counselors know the day before at pick up. For after care, Let counselors know in the morning drop off.
What to Bring: Brown bag lunch and two snacks, a hat with a brim, wear shoes and clothes that can get wet or dirty and keep an extra set of clothes at camp, bathing suit, towel, and a reusable water bottle. We have sunscreen and bug repellent on site but if you have a preferred brand please bring it.
After drop-off on the first day, Parents and guardians are welcome to stay at camp for the first hour until child feels secure. Parents are welcome to pickup their child(ren) at lunchtime on the first day of camp, and are required to pickup any time that becomes needed.
Ages 12 & up: We anticipate offering a middle school track of camp this season. Counselor-in-Training roles for available for teens (application at the top of this page).
Cancellation Policy
All Registrations Are Final. Once your registration is submitted, it is considered final. No refunds, cancellations, or transfers will be granted unless discussed with the director.