DIY Wine Night: Springtime Floral Design
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesUnleash your creative side and learn how to design a beautiful, captivating floral centerpiece with Susan Spanger of Bloomful Floral Design. Susan will teach you about shape, line, and symmetry, how to properly select flowers, and how to condition blooms to ensure longevity. Arrangements will be full of the best of the season including ranunculus,
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Spring Migration Bird Walk
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United States**CANCELLED** Join local birding expert, Angela Dimmit, for a guided walk to look for colorful spring migrants that will be making their long and arduous journeys from their tropical wintering grounds to their northern breeding grounds. Ms. Dimmitt will show us where to look and how to identify the more than 50 migratory bird
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Nature Night: Bizarre Bats
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesJoin us for a Nature Night all about the wild world of bats! In this program, we will learn all about these misunderstood animals, review the species you can see right outside your home, discuss why they’re important for the environment, and play games to understand how they navigate the world at night. This program
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Hike the Hollow for National Trails Day – Sold Out
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Join Great Hollow’s naturalist John Foley and Candlewood Valley Regional Land Trust director Bill McCann for a special guided tour through Great Hollow Nature Preserve and the neighboring Michael Ciaiola Conservation Area, as we celebrate National Trails Day. We’ll first pay a visit to Great Hollow’s resident birds of prey
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Virtual Art Show open until June 30
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesThe annual Great Hollow Juried Painting and Photography Show is open and runs through June 30th. This year’s show is virtual again and can be viewed here. It features more than 150 fantastic pieces of art by more than 50 different artists. All works feature aspects of nature found within our preserve or the immediately
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Music on the Lawn – Dylan Doyle Trio
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesWe are monitoring the weather and as of 3 pm, the show is scheduled to go on. Check back here for updates. Please consider bringing chairs instead of a blanket in case the lawn is wet. **Non-member tickets are sold out** Get ready to stretch out, relax, and enjoy the scenery from Great Hollow's
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Plein Air Art Days
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesJoin accomplished artist and teacher, Sharon Nakazato, of Friends of the Great Swamp for plein air art days at Great Hollow. All artists are invited to capture the beauty of Great Hollow through drawing, painting, and photography. Great Hollow provides a diverse array of subjects for artists, including open wetlands, streams, a waterfall, forested trails,
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Invasive Plant Walk & Talk
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United States*Registration for this event is full and now closed* Invasive plants are one of the biggest threats to biodiversity and a major challenge in conservation around the world. There are now more than 100 non-native species of plants that have become established in Connecticut alone! Unfortunately, many are still widely sold at garden centers and
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Free Cookout and Live Reptile Show
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United States*NOTE: we are monitoring the weather and as of now (7am, July 11), this event is still on as scheduled and will remain on unless posted otherwise. Please check back here or our Facebook page for updates.* We're celebrating summer and the return of "normal" with a cookout and live reptile show for our fantastic
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Music on the Lawn – Echoes of Sinatra
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United States**THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT** Please do not email or call Great Hollow to ask if additional tickets are available. No walk-ins will be allowed. Come to Great Hollow to hear the “Echoes of Sinatra,” an exciting show based on the life of the great American icon, Frank Sinatra. Show creator, Steve
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