Farm & Garden
CAMP
Thank you, Precious Campers!
Farm Camp 2025 was incredible and we are so grateful to our camper families and our amazing camp counselor team for the best summer yet! The fairies loved your visits to FairyLand to peek at the fairy houses, to meet in the sunflower teepee and to walk through the gourd tunnel. The goats loved the celery, carrots and cabbage you picked for them every day and Miss Muffet was happy to share her fresh milk with you. Our family and team were privileged to support the growth of our dear campers and share the beauty of our family farm with our community.
We are already looking forward to Farm Camp 2026!
With a mission of connecting children to nature through farm-based education, Sugar Sweet Farm has served thousands of local children through farm tours, parties, and farm camps. Each day on the farm brings new topics for ever-changing exploration and fun. Campers grow, learn, and play through creative, hands-on projects, hikes with llamas, horse & donkey interactions, crafts, games, gardening, hanging out with and caring for the animals, gathering eggs, water play, and much more.
We offer camp sessions on a daily basis in order to create flexibility for your complex schedules. Though the daily rhythm is consistent with animal visits, crafts, gardening and games, each session of camp is unique, so most families select several days of camp that fit their schedule.
Our camp sessions are small with a 3:1 Camper to Counselor ratio.
Ages 6 to 12
Check out our Counselor in Training Program for Ages 13 to 16
What's New This Year?
We are pleased to announce that we will return to our original camp format of
daily Farm Camp sessions from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. $160/day
Our little farm welcomed a new baby llama, a litter of baby bunnies, and two baby goats this January and we look forward to sharing them with our campers and CITs.
We love to connect the children of our community with the magic of our family farm, while creating an experience that is meaningful, nurturing and joyful.
Add our AfterCamp Program from 2:00 to 4:00 to your registration
for some extra special animal time for $60.
When is Camp?
We host Farm Camp Monday-Friday, from June 9th through August 8th (no camp from June 30 to July 11).
Farm Camp is for ages 6 to 12.
Session groups are small for individualized attention. $160/day
We also offer an engaging AfterCare program from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for $60
Every summer, we are so grateful for the continued positive response to our small Farm & Garden Camp offering on our Family Farm in Encinitas. We love connecting our sweet animals with so many children from our community and teaching them about sustainable farming, empathy for all creatures, and respect for their environment. Animal-lovers delight with their daily hands-on interactions with our goats, llamas, mini-horses, mini-donkeys, chickens, ducks, turkeys, pig, tortoises, cats and dogs.
Click on the "SIGN UP" button and register online. Our registration guide has some helpful tips for making registration smooth:
If you have any trouble registering online, please send us an email and we will happily help you. You may also email us to be placed on the waitlist for sold out sessions.
A full day of Fall Farm Camp is $160. The daily rhythm is consistent with animal visits, crafts, games, and various enrichment activities. Each session of camp is unique, so most families select several days of camp that fit their schedule. Families are encouraged to reach out with questions to Elizabeth by contacting her - Elizabeth@SugarSweetFarm.com.
We welcome children ages 6 to 12, in good physical health, not suffering from any medical condition which would limit their participation. We offer a Counselor in Training leadership program for teens ages 13 to 15.
If your child has a developmental disability, please reach out to us via email or call us at (858)264-6525 to determine whether camp is a good fit that can bless your child, the program, and their fellow campers. If camp is a good fit, we want to make a plan with you to ensure that we know how to best support your child so they have a successful day on the farm.
We do not offer refunds. We are a small family business with small program offerings. When you register, we hold a spot for you and turn away other families. Please be sure you are ready to commit to these dates when you sign up. Should your child be unable to attend your reserved dates, please let us know so we may offer your spots to one of our scholarship families. These spots are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Our "no refund" policy is addressed in a separate FAQ above, but in the event that we are able to accommodate a change to your reservation, we will charge an admin. fee of $20/session.
Yes, in the event we are ordered to close camps due to a pandemic, we will refund our families. However, we will not offer refunds because you changed your mind in light of rising numbers of cases, media reports, changing science etc. Please call us before you sign up to answer any questions you might have about our Covid Protocols.
Our family farm is in Encinitas, CA which is in north San Diego County. All visits to Sugar Sweet Farm are by Private Appointment Only and the address is top secret. We protect our address to keep the farm safe for your children and our animals. After you register we'll send you a confirmation email with our farm address and camp details.
Sugar Sweet Farm is the perfect place for your child's independent adventure to begin with fun, friendship, and exploration. Our loving and nurturing environment as well as our low staff to camper ratio ensure that your child will have a safe and positive experience at Farm Camp. Having a parent or two present disrupts the environment for other children at camp. We promise to take some pictures of your child at camp and share them with you.
No. We are a private family farm and do not have staff for drop-ins or other visitors that are not prearranged. All visits to Sugar Sweet Farm are by Private Appointment Only.
No. It is not o.k. to bring a friend or child who is not registered to hang out, walk around the farm, or be on the property.
Everything we do at Sugar Sweet Farm has to pass this three-pronged test: "Is it beautiful? Is it good? Is it true?" From crafts to snacks, games to activities, we have carefully created a program that meets each child right where they are. Our camp curriculum is filled with joyful activities, delivered by our role model camp counselors who are ready to be a best friend to each camper.
Farm Camp is 100% outdoors, live and unplugged. We are dedicated to creating meaningful connections between children and animals. We love sharing our passion for nature, animals, and farming with children. If you are interested in saving a spot for your child, please register right away.
Each day on the farm is unique with surprises from the animals and nature. We begin each morning with a welcome animal that can be brushed by and loved on by the campers. This may be a donkey, llama, or other animal.
We then move along to play cooperative games on the lawn and in the garden. We pick oranges and make orange juice. We gather eggs, visit the barnyard animals, and milk the goats. Campers love to join the "Kid's Club" by being brave enough to have goat's milk squirted directly into their mouths just like a real "kid" (the term for a baby goat).
We work and play in the garden and enjoy a farm craft project. We provide a healthy snack in the morning, eat lunch brought from home, then climb up to Bubba's Treehouse and play house in Sissy's Playhouse. We get in tune with our artistic brain and read stories in our bunny village, play the piano in our orchard, and sing in our garden. We cool off with water play time in the pool supervised by certified lifeguards.
And, of course, we do farm chores like scrubbing buckets, gardening, bathing animals, and basically, farming! We pepper this framework with all sorts of other farm learning and play (by the way, this is all top secret -- don't spoil the surprises to your children!).
Yes. Our camp sessions sell out quickly. Email us the session dates you are interested in and we will add your child to the waitlist. We will reach out if there are any openings.
We would love to have your children at Farm Camp. After many summers of sweet farm camps, we have decided that 6 is the magic age developmentally to welcome young children to the farm for a full day of farm fun.
Please email us to learn more about our Camper-ship financial assistance for families in need.
Farm Camp Enrollment opened on Saturday, March 1st at 8:00 a.m. Please subscribe to our mailing list if you'd like to receive our newsletter sharing tips for Farm Camp enrollment. Check out our registration guide for tips for a smooth registration process.
Yes. Our AfterCare program is rich with farm activity and fun. Our returning campers insist that their parents to sign them up. They love their extra time on the farm to revisit their favorite animals and enjoy the farm and the new friends they have made, with a more intimate group. It's a blast! We wash animals, make guinea pig obstacle courses, play in the tree house and garden - such a variety of activities. (Programming, not babysitting).
AfterCare runs from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and the fee is $50 if you sign up before June 1 and $60 after June 1.
Email Elizabeth if you'd like to add AfterCare to your reservation: Elizabeth@