SEEDS –Summer Programs 2021
The nature center reopens on June 16*
Summer Hours
Wednesdays 9:00 AM -1:00 PM
Thursdays 2:00 PM -5:00
Fridays 9:00 AM -1:00 PM
Saturdays 9:00 AM -1:00 PM
*If you plan a visit with more than five (5) people, please email us in advance for a reservation.
2021 summer field camps – short but sweet season.
SEEDS Field Camps, 9:00 am-4:00 pm, M-F
Field Camp, ages 7-10
June 28 – July 2nd
Tuition is $260.00
Teachers: Mike and Jolie
Field Camp, ages 10-13
July 5-9
Tuition is $260.00
Teachers: Mike and Jolie
Field Camp registration (ages 7-10 and 10-13) forms due by 5:00 pm June 18. Registration forms are available now online to fill out, print/sign and drop off at SEEDS.
HOW TO REGISTER
- For each participant, fill in a form on your computer, then print/sign.
- Return the registration form with a check for half of the tuition in person to SEEDS; or
- Mail to: SEEDS, PO Box 824, Blacksburg, VA 24063. The deadline is this Friday, June 18!
- Drop off at SEEDS – Blacksburg Nature Center. Place in the small mailbox next to the entry door.
- Please don’t mail to the Price House. We do not get mail delivered there.
REGISTRATION LOTTERY
SEEDS programs fill fast. For the best chance at a spot in a camp, return your registration form and tuition by the deadline. Registrations will be selected from all those received by the deadline. Any remaining spots will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. You will be notified by email within four days of lottery results. If you don’t get one of the spots in a SEEDS program, there are many other excellent programs offered by the Mayapple School, Town of Blacksburg Parks and Recreation, Montgomery County Parks and Recreation, and others.
Click here for pictures from summer programs. We look forward to a fun and rewarding season of SEEDS summer programs! Find Blacksburg’s 16 Frogs and see some of our streams. We have one outside at the nature center! https://16frogs.org
2021 marks SEEDS’ 26th year sustaining nature education and 26 years of studying and teaching about our Freshwater heritage. Kids can explore the Augmented Reality Sandbox, the 3D topographic model of surrounding watersheds, or learn about the Freshwater Heritage of Blacksburg.
SEEDS is located at Blacksburg’s historic Price House, 107 Wharton Street SE. Parking is available in the driveway, on Wharton Street, and within two short blocks on Clay Street, at Spout Spring Parking strip. Admission is free. $1 donation per guest suggested. Visit at any point during open hour. Fun for all ages. SEEDS is a non-for-profit charitable educational organization recognized under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS tax code. Our FIN# is 541782139.
