building happiness since 1954
Welcome to the summer memories you’ll cherish forever.
Welcome to more than a place to go or something to do.
Welcome to a home away from home.
Welcome to a second loving family.
Welcome to what just might become your favorite place in the world.
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Welcome to Tumbleweed!
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For over 70 years, Tumbleweed has been an oasis—a summer dream and a haven for childhood adventure. Here, we believe that exploring, playing, and unplugging from technology are essential ingredients for joy, growth, and connection.
From all of us at Tumbleweed, we’re so excited to welcome you into our family.
AT TUMBLEWEED, WE
unplug
Technology is amazing and so is letting go of it. At Tumbleweed, we are 100% unplugged - no screens, no texting, no video games. By turning our digital lives off, we are able to turn up our authentic interactions and do amazing things like share, laugh, sing, and smile.
EXPLORE
Tumbleweed is the most amazing playground in Los Angeles. We have over 100 acres of lush, beautiful space that is all ours to play on. Exploring, questioning, investigating, observing -these are all activities that grow great minds and our program is built to encourage this amazing growth.
play more
People are their best selves when they get to PLAY. They discover and learn how to work with others, how to disagree, and even how to make life long friends through play. At Tumbleweed, we believe that playing and supporting positive play outdoors is our staffs’ number one job.
LAND RECOGNITION
WE ARE ON NATIVE LAND
Tumbleweed Day Camp, like most everything in Los Angeles County, is on the ancestral land of the Gabrielino-Tongva Indian Tribe. Tovaangar, also know as modern day Los Angeles, was home to thousands of people who inhabited this area of the word for hundreds of years prior to European Colonization. We acknowledge that the beautiful land that we are on and enjoy every day was stolen from the Gabrielino-Tongva not so long ago.
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We hope you will join us in making a financial contribution to either of the groups below, both of which focus on giving land back to the indigenous communities of present-day Los Angeles and protecting their culture and traditions.
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Tataviam Land Conservency
The Tataviam Land Conservancy (TLC) is a non-profit organization focused on protecting the traditional territory of the Fernandeno Tataviam people through protective land management, cooperative agreements, and innovative cultural and educational programming.
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Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy
The Tongva/Gabrieleno people are the Native people in the LA basin and have been here since time immemorial. As a guest institution on Tongva land, we make kuuyam nahwá'a, a recurring guest exchange, to the Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy, the Tongva-led org who received the first return of land back to Tongva people. We invite you to go to Tongva.Land and join us in making kuuyam nahwá'a to the Tongva Conservancy which is providing a space to create community and practice ceremony, housing Gabrieleno/Tongva people, and rematriating the land​. If you're interested in supporting this amazing, needed, Tongva-led 501c3, go to Tongva.Land and/or reach out to ian@tongva.land.
We encourage all our campers, families, neighbors, and staff to learn more about the Tongva/Gabrieleno and Chumash Tribes.
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Native American Heritage Commission of California
Kuruvungna Springs in West Los Angeles
Chumash Indian Museum
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Wishtoyo Village in Malibu
The Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe
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