Week of Events
2025 Calendar Photo Contest
Every year, the Great Hollow Photographers Club creates a wall calendar with spectacular nature photography from our preserve and the surrounding area. The deadline to submit your photos for consideration for the 2025 calendar is midnight on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. There is no charge to enter. Click here to submit your photos. And anyone
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Plein Air Art Day
Plein Air Art Day
Join accomplished artist and teacher, Sharon Nakazato, for a plein air art day at Great Hollow. All artists are invited to capture the beauty of Great Hollow through drawing, painting, or photography. Great Hollow provides an array of subjects for plein air artists, including open wetlands, a babbling brook, forested trails, and historic barns and
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Kids’ Drop-in Day: Fall Ecology
Kids’ Drop-in Day: Fall Ecology
**This program is currently full**. Calling all Sherman families! While the Sherman School is closed on the 27th, your kids are welcome to come join us for a day of fall exploration. During this full-day drop-off program, we'll go on hikes, get creative with crafts, and learn about the many changes occurring in nature this
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Bird Research Up Close
Bird Research Up Close
Celebrate fall migration with a special bird-banding demonstration by Great Hollow ornithologists, Dr. Chad Seewagen and Dr. Sarah Deckel, at the Connecticut Audubon Society's Deer Pond Farm Sanctuary. Participants will receive a close-up look at how federally and state-permitted researchers safely catch migrating songbirds, mark them with identification bands, and collect measurements and other basic
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