Haunting at the Hollow
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesHaunting at the Hollow is back! This year will feature three custom-built haunted houses to scare the pants off you! It officially opens Saturday, October 13th and then runs from 7-11pm every Friday and Saturday night through the 27th. Don't wait to get your tickets for this haunting experience being run by By Night Productions,
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Hunter’s Moon Hike
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesLet the kids stay out late on a school night and enjoy a spooky moonlit guided hike up to Great Hollow’s waterfall with our naturalist, John Foley. We will learn the folklore of the Hunter's Moon and listen for owls and other creatures of the night while taking in the beauty of a forest that’s bathed in
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School Break Adventures: The Hunters & the Hunted
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesThey say nature is red in tooth and claw... for good reason! Let your kids spend their day off from school at Great Hollow, learning all about nature's awesome predators and their prey. Though hands-on activities and games, we’ll examine the adaptations that predators and prey use against one another and how they escalate over
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Kids’ Nature Night: Wildlife CSI
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesGreat Hollow has a mystery to be solved and we need your help to crack the case! We’ll become nature detectives as we learn how to read animal tracks and signs, interpret evidence, and search for hidden clues on our property. Our skills will then be put to the test as we try to solve
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Weaving & Wine
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesAdults, join us for a relaxing evening of good conversation and wine while you learn to weave bird feeders and shelters for our feathered friends! There will be several different feeder and shelter projects to choose from, and as the techniques we’ll use are surprisingly simple to learn, no prior weaving experience is necessary. Bring
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Kids’ Nature Night: Surviving Winter!
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesThis night is all about how to survive the winter. After cooking our dinner and s'mores over the campfire, we’ll head inside for activities and games that will teach us how local plants and animals have adapted to survive the cold winter months in Connecticut. We’ll also make biodegradable bird feeders that you can hang
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Handmade for the Holidays
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesJoin us on Saturday, December 15th for our second annual Handmade for the Holidays event. Children will be provided with supplies and instruction to make nature-themed holiday gifts for their family and friends. There will be a variety of age-appropriate projects for children to choose from, and each child will leave the event with 2-3
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Winter Break Adventures Program
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesLooking for something fun and educational for your child to do during the winter school break? Sign them up for Great Hollow's Winter Break Adventures program! In this full-day, drop-off program, we will spend our days learning about the natural world through fun, science-based environmental education activities, games, hikes, and animal encounters. Each day has
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First Day Hike
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United StatesStart off your year with a hike in the great outdoors! Get outside and enjoy the winter beauty of Great Hollow with our naturalist, John Foley while burning off some of those holiday calories. We will trek along our Red Trail, talking about some of the behavioral adaptations of animals that help them survive the
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*POSTPONED* Kids’ Nature Night: Starry Skies and the Wolf Moon
Great Hollow Nature Preserve 225 CT-37, New Fairfield, CT, United States**This event has been POSTPONED due to weather until Saturday, January 26th, 5-8 pm. ** This latest installment in our Kids' Nature Night series is all about the night sky! After cooking ourselves some campfire dinner, we'll turn our attention to the stars above us to learn some of the common constellations of winter.
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