Wood Sisters Nature Camp
Brave and Becoming
There is something that happens when girls are given time outside, real skills to learn, and each other. Something quiet and lasting.
Brave & Becoming is a four-day summer camp for girls, built around the belief that confidence isn't taught — it's discovered. Discovered in the moment you get a fire going for the first time, or identify a plant you've walked past a hundred times, or help your group build a shelter that actually stands. Discovered in the company of other girls who are figuring out the same things.
Rooted in the same philosophy as Danu's year-round Wood Sisters program, Brave & Becoming offers a small, intentional container for girls to spend time outdoors building meaningful relationship together. Days move between practical nature skills and the kind of open, unhurried exploration that lets real friendships form. Mentors guide with care and collaboration, creating space for each girl to find her own strength and bring it to the group.
Over four days, participants will explore their local landscape through games, stories, sit spots, and sensory discovery — and come home with skills they didn't have before: how to read a plant, how to build a shelter, how to move through the woods with attention and care. Alongside those outer skills runs a quieter thread: self-awareness, body confidence, and the particular kind of trust that grows when a group of girls spends real time together in a real place.
Camp highlights:
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Shelter building
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Plant identification and wild food awareness
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Nature-based crafting
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Team connection and group games
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Sensory awareness and sit spot practice
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Confidence through hands-on skill building
This is a small group experience — maximum 14 participants — led by experienced Danu mentors Allie and Dani who bring care, skill, and genuine warmth to their work with young women. Brave and Becoming is deisnged to be a meaningful summer experience for girls who are ready to get outside, learn something real, and find out what they're made of.
"I like Wood Sisters because it's really fun and interactive. You're learning stuff about survival and plants, plant medicine, how to start a fire, what to eat and what not to eat. I feel like everyone who goes has so much fun. I opted out once and I immediately regretted it."
- Nova, 12
Program Stewards
Dani
Allie
“Dani has been a wonderful mentor to both of my daughters. She has a kind, caring and nurturing approach to working with youth in an outdoor setting. I would highly recommend any program she is running, or involved with. My girls always come home happy after a day out with Dani learning, crafting and playing games. Overall awesome human.”
- Ally, parent