Hannaberry Farm Summer Riding Camp
Hannaberry Farm, 27712 S. Klemme Road, Crete, IL 60417
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Hannaberry Farm Summer Riding Camp offers hands-on equestrian summer riding camp sessions that include riding lessons focusing on balance, control, and technique. Campers take part in chores, horsemanship instruction with non-mounted horse-related activities, games on horseback, bareback rides, trail classes, equine art projects, guest presenters, and Hannaberry schooling horse shows. Advanced riders can participate in eventing camp, dressage, and jumping, with all instruction in English riding.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Day camp sessions run from 9:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m., with activities beginning at 10:00 a.m., across multiple 3-day and 5-day sessions from June through August 2025, including a separate 3 Day Eventing Camp in July.
• Price: 5 Day Camp: $700 per rider; 3 Day Camp: $425 per rider; 3 Day Eventing Camp: $475 per rider for 3 days (plus trailering fees when applicable); ages 12+ advanced riders may attend individual days for $175; van service from Chicago is $175 per week for 5 day camps and $125 per week for 3 day camps; tuition includes one camp t-shirt per student, and a second child from the same family receives a $50 discount per camp session.
Classes are under the direction of Denise Berry-Hanna, a Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) master trainer in English riding. The program is described as a private barn that focuses on personalized instruction, with riders divided into groups by age and skill level and a rider-to-instructor ratio that is usually 1:4 or less, serving levels from beginner to advanced. The mission states that Hannaberry Farm teaches riders more than just how to ride by teaching horse care, safety, grooming, and show prep in tandem with riding skills, with horsemanship taught as an integral part of the program and a focus on safe, kind horse interaction.
Hannaberry Farm offers a large outdoor dressage arena, a stadium jumping field, an indoor arena, a cross country field, two barns, and a full-sized outdoor arena with sand and limestone footing, and all winter lessons are held in a spacious indoor domed arena. The farm has a large variety of schooling horses in many sizes and shapes, most with strong show backgrounds, and offers lease and share-board opportunities to riders in the program, as well as annually hosting two schooling shows in dressage and jumping. Campers are welcome to compete in Hannaberry schooling horse shows scheduled throughout the summer, and most camps coincide with in-house shows that offer students a chance to participate in a real horse show.
Students bring sack lunches each day, and each afternoon an ice cream or non-dairy treat is provided before pick up. To hold a spot, families must send a 50% deposit before April 1 along with a current release form, and a deposit is required to ensure a spot in camp. Hannaberry has the right to cancel any session that does not have a minimum of 5 campers, and in that case all deposits are refunded, and van slots are first come, first served. The 3 Day Eventing Camp includes stabling or use of a school horse.
Testimonials describe Denise as patient, knowledgeable, and experienced with riders of all ages and levels, and note that she treats animals and humans with respect, maintains a well-kept barn, and grows young riders through lessons and camps.
Last updated January 8, 2026.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Day camp sessions run from 9:45 a.m.–3:30 p.m., with activities beginning at 10:00 a.m., across multiple 3-day and 5-day sessions from June through August 2025, including a separate 3 Day Eventing Camp in July.
• Price: 5 Day Camp: $700 per rider; 3 Day Camp: $425 per rider; 3 Day Eventing Camp: $475 per rider for 3 days (plus trailering fees when applicable); ages 12+ advanced riders may attend individual days for $175; van service from Chicago is $175 per week for 5 day camps and $125 per week for 3 day camps; tuition includes one camp t-shirt per student, and a second child from the same family receives a $50 discount per camp session.
Classes are under the direction of Denise Berry-Hanna, a Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) master trainer in English riding. The program is described as a private barn that focuses on personalized instruction, with riders divided into groups by age and skill level and a rider-to-instructor ratio that is usually 1:4 or less, serving levels from beginner to advanced. The mission states that Hannaberry Farm teaches riders more than just how to ride by teaching horse care, safety, grooming, and show prep in tandem with riding skills, with horsemanship taught as an integral part of the program and a focus on safe, kind horse interaction.
Hannaberry Farm offers a large outdoor dressage arena, a stadium jumping field, an indoor arena, a cross country field, two barns, and a full-sized outdoor arena with sand and limestone footing, and all winter lessons are held in a spacious indoor domed arena. The farm has a large variety of schooling horses in many sizes and shapes, most with strong show backgrounds, and offers lease and share-board opportunities to riders in the program, as well as annually hosting two schooling shows in dressage and jumping. Campers are welcome to compete in Hannaberry schooling horse shows scheduled throughout the summer, and most camps coincide with in-house shows that offer students a chance to participate in a real horse show.
Students bring sack lunches each day, and each afternoon an ice cream or non-dairy treat is provided before pick up. To hold a spot, families must send a 50% deposit before April 1 along with a current release form, and a deposit is required to ensure a spot in camp. Hannaberry has the right to cancel any session that does not have a minimum of 5 campers, and in that case all deposits are refunded, and van slots are first come, first served. The 3 Day Eventing Camp includes stabling or use of a school horse.
Testimonials describe Denise as patient, knowledgeable, and experienced with riders of all ages and levels, and note that she treats animals and humans with respect, maintains a well-kept barn, and grows young riders through lessons and camps.
Last updated January 8, 2026.
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