Building on the artistic and creative talents of our staff, we create unique classes each summer for campers who enjoy exploring new topics. Specialty classes change each summer, with past classes including: Glass Slumping, Paper and Book Art, Southern Sports, World Dance, Fiestas, Back Porch Cookin’, Marionettes, G’Day Mate, and Black Box Theatre, among others. Following are descriptions of our most popular classes.

Boyz in the Wood
Discover the joy of spending time in the Pisgah Forest tracking, trapping, creating forts and camping out along with other Eagle’s Nest boys.

Just Plain Livin’
Take our simplistic life a step further and learn independent life skills, like how to cut hair and change a car’s oil. Enjoy the beauty of our surroundings while making daisy chains, shucking corn and making homemade ice cream.

Persephone
Challenge yourself to look inside and appreciate the individual person you are becoming. Our female campers learn the story of Persephone, the goddess of perception, and are encouraged to follow her example to learn more about themselves.

What’s Cookin?
Enjoy spending time in the kitchen? Our younger Nesters learn to make jams, jellies, pickles, doughnuts and pie on our back porch after harvesting ingredients from surrounding meadows, our garden or the local farmer’s market.