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๐ŸŒฟ SEEDS Summer Camps โ€“ Celebrating 30 Years of Nature Discovery!

March 19, 2025

Coming up on our 30th year, SEEDS continues to inspire curiosity and connection through hands-on, play-based, and place-based nature education.

Each week, campers (ages 8–10 and 10–14) dive into the wonders of the New River Valley’s natural world through:
๐ŸšŒ Field trips
๐ŸŽจ Art projects
๐Ÿงช Experiments
๐ŸŽถ Music
๐ŸŒฑ Outdoor play and exploration

Kids don’t just learn about nature—they experience it through creative, meaningful adventures that connect them to the world around them.

๐Ÿ“… Summer Camp Details:

  • Dates: Weekly sessions, Monday – Friday
  • Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • Tuition: $300 per week
  • Ages: 8 – 10 & 10 – 14
  • Registration Deadline: April 4th

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Start planning now for Summer 2025—our 30th year of SEEDS!
โžก๏ธ https://seedskids.org/camps-and-programs/


SEEDS Field Camps:

Ages 8 - 10
June 16 - June 20, 2025
June 23 - June 27, 2025

Ages 10 - 14
July 7 - July 11, 2025
July 14 - 18, 2025

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN:  https://seedskids.org/camps-and-programs/

Field Camp registration (ages 8 - 10 and 10 - 14) forms due by 5pm, April 4, 2025.


*This article is sponsored by SEEDS.


HOW TO REGISTER:

  • Complete a registration form, please complete on computer by typing information. Hand written forms that can't be read are not as likely to get a spot.
  • Tuition assistance is available by request. Please email for information mike@seedskids.org
  • Return the registration form with a check for ½ half-tuition in-person to SEEDS; or  
  • Mail To: SEEDS, PO Box 824, Blacksburg, VA 24063.  
  • Please don’t mail to the Price House. This will cause the form to be returned to you which will slow down your registration form, as we do not receive mail there. 

REGISTRATION LOTTERY:

For the best chance at a spot in a camp, return your registration form and tuition by the deadline.  Registrations will be selected from all those received by the deadline.  Any remaining spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.  You will be notified by email within four days of lottery results.  If you don’t get one of the spots in a SEEDS program, there are many other excellent programs offered by other organizations in the area. Tuition assistance is available by request. Please email for information mike@seedskids.org

Click here for pictures from summer programs.

We look forward to a fun and rewarding season of SEEDS summer programs!

SEEDS is a 501(c)(3) charitable not-for-profit community youth education organization.