Past Events & Programs

Cancelled-Pioneer PeeWees: What’s Alive on the Prairie?

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Wednesday, July 8; 9:30am-11:30am Price: $22 Member Price: $20 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. What’s Alive on the Prairie? Campers will go on a scavenger hunt to see what critters (bugs, animals, or flowers) they can find in the prairie. […]

Cancelled-Pioneer PeeWees: Pioneer Chores

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Friday, July 10; 9:30am-11:30am Price: $22 Member Price: $20 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. Pioneer Chores: Campers will get to go back in time in our historic farmhouse to participate in everyday pioneer chores like doin’ the wash and making […]

Cancelled-Dakota Day Camp

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Tuesday-Thursday, July 14-June 16; 9am-1pm Price: $110 Member Price: $100 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. Learn about Minnesota’s first people, the Dakota, in this unique camp!  Developed with Dakota partners, including instructors from University of Minnesota’s Dakota Language Program, this […]

Cancelled-Pioneer PeeWees: All About Sheep!

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Wednesday, July 15; 9:30am-11:30am Price: $22 Member Price: $20 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. All About Sheep: Campers will meet our resident sheep, Fern and Lydia, while learning all about how sheep were used on a pioneer farm. These mini […]

Cancelled-Pioneer PeeWees: Tipi Life and Buffalo Nation

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Friday, July 17; 9:30am-11:30am Price: $22 Member Price: $20 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. Tipi Life and Buffalo Nation: Campers will experience what winter life in the tipi was like for the Dakota. These PeeWees will also hear a traditional […]

Cancelled-Pioneer Survivor Camp

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Tuesday-Thursday, July 21-July 23; 9am-3pm Price: $165 Member Price: $150 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. Think you have what it takes to survive as an 1800s pioneer?  Test your skills at the Gibbs Farm site where campers will compete in […]

Cancelled-Pioneer PeeWees: All About Bees!

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Wednesday, July 22; 9:30am-11:30am Price: $22 Member Price: $20 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. All About Bees: Campers will learn all about these important pollinators and how pioneers collected honey to eat and wax to make candles. PeeWees will dip […]

Cancelled-Pioneer PeeWees: Ice Cream Social Jr.

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Friday, July 24; 9:30am-11:30am Price: $22 Member Price: $20 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. Ice Cream Social Jr.: PeeWees will learn how the Pioneer made their favorite treat, ice cream! Campers will also get to enjoy a scoop of famous […]

Cancelled-Pioneer Kid Camp

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Tuesday-Thursday, July 28-July 30; 9am-1pm Price: $110 Member Price: $100 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. Travel back in time to the mid-1800s and live like a pioneer kid! Go to school in a one-room schoolhouse, help with the weekly wash, […]

Cancelled-Pioneer PeeWees: All About Butterflies!

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Wednesday, July 29; 9:30am-11:30am Price: $22 Member Price: $20 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. All About Butterflies: PeeWees will learn about butterflies native to Minnesota while exploring the Gibbs Farm Prairie. These mini camps are a perfect introduction for 4 […]

Cancelled-Pioneer PeeWees: Dakota and Pioneer Gardens

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Friday, July 31; 9:30am-11:30am Price: $22 Member Price: $20 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. Dakota and Pioneer Gardens: Campers will take a walk through our Dakota and Pioneer Gardens and learn about the plants growing there. PeeWees will even get […]

Cancelled-Life of a Gibbs Girl Camp

Gibbs Volunteer Interest Form

Tuesday-Thursday, August 4-August 6; 9am-1pm Price: $110 Member Price: $100 Early Bird reduced pricing is available through May 31, 2020. Please see the Gibbs Farm Camp Page for more details. What would it be like to be a girl in 19th century Minnesota?  Experience the differences and similarities between life today and life as a […]