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Bonni's Garden
Bonni’s Garden, a state-of-the-art, solar powered greenhouse is a gathering place where people of all ages can learn and grow. It connects our community to nature and life, and serves as an ideal space for collaborating, growing and learning. This beautiful space and outdoor garden will continue to grow year-round, impacting our community’s health and wellness needs. The surrounding outdoor patio in the summer is focused around programs designed to benefit all people on the importance and pleasure of growing and eating natural foods. It is a 5B Resilience Garden. Facilitated by Local Food Alliance, 5B Resilience Gardens is a community-wide collaboration involving Wood River Seed Library, University of Idaho Extension & 4-H, Sawtooth Botanical Garden, Wood River Community YMCA, Wood River Land Trust, Upper Big Wood River Grange, and various community members.
What’s Happening in the Garden?
Our After School Students are currently growing:
Broccoli, Potatoes, Onions, Garlic, Sugar Snap Peas, Bok choy, Kale, Butter Lettuce, Spinach, Romaine Lettuce, Wheatgrass, Seasonal Flowers
Our students are studying:
Worms, Bees, Hydroponics, Trout, Farming
Nature Explorer Camp
Through outdoor experiences, exploration, and experimentation, the Wood River Community YMCA’s Nature Explorer Camp aims to inspire and engage kids with their natural environment. Join us to discover a passion for nature, learning, and community through activities such as orienteering scavenger hunts, beekeeping, fairy gardens, river exploration, vermaculture, trout, hydroponics, and so much more! Nature Explorer camps connect campers to their natural surroundings in fun and intriguing ways that engage their natural sense of curiosity while supporting academic success.
Adventure, science, literacy & more
Swimming, climbing and bike riding
Location: Ketchum
Ages: 5-9 or 9-12 (for Aug. dates)
Member Price: $230/week
Non-member Price: $325/week
Schedule: 9am – 5pm
Dates: 6/19-23, 7/10-14, 7/17-21 (age 5-9); 8/14-18, 8/21-25 (age 9-12)
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Trout in the Classroom
This is one of many programs that are part of the Y’s Bonni’s Garden initiative to help students understand the natural world, live healthy lives, and be good stewards of our environment. Trout in the Classroom allows our students to receive eyed-eggs from hatcheries. Our students support and witness the amazing transformation of eggs, alevin, and fingerlings. Students learn about the nitrogen cycle and water chemistry and care for trout until they are ready to be released. We keep just a few trophy trout in our large tank. The students currently have two trophy trout, M2 and Boots. The largest is approximately 14 inches in length. Rainbow Trout are extremely temperamental to their environment, any change in temperature or pollutants in the water can affect the fish. The water temperature of the tank is set at 53 degrees! Rainbow Trout live in cold water in the streams and rivers of Idaho.
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