Exploring the Earth Summer Camp
Little Rose Nature Adventures / Buds of Little Rose, 2421 Elder Mill Rd, Watkinsville, GA 30677
About
Exploring the Earth Summer Camp includes science experiments, wildlife and environmental studies, engineering challenges, performing plays, games, creating artwork, and outside play. Campers hike outdoors, walk through woods, meadows, and creeks, and play and cool off in the creek. Past campers have made beautiful cultural art and spent time playing and exploring.
• Schedule: Drop off is from 8:20 am–8:40 am, and pick up is from 1:50–2:10 pm.
Exploring the Earth Summer Camp is part of a nature-based, visual and performing arts, and STEAM program for kids that continues rain or shine with spaces to help keep campers cool and dry. The program’s mission is to foster an appreciation for nature, science and the arts. Campers are asked to bring their own lunch, snack, and water, wear comfortable clothes suitable for getting dirty and hiking outdoors, and wear closed-toe shoes for walking through woods, meadows, and creeks, with a change of flip flops or Croc-type shoes for creek play. A backpack or bag is recommended to carry items, and sunscreen and bug spray should be applied before drop off, with extra available in the First Aid area for reapplication. The driveway operates as a one-way road with a traffic light procedure for arrival and departure.
The program is led by Curriculum Creator and Director Maria Moody, who has directed Exploring the Earth Summer Program since 2017 and created Exploring the Earth's nature-based summer program at Buds of Little Rose. Maria Moody is a certified Georgia Educator in all content areas for General and Special Education Pre K–8th grade, has over 10 years of teaching experience in various K–8 grades and positions including 9 years at Chase Street Elementary School in Athens, Georgia, and previously taught 7th grade Special Education for two years in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a Teach For America corps member. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia and is a certified Project WILD instructor. Buds of Little Rose was founded in 2010 by Melissa Steele, who serves as Founder and Chair and is an artist, designer, and organic farmer. Buds of Little Rose operates as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and was founded to provide local opportunities that nurture environmental stewardship through nature-based programs and organic farming education for kids and adults.
Parent feedback about Exploring the Earth Summer Camp includes reports of kids not wanting camp to end, bringing home projects such as water cycle diagrams, and enjoying the combination of outside play and learning. Parents have described the camp as a “fun-filled learning experience,” noted that their children were excited each day to share what they learned and did, and shared that their kids made beautiful cultural art and had “SO MUCH FUN” at camp. Several parents have expressed plans to return in future summers and have recommended the camp to friends.
Last updated July 31, 2026.
• Schedule: Drop off is from 8:20 am–8:40 am, and pick up is from 1:50–2:10 pm.
Exploring the Earth Summer Camp is part of a nature-based, visual and performing arts, and STEAM program for kids that continues rain or shine with spaces to help keep campers cool and dry. The program’s mission is to foster an appreciation for nature, science and the arts. Campers are asked to bring their own lunch, snack, and water, wear comfortable clothes suitable for getting dirty and hiking outdoors, and wear closed-toe shoes for walking through woods, meadows, and creeks, with a change of flip flops or Croc-type shoes for creek play. A backpack or bag is recommended to carry items, and sunscreen and bug spray should be applied before drop off, with extra available in the First Aid area for reapplication. The driveway operates as a one-way road with a traffic light procedure for arrival and departure.
The program is led by Curriculum Creator and Director Maria Moody, who has directed Exploring the Earth Summer Program since 2017 and created Exploring the Earth's nature-based summer program at Buds of Little Rose. Maria Moody is a certified Georgia Educator in all content areas for General and Special Education Pre K–8th grade, has over 10 years of teaching experience in various K–8 grades and positions including 9 years at Chase Street Elementary School in Athens, Georgia, and previously taught 7th grade Special Education for two years in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a Teach For America corps member. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia and is a certified Project WILD instructor. Buds of Little Rose was founded in 2010 by Melissa Steele, who serves as Founder and Chair and is an artist, designer, and organic farmer. Buds of Little Rose operates as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and was founded to provide local opportunities that nurture environmental stewardship through nature-based programs and organic farming education for kids and adults.
Parent feedback about Exploring the Earth Summer Camp includes reports of kids not wanting camp to end, bringing home projects such as water cycle diagrams, and enjoying the combination of outside play and learning. Parents have described the camp as a “fun-filled learning experience,” noted that their children were excited each day to share what they learned and did, and shared that their kids made beautiful cultural art and had “SO MUCH FUN” at camp. Several parents have expressed plans to return in future summers and have recommended the camp to friends.
Last updated July 31, 2026.
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