Upcoming Asheville Camps & Homeschool Programs
What’s new? Here are quick links to our latest announcements and registration seasons.
Summer Camps
2026 Summer Camp registration has begun and proceeds in phases including Donor Access, Staggered Lottery Registration, and Open Enrollment.
We’re adding new camps including Jewelry, Sneaky Sorcerers, Advanced Boffing, and Mountain Dwellers.
You can now sign up for the registration lottery by completing this form once per child anytime before midnight on February 2.
Homeschool Programs
Spring Homeschool programs are now open for registration. Winter registration is now closed.
Heartwood is now a nine month program spanning three seasons. Heartwood 2025-2026 begins in the Fall 2025.
We now offer Homeschool programming at three Asheville area locations.
Blacksmithing Saturdays
Spring 2026 is now open for registration.
This program takes place at Haw Creek Commons. We’re offering a four week series.
Class sizes are quite small and offer personalized instruction for all levels.
What is Forest Floor?
Forest Floor is a place where kids:
- Are free to be kids; to play, laugh, shout, and run wild the way we did when we were kids.
- Can find others who love nature as much as they do and find support and friendship in peers.
- Can spend time with adults who really care about their developmental journey and want to hear their stories.
- Can explore who they really are and be celebrated for being themselves.
Forest Floor provides high quality Nature-Connection Mentoring programs with lasting benefits for health, concentration, and emotional well-being.
We get your kids outdoors to think, connect, learn, make, and move.
And most importantly, to have fun!
We use a proven mentoring system and have small classes with mentor-camper ratios of just 1 to 7. Your kids will get more than just outdoor activity, they will be subtly coached and encouraged to reach their greatest potential.
New to Forest Floor? Check out our must-see videos below to get a sense of what we’re all about: A Day at Forest Floor, and Why Nature Connection?
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The Benefits of Nature-Connection Mentoring
Listen to Clint Corley, Founder & Director of Forest Floor, talk about the beneficial effects he sees in children's long term development when they receive nature-connection mentoring.
Clint has spent thousands of hours connecting kids with nature and developing long lasting relationships, some of which have been growing for almost ten years now.
Our Core Curriculum:
- Outdoor Safety & Awareness
- Animal Tracking
- Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants
- Bird Language
- Wilderness Survival Skills
- Ancient Crafts
- Ecology, Community, & Self Discovery
- Storytelling and Singing
- Fire, and much more…
Our core curriculum is based on the patterns and cycles of the natural world. The eight-directional model we use accounts for the innate rhythms of individuals and their environment, providing a seemingly effortless but remarkably effective trajectory for learning.
Enjoy this short video of kids in action at Forest Floor.