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Family Camp

Join us for a unique family experience! You're invited to spend time on our farm, with opportunities for hands-on work, space to explore and commune with the natural world, share nourishing farm-fresh meals, and build connection and community with other families. This year we’re offering a workshop on natural fabric dyeing with goldenrod. Enjoy working alongside old or new friends on special small projects and volunteer tasks in preparation for our community festival! This will include things like making flower bouquets, setting up and decorating the potluck table, harvesting produce, bonfire-building…

Special bonus, this year the weekend will culminate with what has become our tradition of an Autumn harvest celebration, The Festival of Courage! A broader community will join us Sunday from 1pm onwards for festivities like pumpkin hunt for the kids, puppet show in the prairie, symbolic burning of fears in the bonfire, and more...

When:

October 4-5th. Arrival between 10 and 11am Saturday, ending Sunday night after the festival. 

Where:

Earthlore Farm 358 Bower Rd. Beaverville, IL 60912 

Accommodations:

Bring your own tent and camping gear. There will be porta potties and handwashing station. 

Food Provisions:

  • Saturday lunch BYO (pack an easy lunch, feel free to coordinate with other families if desired)

  • Farm-fresh Saturday dinner provided (we will accommodate as many dietary needs as possible. Please specify yours at sign-up). Fireside s’mores provided!

  • Sunday breakfast, coffee, and tea provided. 

  • Sunday lunch: BYO plus farm salad provided

  • Sunday dinner: Community potluck. Festival goers will be bringing potluck items and you are welcome to bring something shelf-stable to add, though not necessary as there will be enough for all to share. 

Cost: $100/per adult and $25/child (includes all meals that are provided, camping, activities, and festival attendance).

As we are working to keep this event affordable/accessible as well as sustainable for us to run it, you are welcome to make any additional donation in support of our farm offerings. Thank you!

We invite you to come turn off your cellphones, let yourself breathe a little deeper, and have a great time in the company of others! 


YOUNG FARMER SLEEPAWAY CAMP

An unforegettable summer experience for your children !

Join us for another summer of Earthlore Farm’s unique and enriching Farm Camps!  This year we are offering kids Sleep-Away Camp and two sessions of Family Camp, one in the summer and one in fall.

Young Farmers Sleep-Away Camp dates are June 22nd-24th. At this camp your children will have the unique experience to spend time on a working farm, connect and collaborate with other kids and adults, and engage in real work and play all in the care of experienced Waldorf teachers and farmers. They will fall asleep under the star-filled sky, healthfully exhausted and well fed to the sounds of the crickets, frogs, and tree-rustling wind-song.. We are excited to offer this rich mixed-age program that brings summer’s gifts and adventures into full bloom for your child.

(Family Camp: More info forthcoming. Check back soon!)

Activities will include: 

  • building project where they will get to use real tools with adult guidance

  • artistic work 

  • collaborative and creative games

  • farm work 

  • cooking with produce from the farm

  • shared mealtimes

  • scavenger hunt 

  • a visit to the bison herd at the nearby conservation land

  • kayaking and water fun at the conservation lake

  • bonfires with music, stories, star-gazing (and s'mores)

  • down time/rest 

  • and play!

Space limited. Camp button in “Store.” Camp cost is $300, with sibling discount available.. If financial assistance is needed, please inquire by emailing earthlorefarmer@gmail.com