2023 Registration Opens Soon
We had a fantastic 2022 Summer Camps Season. It was our biggest lineup ever with 40 camps, including 7 new camp options. Every camp filled, many the same day registration opened.
For 2023, sign up for the newsletter and keep an eye on your Inbox!
Remember, payment plans and waitlists are available for all camps.
Nature Connection Camps
Our weeklong camps run all summer with multiple camps happening each week for various age groups. Crafts, role playing, archery, stealth, blacksmithing, foraging and more.
Camp sizes are capped at 14 or lower, and run by two skilled nature-connection mentors. You won’t find better camper to counselor ratios.
There’s something to get any kid excited about some healthy outdoor time. Your kids are going to LOVE IT.
Why Choose Forest Floor?
We mentor children to have fun, be healthy, and achieve their fullest potential by connecting with nature.
- Health benefits of nature connection
- Learn wilderness skills & traditional crafts
- Meet new friends and reunite with old ones
- Unforgettable adventures every day
- Skilled and caring mentors
- Exciting wilderness experiences
- Convenient in-town drop-off & pickup
- Flexible hours for drop-off & pickup
Waitlist Available
Previously full camps often have additional spots open up due to cancellations. So please sign-up for the waitlist by going through the standard registration process. No payment is required.
2022 Summer Camp Schedule
Registration for 2023 will open in Winter 2023.
Ages 5-7
Ages 5-7
Flight of the Faeries
June 6-10 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 4-8 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
August 8-12 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Wander the mountainside making whimsical crafts and brewing flower tea.
Ages 5-7
Legend of the Gnomes
June 20-24 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 18-22 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Create a gnome village in the woods as a base to learn crafts and go exploring.
Ages 5-7
Mysterious Animals of the Forest
June 13-17 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 11-15 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
August 1-5 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Campers uncover tracks, role play a hunting fox, craft animal personas and learn about their wild neighbors.
Ages 5-7
Feathered Friends
June 27 – July 1 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 25-29 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Learn to identify birds by sight and sound, with a variety of stories, educational games, observation, and even some craft projects.
Ages 6-8
Ages 6-8
Nature’s Kitchen: Fire Craft & Cooking
July 11-15 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Hunt down wild edibles and learn which are safe to eat.
Ages 6-8
Archery Range
June 6-10 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 25-29 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Practice a variety of different projectiles and become a more skilled archer.
Ages 6-8
Stealth Rangers
June 27 – July 1 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 18-22 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Begin your training and develop the skills needed to become a Forest Ninja.
Ages 6-8
Crafty Critters
July 4-8 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
August 1-5 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Create a variety of fun and useful items using materials found on the land.
Ages 6-8
Journey of the Green Man
June 20-24 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
August 8-12 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Join the fabled Green Man on his magical quest to save the realm.
Ages 6-8
Herbal Adventures
June 13-17 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Learn to identify and use wild medicinal plants with stories, crafts and an epic cooperative adventure game.
Ages 9-12
Ages 9-12
Archer’s Arena
June 27 – July 1 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
August 1-5 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Become the target and play Capture-the-Flag with safe foam-tipped arrows.
Ages 9-12
Forest Ninja
June 13-17 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 18-22 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Move silently through the landscape as a team and learn the art of camouflage.
Ages 9-12
Bramblehurst School of Bushcraft & Wizardry
June 20-24 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
August 8-12 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Head out into our wooded campus for a MOST interesting week of learning new skills alongside your freshly sorted House-mates.
Ages 9-12
Secrets of the Jedi
June 6-10 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 25-29 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Deepen connection to nature and grow attuned to its life force, while honing the physical skills of survival.
Ages 9-12
Wild Crafters
July 11-15 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Answer the ancient call to create with a series of nature-based crafts in community with fellow creatives.
Ages 9-12
Survival Skills
July 4-8 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Learn the Fundamental Four of woodland survival: Shelter, Water, Fire & Food.
Ages 12-17
Ages 12-16
Woodcarving: Bowls & Spoons
June 27 – July 1 (full/waitlist of 6/11)
July 25-29 (full/waitlist as of 7/5)
Deepen your relationship with the trees as you learn to carve useful objects from wood.
Ages 12-16
Blacksmithing
June 6-10 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
July 18-22 (full/waitlist as of 4/2)
August 1-5 (full/waitlist as of 6/11)
Create useful tools from red hot metal using a forge, hammer and anvil.
Ages 14-17
Counselor In Training Camp
June 13-17 (spots open as of 6/11)
Take the first step in learning to be a nature connection mentor with our Counselor in Training program.
Ages 12-16
Knife Making
July 11-15 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
August 8-12 (full/waitlist as of 6/11)
Create a handmade knife from scratch using a variety of blacksmith & shop tools.
Ages 12-16
Blacksmithing: Dungeon Masters
June 20-24 (full/waitlist as of 2/19)
Create miniature weapons and tools for your character, and play a custom Dungeons & Dragons game where your growing blacksmithing skills contribute to success.
Ages 12-16
Girls Blacksmithing
July 4-8 (full/waitlist as of 6/30)
A special session of Blacksmithing camp for young ladies led by an all-female team.
Day Camp Hours
Our summer camps run daily, Monday through Friday.
Camp hours: 9:00am – 3:00pm
Flexible Drop-off:
8:30 – 9:00am at Haw Creek Commons
8:45 – 9:15 am at Shope Creek Wilderness
Flexible Pick-up:
3:00 – 3:30pm at Haw Creek Commons
2:45 – 3:15 pm at Shope Creek Wilderness
Our In-town Drop-Off and Pick-Up Location
We are no longer at the Asheville School in West Asheville.
Our new location since spring 2020 is Haw Creek Commons, in East Asheville off Tunnel Road. This is our main Drop-Off and Pick-up location for summer camps.
Haw Creek Commons is a community co-working and activity center where Forest Floor has a presence. See the location on Google Maps.
Drop-Off and Pick-Up in the Forest
Parents may also choose to drop-off and pick-up at Shope Creek Wilderness. The Address is 472 Shope Creek Road. The timing of Drop-Off and Pick-Up in the forest is slightly different than at Haw Creek Commons.
A few crafting programs take place in the woods at Haw Creek Commons, in these cases there is no transportation or forest drop-off/pick-up.
A Day at Forest Floor
2022 COVID Safety Policies
Our COVID-19 safety policy is based primarily on pre-screening and monitoring. It is our current position that the single largest preventative factor at our programs is the fact that we are open-air and outdoors(with the exception of van travel).
Pre-Screening and Monitoring
- If any child shows any signs of COVID-19 (cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell) we will not allow them to attend the program that day. If during the program day a child displays signs or symptoms of illness they will be separated from other students and parents contacted to pick them up.
- All staff will be self-monitoring for symptoms of COVID-19. If they develop symptoms, they will notify their supervisor and stay home. Any staff person who develops symptoms of illness during the work day will be separated from students and other staff and sent home ASAP.
Masks & Social Distancing:
- While in vans all students and staff are required to wear masks for the duration of the trip.
- At our Shope Creek Wilderness location children & staff will not be required to wear masks or social distance, but will be supported to the best of our ability if they choose to do so.
We will do our best to fully support any child or staff who chooses more restrictive social distancing or mask wearing than the policies outlined above.