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Hope Guardenier (she/her/hers) Founding Director / Camp Wizard Hope founded The Farm Education Collaborative in 2008 with 2 fellow moms and educators. Since 2009 she has been gardening and farming with campers, including her own sons, at the Farm and Garden Camp at Hampshire College. Hope is also the Executive Director of School Sprouts Educational Gardens and has been instrumental in designing and implementing over 15 teaching gardens throughout the Pioneer Valley. She works to realize a vision of outdoor classrooms that allow for hands-on learning and meaningful work. Hope has a M.S. in Environmental Science from Antioch University and additional experience in curriculum development, program coordination, and over two decades of teaching in the outdoors. She is passionate about connecting youth of all ages to their food and bringing learning to life. She and her family live and garden in Belchertown. |
Leigh Witzling (they/them)
Camp Director
Leigh is a dancer, psychotherapist, and somatic practitioner who is excited by the ways that play, movement, and curiosity can serve as tools for connection and tackling tough questions. An introvert by nature but joyful lover of community, Leigh sways between silliness and sincerity and hopes that both the quietest and most outgoing of campers might be able to relate to them. Leigh arrives at Farm & Garden Camp with eight years of experience working in education, but it was their experience as a young camper and camp counselor that nurtured their deep appreciation for the unique container camp provides for spontaneous expression, building self-confidence, and developing a relationship with the natural world.
Camp Director
Leigh is a dancer, psychotherapist, and somatic practitioner who is excited by the ways that play, movement, and curiosity can serve as tools for connection and tackling tough questions. An introvert by nature but joyful lover of community, Leigh sways between silliness and sincerity and hopes that both the quietest and most outgoing of campers might be able to relate to them. Leigh arrives at Farm & Garden Camp with eight years of experience working in education, but it was their experience as a young camper and camp counselor that nurtured their deep appreciation for the unique container camp provides for spontaneous expression, building self-confidence, and developing a relationship with the natural world.