Summer Adventure Day Camps provide a unique learning experience for children
5-12 years of age where they will learn science concepts and
interact with nature through hands-on activities, arts and crafts and more in
indoor and outdoor settings. Camps will be held onsite at Lauritzen Gardens
this summer.
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ALL
CAMPS ARE FULL-DAY, FULL-WEEK.
Extended
check-in and checkout packages are available.
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Early drop-off is available
from 8 to 9 a.m. and late pick up from 4 to 5 p.m.
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Please note, these
options are not available for camps held in conjunction with Fontenelle Forest
or Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium.
New
registration system
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Members must be logged into
the system in order to receive their discounts. If this is the first time that you have used the system
since December
2020, please click register in the upper right-hand corner and register your account using the
email that you have on file with the garden. After completing that process,
click sign-in (or verify that your email appears in the upper right) and then complete your camp
transaction. Member discounts will be automatically applied in the cart.
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If you have issues
with this process, if member discounts are not populating, or if you do not know
which email is on file with the garden, please contact us at (402) 346-4002,
ext. 214 or ext. 201.
FUN CAMP THEMES THAT CONNECT CHILDREN TO
NATURE
BUTTERFLIES,
BIRDS, AND BOOKWORMS
AUGUST
7-11- SOLD OUT!
Send
your bookworm to the garden for a week of camp in the perfect setting,
Lauritzen Gardens! Campers will receive an assortment of books relating to the
natural world, will complete activities connected to the stories, and will have
opportunities to read, discuss, and interact with their peers. It's a week
where the literary world and the natural world combine for learning and fun!
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EARLY BIRD PRICING through February 28- $230/$210 members (full week, all day)
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Pricing as
of March 1 - FULL WEEK, ALL DAY $255/$235 members
ECOSYSTEM
EXPLORATIONS
JUNE
12-16 - SOLD OUT! OR JUNE
26-30 - SOLD OUT!
Get ready to discover a variety of North
American biomes! This week's hands-on activities and onsite exploration at
Lauritzen Gardens and Fontenelle Forest will give campers a better
understanding of nature and their place in it. Children will walk away
with new knowledge about supporting a healthy balance among living and
non-living things, and an inspired sense of protecting our planet!
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FULL WEEK,
ALL DAY $255/$235
members (Lauritzen Gardens or Fontenelle Forest members)
NATURE'S
AMAZING LIFE CYCLES
JULY
3-7 OR JULY
17-21 - SOLD OUT!
This fun summer camp takes a deep dive into the
lives of plants and animals at Lauritzen Gardens and Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
& Aquarium. Nature's life cycles will come alive for campers through
exhibit exploration, crafts, games, nature walks, and animal investigations as
they learn how living things grow and change over time.
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FULL WEEK,
ALL DAY $255/$235
members (Lauritzen Gardens or Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium members)
PLANTS AND
PATTERNS
JUNE
5-9 - SOLD OUT! OR JULY
24-28 - SOLD OUT!
Plants and Patterns is
a bright week of fun and adventure that mixes the great outdoors with
artistic expression. Campers will discover geometry in nature, learn about the
colors, shapes, textures, and patterns found in the garden, and put their own
imaginative spin on a variety of multi-media art projects. Throughout the week
budding artists will transform into pattern private eyes and design detectives!
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EARLY BIRD PRICING through February 28- $230/$210 members (full week, all day)
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Pricing as of March 1 - FULL WEEK, ALL DAY $255/$235 members
POLLINATION
INVESTIGATION
MAY
29-JUNE 2 - SOLD OUT! OR JULY
10-14 - SOLD OUT!
From lumbering beetles to majestic moths and
busy bees to beautiful butterflies, campers will spend this week getting up
close and personal with the amazing native pollinators that make our gardens
possible. Through games, activities, observations, and nature walks, campers
will discover the who, what, when, where, why and how of pollination and how
they can help protect pollinator populations!
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EARLY BIRD PRICING through February 28- $230/$210 members (full week, all day)
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Pricing as of March 1 - FULL WEEK, ALL DAY $255/$235 members
WONDERCAMP:
A SENSORY ADVENTURE
JUNE
19-23 - SOLD OUT! OR JULY
31-AUGUST 4 - SOLD OUT!
Designed to engage the senses and develop an
awareness of how important sight, hearing, taste, touch, and sound are, this
camp is a celebration of how we can fully explore, enjoy, and play in nature.
Campers will have opportunities to discover the WONDERS of the garden as they
practice using their senses and participate in exciting activities and
projects.
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EARLY BIRD PRICING through February 28- $230/$210 members (full week, all day)
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Pricing as of March 1 - FULL WEEK, ALL DAY $255/$235 members
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS:
Click
here for camp descriptions, dates, pricing, and more helpful information.
Take a narrated
video tour of the gardens here.
FOR ASSISTANCE:
Please call Christine Prescott
Jacobsen at (402) 346-4002, ext. 212
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REFUNDS
AND CANCELLATIONS
A refund equal to 50% of the purchase price may be given when
the refund is requested a minimum of four weeks before the start of the camp,
this includes any goods or services purchased in conjunction with the camp. If
a refund is requested within four weeks of camp, no refund will be given. The
refund of one or more camps may affect the sale prices charged in the previous
transaction, and therefore may affect the refund. In the event that multiple
camps have been purchased, and a refund is requested, amounts refunded will
begin with the least expensive camp and progress higher in purchase price as
needed according to purchases within the same transaction. When possible,
Lauritzen Gardens can transfer a camp registration to another session. However,
transfer requests are based on availability.