New Jersey’s treasured 4-H Camp program collaborates every summer with Rutgers Gardens to offer an exciting day camp experience. The program combines the social and emotional learning of 4-H Camp’s friendly, communal, tech-free experience with the beautiful environment and educational opportunities of Rutgers Gardens.
Follow the 4-H Camp and Rutgers Gardens Instagram accounts as well as the 4-H the camp blogs for updates and events, and to learn when camp spots open up for the 2025 season. For more information, please visit the 4-H Camp website or reach out to Day Camp Director Shanna Gryder at (973) 903-3253 or shanna.gryder@rutgers.edu.
4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens offers four sessions each July for youth ages 6 to 14. Campers bond with their “cabins” throughout the week as they enjoy a unique mixture of hands-on outdoor education and carefree games played outside. You can enjoy a snapshot of what a day at 4-H Camp at Rutgers Gardens looks like in this video.
Days will be spent:
- Learning in the gardens
- Hiking Helyar Woods
- Getting creative in the Bamboo Forest
- Studying butterflies, birds, bats, and bees
- Attending morning and afternoon All-Camp communal meetings
- Engaging in camper-initiated activities during free time
- Building a community based on mutual respect, curiosity, kindness, and treating each other well
- Enjoying tech-free, outdoor summer experiences with new friends
