Our second year of hosting Summer Camp, 2025, was a BLAST!
Not only did we have the funnest kids, and the coolest counselors, ever, but we also were joined by some amazing community members who shared their passions and skills with us!
Rachel Rivera, sound healer & music teacher, visited us as the Forest Fairy Queen, immersing us in a sound bath and an exploration of her magical instruments.
Artist, writer/illustrator and naturalist Rebekah Lowell taught us all about monarch butterflies.
We learned about using worms for composting at home with Mark of Worm Mainea, who brought us our own bin of red wigglers!
Local singer-songwriter Jason Roman led us in writing a song all about Frinklepod Farm!
Josh of Spark’s Ark introduced us to a menagerie of live, rescued animals including a boa constrictor, hedgehog, owl, chinchilla, and tortoise.
We learned all about wolves, coyotes and foxes from Tammy Cloutier who leads the community science project Canids of Maine.
Chris Gahm, along with Josie & Moose, taught us how to safely meet a new dog. (Chris is the owner and lead coach at Arundel’s best kept secret, Livfit Athletics.)
Patsy Hemeon of Community Outreach Services (COS) taught us about how their food pantry works and how to run a food drive. (Our drive then brought in 186.2 pounds of food - thank you to our community!!)
The wonderful volunteer crew of the Seashore Trolley Museum helped us imagine “the olden days” with trolley rides and a tour of the museum. We bartered for this experience with a bag of vegetables and homemade snacks for each of their volunteers.
Alex Pine shared their Japanese heritage with us by teaching us Taiko drumming, origami, and hand-rolled sushi.
Maddie of Food Empowerment Project shared art activities that got us thinking about water use, conservation and ocean habitats.
Thank you to everyone who helped make camp such a special experience for all of us, and stay tuned for info about our 2026 season!
We are thrilled to be offering our second season of summer camp in 2025!
Camp sessions are 4 days long (Tuesday - Friday, 9-3) and include activities around gardening, cooking, wildcrafting and art, and movement, as well as free play time. Each week also features its own unique theme which helps guide some of our daily activities. Each theme has a lot of “wiggle room” for kids who may not think they are interested in that particular topic to be able to go in their own creative direction!
Typical Daily Schedule
8:50-9:15 am Drop-Off
9:15am Morning circle: team building, plan the day
9:30-10:30am Choice Time Activities
10:30am Snack & free play
11:00-12:30 pm Choice Time Activities
12:30 Lunch & free play
1:30 - 2:45 pm Choice Time Activities
3:00 pm Pickup
We are so lucky to be collaborating with Farmer Steph and Farm to Table Kids who are sharing their expertise, resources, and admin support to help make camp at Frinklepod happen!
The cost is $350/session. Scholarship funds will be available; please contact farmtotablekids@gmail.com for more info.
Do you have a 12- or 13 year-old who would like to be a Counselor-in-Training? The application process for CITs will open soon; please email Flora at frinklepodfarm@gmail.com for more info.
Flora Brown, camp director & counselor
Farmer Flora founded Frinklepod Farm in 2012 with her partner, Noah, with the dream of growing amazing food while also growing and cultivating a sense of community with educational and social gatherings. A mom of a teen and a tween, she has also taught in a variety of school, afterschool and camp settings. Flora loves providing space for lively conversations, thrives on creating moments of joy and curiosity for all ages, and relishes the opportunities when people (maybe the whole group?) can try something new. In her off-farm time, she loves live music, swimming in nature, libraries, and playing with food and flowers.