Pocket-Sized Farms

About Pocket-Sized Farms

Since 1994, LIFE*SPIN has been offering a free day-camp program, Pocket-Sized Farms, to teach young children about environmental protection, organic food production, literacy and building community.

The LIFE*SPIN summer program for children, aged 7-12, has two components. During the week, we meet with campers on-line to read stories, do crafts and learning activities, and talk about the gardens we are growing. We provide the materials. On Fridays, we meet up at parks & natural areas with your whole family for fun activities.

Children enrolled and participating in the camp will receive a home-based start-up food garden kit, and can pick up craft/learning kits for the following week at the weekly family outings. 

Each garden kit includes a garden shovel (unless you already received yours) or a trowel for container gardening if you live in an apartment building, sheep manure/compost, topsoil, vegetable seeds, plants and instructions on how to get started growing food at home.

Once registration closes, staff will contact you to confirm your name on our private facebook group. We will book our first gathering for Tuesday, July 2nd, where you get to meet the leaders, pick up your craft kits and seed packages. Once you receive these, we will coordinate volunteers to drop-off plants and gardening materials to your home. 

We have identified wonderful natural areas to explore in the city and will invite all members of your family to join us once each week. When you RSVP for each week, let us know how many people are coming from your family, so we can bring snacks for all and prepare your weekly craft kits for you to pick up at the following weekly outing.

This is an opportunity for us to increase residential food gardens and come together as a community. If you have children (aged 7-12) who are interested in participating in our summer program, please complete the registration form and we will be in touch!