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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*CANCELED*Snowshoe Hike
Deer Pond Farm 57 Wakeman Hill Road, Sherman, CT, United States**Unfortunately, this event has been canceled due to poor trail conditions following this week's heavy rains and snow-melt.** Great Hollow is teaming up with the Naromi Land Trust and Connecticut Audubon Society to lead a snowshoeing exploration of Deer Pond Farm in Sherman. If we get skunked and there's no snow, we'll simply turn
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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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