2011 Young Explorer Summer Camps

Send your child on an environmental and recreational adventure at Canada's oldest continually operating university botanical garden.

Young Explorers Summer Day Camp is a weeklong environmental and recreational adventure for children aged 7-11. The camp will create life-long connections with nature, wildlife, plants, science, and the environment through games, crafts and exploration in our 44.5 hectare (110 acres) Garden, the Greenheart Canopy Walkway, and the UBC campus.

Registration is now closed for this year.

Cost: $210/child per week  
Times: 9am - 4pm daily 

Camp Schedule:

July: Program 1 – People & The Environment
Week 1: Monday July 4 - Friday July 8, 2011
Week 2: Monday July 11 - Friday July 15, 2011
Week 3: Monday July 18 - Friday July 22, 2011
Week 4: Monday July 25 - Friday July 29, 2011

AUGUST: Program 2 – Gardening & Nature
Week 5: Tuesday August 2 - Friday August 5, 2011  CANCELLED
Week 6: Monday August 8 - Friday August 12, 2011
Week 7: Monday August 15 - Friday August 19, 2011
Week 8: Monday August 22 - Friday August 26, 2011  

Need to drop off your child earlier or pick them up later?
No problem! We offer daily pre- and post-camp childcare.
Pre-camp care is offered from 8am to 9am $6/day  
Post-camp care is offered from 4pm to 5pm $6/day  

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For additional information, please read our Summer Camp Information Package

Online Camp Registration Process

Click here to be directed to our online registration page. Please fill out the online form and you will be registetered electronically. This is the easiest and fastest method to register your child in our summer camp. If you are a UBC Alumni you can enter in the discount code "UBCACARD" during the registration process to receive your 10% off discount. You will need to bring your ACard on the first day of camp to confirm your eligibility for this discount.

Offline Camp Registration Process

Please consider registering online. It is the fastest and easiest way to register and allows us to keep our administrative costs low. Otherwise, please follow the steps below to register for the Young Explorers Summer Day Camp:

1. Please contact the Garden at 604-822-3928 to reserve a spot and provide payment for one or more summer camp weeks (2 weeks maximum per child). Please speak directly to a Garden staff member: email and voice-mail messages will not suffice to hold your spot.

2. Complete the Summer Camp Registration Package and send via mail, fax or email (see contact details below). Upon receiving the completed registration package the Garden will contact you, confirming registration. Please note that the camp will be filled on a 'first-come-first serve basis'. Your child is not guaranteed a spot(s) in the Young Explorers Summer Day Camp until you have received this confirmation.

3. One week prior to the start of your scheduled summer camp week(s), you will receive a reminder email with any additional information necessary for participants.

4. If you are unable to register your child in a specific week, your name may be placed on a waiting list. Every effort will be made to find room in an alternative week.

Cancellation and Refund

One month's notice: 1 month prior to the registered camp week(s), registrants may cancel and receive a full refund less a $45 administration fee. 

Two week's notice: 2 weeks prior to the registered camp week(s), registrants may cancel and receive a 50% refund less a $45 administration fee.  
Less than two week's notice: With less than 2 weeks notice no refunds will be granted. 

Cancellation with less than two weeks notice for medical reasons: Participants who experience medical emergencies (injury or illness) will, at the Garden's discretion, receive up to a full refund less a $45 administration fee. A letter from a physician must accompany with a request for cancellation for medical reasons.