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Family Earth Program Events

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Campfire Cooking

  • Dates:
    • July 30, 31, August 1
    • August 6, 7, 8
    • August 13, 14, 15
    • August 20, 21, 22
    • August 27, 28, 29
  • Location: Family Earth – 14081 Groves Road, Ingleside, Ontario, K0C 1M0
  • Timing: Dinner Experiences start at 4pm, 4:30pm, 5pm, 5:30pm, 6pm (plan to arrive an hour before you would like to begin eating)
  • Booking Link: https://www.familyearth.earth/campfirecooking
  • Description: 
    • Gather around the campfire and learn to cook a dinner like you’ve never tasted before. Our chef Alana Richer is mom to three boys and helped us pick out three gourmet recipes the whole family will love. Dishes are made with local, organic and healthy ingredients including fresh vegetables from Family Earth’s garden! Families are provided with all the tools, ingredients, and assistance they need. 
    • Here’s how it works: sign up and choose your dinner, arrive and pick your fresh veggies from the gardens, a short walk to your private site in the woods where you will find your fire and your ingredients waiting for you, follow your recipe, enjoy, and stay as long as you like!
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  • Additional Information:
    • What’s on the menu: Campfire Chili, Quesadillas, and Chickpea Cauliflower Wraps. Delicious vegan and vegetarian versions are available for the Quesadillas and Chickpea Cauliflower Wraps.
    • Oh, and all dinners come with a fresh garden salad and smores for dessert!
    • Looking for ingredients and other info? Click here: https://www.familyearth.earth/campfirecooking for more details.
  • We’re here to help:
    • Got questions? We’re here to help! Email us at info@familyearth.earth or call us at 343-777-7414 and we will be happy to assist with any questions you might have.
  • Play it safe:
    • We all have a part to play in combating the spread of COVID-19. The outdoor venues at Family Earth are all designed to ensure physical distancing and all visitors will be asked to complete a COVID-19 screening on arrival. All our cookware and dishes are carefully cleaned and disinfected after each use for your safety.

Art With Nature – Branches to Sketches

  • Date:
    • August 1st
  • Location: Family Earth – 14081 Groves Road, Ingleside, Ontario, K0C 1M0
  • Timing: Art With Nature Workshops start at 10am
  • Booking Link: https://www.familyearth.earth/art-with-nature
  • Description: 
    • Participants in Mohawk artist Jade Thompson’s (they/them) outdoor workshop will forage and use twigs, leaves, grasses, and pinecones to draw landscapes and other nature-inspired art – birds, flowers, butterflies, bees, etc. – with water-soluble coloured inks on eco-paper. Jade will demonstrate some of the beautiful effects that can be achieved using ecological materials and share their knowledge of colour theory, line, and form.
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  • Additional Information:
    • Family Earth partners with a new local artist every week! Check out our website for information on our upcoming themes.
    • We have a locally sourced picnic offering coming soon! In the meantime feel free to pack a lunch if you’d like to picnic on the Family Earth acreage after your session.
  • We’re here to help:
    • Got questions? We’re here to help! Email us at info@familyearth.earth or call us at 343-777-7414 and we will be happy to assist with any questions you might have.
  • Play it safe:
    • We all have a part to play in combating the spread of COVID-19. The outdoor venues at Family Earth are all designed to ensure physical distancing and all visitors will be asked to complete a COVID-19 screening on arrival.

Art With Nature – Upcycled Basketmaking

  • Date:
    • August 22nd
  • Location: Family Earth – 14081 Groves Road, Ingleside, Ontario, K0C 1M0
  • Timing: Art With Nature Workshops start at 10am
  • Booking Link: https://www.familyearth.earth/art-with-nature
  • Description: 
    • Basketmakers have always used materials they have found in their environment. In this workshop master weaver Janet Whitman shows participants how to use traditional basketry techniques to upcycle modern materials with beautiful and functional results. This workshop is recommended for people 6 years and older.
  • Booking Information:
  • Additional Information:
    • Family Earth partners with a new local artist every week! Check out our website for information on our upcoming themes.
    • We have a locally sourced picnic offering coming soon! In the meantime feel free to pack a lunch if you’d like to picnic on the Family Earth acreage after your session.
  • We’re here to help:
    • Got questions? We’re here to help! Email us at info@familyearth.earth or call us at 343-777-7414 and we will be happy to assist with any questions you might have.
  • Play it safe:
    • We all have a part to play in combating the spread of COVID-19. The outdoor venues at Family Earth are all designed to ensure physical distancing and all visitors will be asked to complete a COVID-19 screening on arrival.

Nature Playshops 

  • Dates:
    • August 4, 11, 18, 25
  • Location: Family Earth – 14081 Groves Road, Ingleside, Ontario, K0C 1M0
  • Timing: Nature Playshops start at 10am
  • Booking Link: https://www.familyearth.earth/nature-playshops
  • Description: 
    • During Nature Playshops kids engage in unstructured outdoor play with open ended natural materials following the principles of “loose parts play”. Kids have fun, build skills, and learn to love nature. Family Earth’s founder, Rochelle, mentors grownups on how to facilitate nature play and get your family outdoors more. Each week our play and learning takes place in a new environment with different materials.
  • Booking Information:
    • Playshops run for $15 per child for each session. Children under the age of 3 come along free! Book your playshop here: https://www.familyearth.earth/nature-playshops
    • Pay What You Can: We believe everyone should enjoy nature, regardless of economic status. Pay what your family can afford, or more to help another family out. Find out how at our website.
  • Additional Information:
    • Unstructured play in nature with loose parts, without a schedule, encourages creative fun while grown ups learn how to facilitate creative play.
    • We have a locally sourced picnic offering coming soon! In the meantime feel free to pack a lunch if you’d like to picnic on the Family Earth acreage after your session.
  • We’re here to help:
    • Got questions? We’re here to help! Email us at info@familyearth.earth or call us at 343-777-7414 and we will be happy to assist with any questions you might have.
  • Play it safe:
    • We all have a part to play in combating the spread of COVID-19. The outdoor venues at Family Earth are all designed to ensure physical distancing and all visitors will be asked to complete a COVID-19 screening on arrival.  

Growing Families Gardening Workshops

  • Dates:
    • July 31st – Theme: Water Is Life
    • August 7th & 14th – Theme: How Veggies Grow
    • August 21st & 28th – Theme: Bugs In The Garden
  • Location: Family Earth – 14081 Groves Road, Ingleside, Ontario, K0C 1M0
  • Timing: Workshops start at 10am and run for two hours. Come early or stay afterwards to wander through 34 acres of forest, meadows and wetlands.
  • Booking Link: https://www.familyearth.earth/growing-families-gardening-workshops
  • Description: 
    • Get your hands dirty in Family Earth’s beautiful veggie and wildflower gardens. Learn organic gardening skills, get expert advice on how to start or improve your own garden, and have fun as a family. Gardening workshops are guided by Michaela and Conor, Family Earth’s in-house gardeners. Each of our unique workshop themes run for two weeks to give everyone a chance to catch each set of skills.
  • Booking Information:
  • Additional Information:
    • We have a locally sourced picnic offering coming soon! In the meantime feel free to pack a lunch if you’d like to picnic on the Family Earth acreage after your session.
  • We’re here to help:
    • Got questions? We’re here to help! Email us at info@familyearth.earth or call us at 343-777-7414 and we will be happy to assist with any questions you might have.
  • Play it safe:
    • We all have a part to play in combating the spread of COVID-19. The outdoor venues at Family Earth are all designed to ensure physical distancing and all visitors will be asked to complete a COVID-19 screening on arrival.