Discover. Learn. Grow.
Garden member registration opens on March 8 at 10AM. Public registration opens on March 10 at 10AM.
Registration required. Please register for the grade your camper will be entering this fall, 2022.
While Red Butte Garden intends to offer in-person camp programming this summer, we are committed to following the latest health and safety guidelines. As additional guidance becomes available, our plans could evolve and change to help maintain the health and safety of our campers and staff. Back to main summer camp page.
In the case that a summer camp sells out, you may add your camper to our Waiting List.
When checking in at Red Butte Garden, campers will meet in the Red Butte Garden Visitor Center parking lot.
* All partner camps have different check-in and check-out locations, dates, and times. Please see camp descriptions and reminder emails for check-in and pick-up details.
Click the panels below for information about each camp.
Mythical Medieval Adventures
Partner Camp with Tanner Dance
JUNE 6-10
9AM-4PM
Third / Fourth
8 - 10
JUNE 6-10
Monday-Friday
9am-Noon at RBG
1pm-4pm at Tanner Dance
Partner Camp with Tanner Dance
“Hear ye, hear ye! Join Tanner Dance and Red Butte Garden on a mythical medieval adventure! Spend your mornings at RBG learning about the fun, magical, mystical, and unusual traditions from the medieval era as you explore the different plants people used in their everyday lives. In the afternoon you’ll walk to Tanner Dance, where you’ll interpret myths, legends and more through dance and other art forms. End the week with a special performance at Tanner Dance to showcase all you’ve learned.”
Drop off at Red Butte Garden by 9am and pick up at Tanner Dance by 4pm.
Red Butte Garden
Tanner Dance: 1721 Campus Center Drive, SLC, UT 84112
Garden Members: $252 Public: $315
Tiny Worlds
JUNE 13-17
9AM-Noon
Third / Fourth
8 - 10
JUNE 13-17
Monday-Friday
9am-Noon
The natural world is filled with magic, and you’ll learn all about it this week at camp. Each day you’ll explore a new mythological creature and discover the magical role it plays in helping the environment. Later, use what you’ve learned to create the perfect home for these magical creatures by combining basic garden design principles with small-scale plants and handcrafted accessories. At the end of the week, you’ll have your own tiny world planter to take home.
Red Butte Garden
Garden Members: $124 Public: $155
Nature's Magical Mythos
Partner Camp with Wasatch Community Gardens
JUNE 20-23
9AM-4PM
Third - Fourth
8 - 10
JUNE 20-23
Mon-Tues at Wasatch Community Gardens, 9am-4pm
Wed-Thurs at Red Butte Garden, 9am-4pm
Partner Camp with Wasatch Community Gardens.
This camp includes two full days at Wasatch Community Gardens on Monday & Tuesday, and two full days at the Garden on Wednesday & Thursday with a Friday To Go Kit.*
Explore the magic of nature with Wasatch Community Gardens and Red Butte Garden! At Wasatch Community Gardens and explore the “supernatural” properties of plants as you create botanical potions and perform “magical” plant experiments. At Red Butte Garden discovering the mythical origins of everyday things found in the natural world like honeybees and birds as you create pinecone weather stations, concoct organic weed killer, build DIY bird feeders, and more.
*Friday To Go Kits include take home activities your camper can use to explore the natural world at home. They also include free passes to Red Butte Garden so you and your camper can explore the fun sites and places they’ve seen at camp—together!
Please Note: If you have campers enrolled in both Plant Magic (1st/2nd grade) and Nature’s Magical Mythos (3rd/4th grade) this week, pick up and drop off are NOT at the same location.
Wasatch Community Gardens: 629 E 800 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Red Butte Garden
Members: $252 Public: $315
STEAM Explorers
Partner Camp with Discovery Gateway Children's Museum
JULY 11-14
9AM-4PM
Third - Fourth
8 - 12
JULY 11-14
Mon-Tues at RBG, 9am-4pm
Wed-Thurs at Discovery Gateway, 9am-4pm
Partner Camp with Discovery Gateway Children's Museum
This camp includes two full days at the Garden on Monday & Tuesday and two full days at Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum on Wednesday & Thursday with a Friday To Go Kit.*
Explore STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) with Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum and Red Butte Garden! At Red Butte Garden, investigate STEAM in the natural world as you create parachutes for action figures, craft rafts out of recyclable materials, cook edible popcorn art, and more.
At Discovery Gateway you’ll continue your STEAM explorations with experiments in the STEAM Lab, art in The Learning Center, and excursions throughout the museum. Don’t miss out on this all-day adventure!
*Friday To Go Kits include take home activities your camper can use to explore the natural world at home. They also include free passes to the Garden so you and your camper can explore the fun sites and places they’ve seen at camp—together!
Red Butte Garden
Discovery Gateway Children's Museum: 444 West 100 South, SLC, UT 84101
Members: $252 Public: $315
Wild Senses & Crazy Defenses
Partner Camp with Tracy Aviary
JULY 18-21
9AM-4PM
Third / Fourth
8 - 10
JULY 18-21
Mon-Tues at Tracy Aviary, 9am-4pm
Wed-Thurs at RBG, 9am-4pm
Partner Camp with Tracy Aviary
This camp includes two full days at the Garden and two full days at Tracy Aviary, with a Friday To Go Kit.*
At Tracy Aviary you’ll learn how birds survive in their habitats and practice using bird adaptations for feeding, fending off predators, and enduring the forces of nature. Investigate the unique lives of birds through games, crafts, and exclusive bird encounters.
Then at Red Butte Garden explore the many ways plants protect themselves from danger! If you were a plant, would you protect yourself with toxins or thorns? Or maybe something else altogether? Come find out in this all-day adventure!
*Friday To Go Kits include take-home activities your camper can use to explore the natural world at home. They also include free passes to both the Garden and Tracy Aviary so you and your camper can explore the fun sites and places they’ve seen at camp—together!
Please Note: If you have campers enrolled in both Bewitching Birds & Fantastical Flora (1st/2nd) and Wild Senses & Crazy Defenses (3rd/4th), pick up and drop off are NOT at the same location.
Red Butte Garden
Tracy Aviary: 589 East 1300 South, SLC, UT 84105
Garden Members: $252 Public: $315