Green Stuff Camp
UC Botanical Garden at UC Berkeley, 200 Centennial Dr, Berkeley, CA 94720-5045
About
Green Stuff Camp is an active hands-on science day camp where campers learn about plant adaptations and habitat diversity, collect seeds in the Crops of the World Garden, and grow their own plants. Campers become young botanists by examining plants under microscopes, keep a nature journal, and create arts and crafts from plant materials. Daily activities also include hunting for garden animals such as birds, butterflies, newts, lizards, and compost critters, hiking and investigating a different part of the Garden each day, discovery walks, animal hunts, stories, science investigations, crafting with plants, and growing seeds.
• Ages: 6–12 years old
• Schedule: One-week sessions with Monday–Friday day camp; most summer sessions run 9:00 am–3:00 pm, with some sessions and seasonal camps running 9:00 am–2:00 pm
• Price: $500–$525 per week, with optional aftercare for some weeks at $100
Each small group at Green Stuff Camp has two counselors supervising 10 to 12 children per week. The counselor team pairs one lead staffer with a degree and experience in childhood education with a well-trained UC Berkeley undergraduate or graduate student in plant sciences, and both counselors have experience sharing the natural world with young children. Green Stuff Camp is described as UCBG’s award-winning nature camp and includes a special Alumni Camper Week for returning campers entering grades 5–6. The Garden that hosts the camp is part of UC Berkeley’s Natural History Museum Consortium, is open to the public, and serves as a resource for international researchers, UC Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and visitors from around the world. All registrations are processed through an online system with an option to register over the phone with a credit card, and camp requirements are outlined on a Health Form completed by families, with health protocols following current City of Berkeley and UC Berkeley campus policies. Campers are expected to have enough self-control to safely navigate the Garden together and participate as a group, and a camper may be asked to leave, with remaining days refunded, if this is not possible.
Last updated August 10, 2026.
• Ages: 6–12 years old
• Schedule: One-week sessions with Monday–Friday day camp; most summer sessions run 9:00 am–3:00 pm, with some sessions and seasonal camps running 9:00 am–2:00 pm
• Price: $500–$525 per week, with optional aftercare for some weeks at $100
Each small group at Green Stuff Camp has two counselors supervising 10 to 12 children per week. The counselor team pairs one lead staffer with a degree and experience in childhood education with a well-trained UC Berkeley undergraduate or graduate student in plant sciences, and both counselors have experience sharing the natural world with young children. Green Stuff Camp is described as UCBG’s award-winning nature camp and includes a special Alumni Camper Week for returning campers entering grades 5–6. The Garden that hosts the camp is part of UC Berkeley’s Natural History Museum Consortium, is open to the public, and serves as a resource for international researchers, UC Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and visitors from around the world. All registrations are processed through an online system with an option to register over the phone with a credit card, and camp requirements are outlined on a Health Form completed by families, with health protocols following current City of Berkeley and UC Berkeley campus policies. Campers are expected to have enough self-control to safely navigate the Garden together and participate as a group, and a camper may be asked to leave, with remaining days refunded, if this is not possible.
Last updated August 10, 2026.
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