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  • School Vacation Day

    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    November 11 -  School Holiday - No school for Amherst Public Schools  with Isaiah Brown Wednesday, November 11 8:45 AM to 3:00 PM Grades 1 - 3* Fee per Child: Tier A-$118 | Tier B-$98 | Tier C-$83 Limited to 12 participants Come play outside on this day off for Amherst elementary schoolers! Bring a […]

  • Slow and Gentle Nature Walk for All

    Adult Programs

    with John Green Wednesday, November 11,  9am - 11am Registration required, limited to 12 people Sliding scale: $10, $15 or $20 Join naturalist John Green for a slow and gentle nature walk at the Silvio Conte accessible trail in Hadley.  This accessible mile long loop trail through field, stream and forest always has a variety […]

  • Fall Birding Course

    Fall Birding Course
    Adult Programs

    August 14 – November 14, 2026 Sliding scale for the course | $375, $415, or $455  REGISTRATION OPENS FRIDAY JULY 24 AT 9 AM Join this Fall tradition led by birder and photographer Scott Surner. Are you wanting to delight in birds more often, learn what you are seeing and hearing, seek new species you […]

  • Wild Children of the Woods

    Wild Children of the Woods
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    with Isaiah Brown Grades 1-3 Mondays 3:30-5:30 PM September 14 - December 21 (no class October 12) Tier A: $439 | Tier B: $366 | Tier C: $311 Limited to […]

  • Nature Play Afterschool

    Nature Play Afterschool
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    with Jeff Mazur Grades 1-3 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 1 - December 22 (no programs on October 13, November 3) Fee per Child: Tier A-$467 | Tier B-$389 | Tier C-$331 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, […]

  • Girls into the Wild

    Girls into the Wild
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    with Katie Koerten For grades 3-5 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 PM September 1 - December 22 (no programs on October 13, November 3) Fee per Child: Tier A-$472 | Tier B-$393 | Tier C-$334 Limited to 12 participants Girls into the Wild is for girls and nonbinary kids in fourth through sixth grade. Together we build a […]

  • The Wonderful World of Lichens

    Adult Programs

    Tuesday, November 17, 6:30pm Free, registration appreciated  Welcome to the wonderful world of lichens! Always seen but rarely discussed, lichens are a fascinating intersection between fungi, algae, and more. Important in a number of different ways, from being bioindicators of air pollution to helping generate soil, lichens are found across the globe and on every […]