Travelogue Author Talk and Book Signing: Robert McWilliams
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesNature Up Close: Macro-photography Made Easy
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesJoin us for this introduction to macro-photography workshop by professional nature photographer and writer, Jeremy Wolff. Mr. Wolff creates stunning macro images of nature with a point-and-shoot camera and standard iPhoto software. In this workshop he will share his methods for using the camera to see beyond what the naked eye can see. The workshop
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Recycled Jewelry-making for Teens & Tweens
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesCome down to Great Hollow to learn how to make beautiful pieces of jewelry out of materials right from the recycling bin! We’ll learn how to turn cans, bottles, magazines, cardboard, containers, and other recycled materials into cool pieces of wearable art. Jewelry-making supplies (clasps, beads, hooks, tools, etc.) will be provided, along with the
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Winter Tree ID Workshop
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesIdentifying trees by their leaves can be easy, but how do you tell one species from another during the 6 months that trees in Connecticut have no leaves? Come down to Great Hollow on Sunday, February 9th when our naturalist, John Foley, will teach some basic skills for identifying trees during the winter by looking
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Kids’ Nature Club
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesDo you love being outside, having adventures, and learning about nature? Do you want to hang out with other kids who love those things too? If so, Great Hollow’s Kids' Nature Club is for you! Our first meeting will be spent getting to know each other, decorating our nature journals and making pouches for them,
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Kids’ Nature Night: Solve it with STEM!
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesCalling all scientists! Spend the evening completing increasingly complex STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) challenges related to the natural world. We’ll learn and then practice the scientific method and engineering design process as we tackle challenges such as building a bird nest that can protect a falling egg; designing and building a stick tower
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Seminar: The Natural History and Decline of the New England Cottontail
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesPlease join us for guest speaker, Dr. Amanda Cheeseman's talk about the New England cottontail rabbit, "Living on Borrowed Time: The Life History and Decline of our Only Native Cottontail." Found only within the densest thickets of New England and eastern New York, the New England cottontail had lost much of its habitat by the
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Weaving & Wine Part 2
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United States*Registration for this event is currently full. Please email us at the address below if you'd like to be contacted if a space opens up or if you would like us to offer this event again* Weaving & Wine is back by popular demand. If you came last time, come back to either finish
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Kids Nature Night: Snow Science
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesWhat exactly is snow? How is it formed? Why are there so many different types of it? What do snowflakes look like up close? How can snow actually keep animals (including people!) warm? We’ll discover the answers to these questions and more in this month’s Nature Night. We’ll even get to make a “snowflake” of
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Green Drinks!
Housatonic River Brewing 30 Kent Road, New Milford, CT, United StatesDo you work in an environmental field or are you simply interested in environmental issues? If so, join Great Hollow staff and our co-hosts from the Weantinoge Land Trust, Naromi Land Trust, Pratt Nature Center, and Sunny Valley Preserve for Green Drinks on Thursday, March 21st at Housatonic River Brewing in New Milford. Weantinoge's Green Drinks
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