WildRoots Collective

★★★★★Rebekah Springs

The WildRoots team works so hard to be neurodiversity affirming, to honor individual differences and truly wants to do their best to support kids and families who feel most at home in an outdoor setting. As part of a child therapy collective, we’ve collaborated with this outdoor school multiple times to learn how each of us can support local kids and families seeking alternative learning settings and they’ve gone above and beyond what many schools would do to support the families they serve. So grateful to know Wild Roots is here just outside Portland!

★★★★★Jennifer Johnson

My kiddo has gone to the summer camps here and just loves them. They get to spend the days walking through the forest and learning about nature.

★Sara Rabuck

I sent my 3 yo daughter here last year for a fairy summer camp and it was unacceptable. The toilet wasnt set up properly (no TP , next to thorn bushes), the camp is run by inexperienced teenagers not equipped to deal with separation anxiety and other developmentally normal toddler behaviors, it is low budget and the themes were barely evident. We didnt feel safe sending our daughter here after I witnessed a neurodivergent child being improperly supported during an anxiety attack near the road. I have emails from the owner promising me a partial refund that never came- we not only didnt send her to more than 2 days of fairy camp, we had signed up for other camp weeks we didnt go to at all. So I waited over a year and still never got a refund, and now here's my honest review that you should find another camp and not send your child here. Unacceptable on so many levels.

★★★★★Krista Thomas

We love Eden Acres! All of the teachers and staff are so kind and truly care about creating a great learning experience for the kids. The student to teacher ratio is perfect and allows all kids to have their learning needs met. It has been the best thing for our whole family, really. Just knowing our child is cared for and getting a great education, while nurturing his love for the outdoors and curiosities of the world is everything. The things he has been learning he will use throughout his whole life. We are forever grateful for Eden Acres and excited to continue to watch our kiddo learn and grow there.

★★David Hammond

Summer Camp. I feel compelled to share our thoughts on the week our daughter spent at the camp. When she came home the first day she told us that everybody sat down and each child would say their name and what gender pronouns they would prefer. She is 5. This is the first time anyone has ever asked her to identify which gender she would like to be. You could have asked each family prior to camp if their child wanted to go by a different gender than what they were born with. The following day on Tuesday she came home and told me she had a group task, her and another kid. I asked how it went, how was your group buddy? She said it was OK. I asked what their name was. She forgot, but told me they were a Them. They were a them.. Because she didn't remember if they decided they would be a girl or a boy, she said they were a them. Please. Please consider how much confusion you are introducing to all these young children. Please give families a questionnaire with dietary restrictions, emergency contact / etc and have a line that asks if they choose a pronoun that is different than their given biology - but I encourage you do not continue this, especially with early kids. - - Oh. There is also a cute rabbit on the property and the kids found out that (his) name is Jelly Bean, but the counselors told my daughter the rabbit was a they/ them.