Nature Summer Camp

Hitchcock Summer Camp is a space where hopeful, creative problem solvers come together to play, shout, build, discover, and create. Registration opens Weds, Janary 28 at 8 PM. Browse our new sessions.

 

Spring Programs are Open!

Registration for spring programs for children and families are open now. Get your spots in spring afterschool, preschool classes, and Little Bear Nature Walks. Take a look!

 

Battle of the Botanicals '26

Join us for an evening of food, drinks, music, and see some of our region's top bartender/chef teams competing in a LIVE cocktail mix-off! This event is 21+. Get tickets now!

Flora & Fauna Walks

Celebrate and support community and biodiversity! Whether you live in the woods or in the city, nature is all around us. Support Hitchcock naturalist teams as they survey the region and record the flora and fauna they find.

 

Learn Something New

Virtually tour our Living Building, hear from Western Mass Youth Climate Activists, and learn from our staff by exploring our YouTube channel. Watch and follow.

 

Spring Native Plant Sale

In partnership with My Home Park, we're hosting an online native plant sale that makes it easy to transform your yard into a thriving, eco-friendly habitat. Use code HITCHCOCK26 for kits and individual plants.

 

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Hitchcock Center for the Environment

We envision a world where people, communities, and ecosystems thrive. The Hitchcock Center for the Environment, founded in 1962, is an organization in Amherst, Mass whose mission is to educate and inspire action for a healthy planet. Our programs for children, youth, and families are designed to use the study of science and nature as a means to provide creative inspiration to solve human problems sustainably. Our programs serve to develop a continuum of competencies that begin at the earliest, most formative years and progress through a process of lifelong learning to engender a greater understanding of the interdependence of the environment, economy, and social issues. Our approach to education uses the environment as a classroom and defines place at a variety of scales - the schoolyard, the backyard, the neighborhood, the park, the farm, the town, the forest, the pond, the mountains, and the watershed. In these settings, the Hitchcock Center helps thousands of children, youth, and families see and understand the impacts of our actions.
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Hitchcock Center for the EnvironmentJune 25, 2026 at 11:40am
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Hitchcock Center for the EnvironmentJune 24, 2026 at 11:00pm
Hitchcock just wrapped up another hopeful and inspiring environmental engineering series with Northampton's fabulous fifth graders and teachers. We're so impressed with the innovations of all the student builders, architects, engineers, and environmental scientists of NPS!

Together we built, tested (and drew fun advertisements featuring) simple water filters and model rainwater catchment roofs. Then each class toured the Hitchcock Center to witness the environmental principles in action in our Living Building.

Major thanks to the Northampton Education Foundation for their generous support of this program!
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Hitchcock Center for the EnvironmentJune 23, 2026 at 4:08pm
Our segment on NEPM's Fabulous 413 is now available. Listen to hear about our work with all the 3rd graders in Springfield and how we continue to trailblaze for alternative rainwater treatment systems for our drinking water.

https://www.nepm.org/podcast/the-fabulous-413/2026-06-18/pomeroys-vegetable-farm-hitchcock-centers-battle-of-the-botanicals-new-slang-with-word-nerd
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Hitchcock Center for the EnvironmentJune 20, 2026 at 5:44pm
We’re not just fostering climate resilience, and teaching people of all ages to better care for our planet, we’re also featured on The Fabulous 413! Step inside our Living Building and hear a little about what we have going on at Hitchcock Center.

You can join upcoming events for all ages, including summer events and classes for adults, fall afterschool, preschool, and family programs, now on our website.

Thanks Monte Belmonte and Kaliis Smith from New England Public Media for touring with Katie and Barb!

Listen: https://www.nepm.org/podcast/the-fabulous-413/2026-06-18/pomeroys-vegetable-farm-hitchcock-centers-battle-of-the-botanicals-new-slang-with-word-nerd
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Hitchcock Center for the EnvironmentJune 19, 2026 at 8:23pm
The 7th Battle of the Botanicals is in the books! 🍸🌺🍹🫚🌸 Tellus & the Satellite Bar took home the win for the cocktail mix-off and GOMBO Nola Kitchen & Oyster Bar for "Best Bite!" 👏🎉

People braved the tornado watch and came together to support the Hitchcock Center and to eat and drink exceptional offerings from Student Prince , GOMBO Nola Kitchen & Oyster Bar, Johnny’s Tavern Amherst, Homestead., 30Boltwood, GreatHorse, Familiars Coffee & Tea, Florence Pie Bar, The Dirty Truth, and Tellus & The Satellite Bar.

Tellus, Greathorse, and Student Prince battled it out in the live mix-off before Tellus was crowned victorious in a unanimous vote by the judges!

It is so incredible to see the community, restaurants, and businesses come together to support nonprofits. Thank you to our restaurant partners! THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

USA Waste & Recycling
Kelly Laprade
The Davis Financial Group
PV Squared | The Valley’s Solar Energy Experts for 23 years
Berkshire Brewing Company
Berkshire Mountain Distillers
Full Curl
Litchfield Distillery
Three of Strong Spirits
Zumbador Tequila
Perigon Wealth Management
Curran & Keegan
Hope & Feathers
Greenfield Cooperative Bank
Amherst Downtown
Boisselle Morton and Wolkowicz
UMassFive College Credit Union
Integrity
bankESB
Jones Properties
Keiter
Sugarloaf Gardens
Florence Bank

And thank you to Amherst College for your partnership for this event!

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Hitchcock Center for the EnvironmentJune 18, 2026 at 3:03pm
TODAY! 🌿🌶️🫚🌸 Not too late to get your tickets, or even grab tickets at the door. There's a beautiful breeze blowing through the The Powerhouse!

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