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  • Ticks & Tickborne Diseases: Separating Fact from Fiction

    Adult Programs

    Ticks & Tickborne Diseases (Including Lyme): Separating Fact from Fiction Wednesday, May 14  6:00 PM at Hitchcock Center  Join us for a presentation by Dr. Steve Rich, Professor of Microbiology at UMASS Amherst, on tick-borne diseases and how to prevent them. Lyme Disease is the most prevalent infectious disease in Massachusetts and is now considered […]

  • Junior Nature Play Afterschool: Spring

    Junior Nature Play Afterschool: Spring
    Ages 5–8 or Grades K–3

    With: Lauren Dausch Grades K-2 Thursdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 27 - June 12 (no program April 24) Fee per Child: Tier A-$328 | Tier B-$285 | Tier C-$242 Limited to 12 participants Hitchcock’s Junior Nature Play Afterschool Program is designed to let kids be kids. Together we will run, jump, climb, invent, imagine, play and […]

  • Nature Discovery Series for ages 3-5 (AM)

    Nature Discovery Series for ages 3-5 (AM)
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    Nature Discovery Series for ages 3-5 (AM) Nature Did It First! (How nature inspires creative design) With Chrissy Larson Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, March 28-June 6 (no class April 25) Morning session: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (please note earlier start time for Spring) Afternoon session: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 […]

  • Nature Discovery for ages 3-5 (PM)

    Nature Discovery for ages 3-5 (PM)
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    Nature Discovery for 3-5 year olds (Adult/Child) Nature Did It First! (How nature inspires creative design) With Chrissy Larson Ages 3-5 (Adult required to attend with child) Fridays, March 28-June 6 (no class April 25) Morning session: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (please note earlier start time for Spring) Afternoon session: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 […]

  • Spring Birding Course

    Spring Birding 2025
    Adult Programs

    (February - June 2025) The Hitchcock Center's annual Spring Birding course! The class focuses on identification and migration of New England birds. Click here to get information about today's session, from location to the birds we hope to identify.

  • Planting for Pollinators Demo

    Adult Programs

    with Casey Beebe Sunday, May 18th 10am – 11:30am As part of our native plant sale collaboration with My Home Park, we will be demonstrating how to plant your kit and generally how to plant well for pollinators as we expand one of our many pollinator gardens.  Teaching participants what plants support what pollinators throughout the season.  […]

  • Planting for Pollinators Demo

    Adult Programs

    Planting for Pollinators Demo with My Home Park Native Plant Kit Sunday, May 18th 10am - 11:30am   As part of our native plant sale collaboration with My Home Park,  we will be demonstrating how to plant your kit and generally how to plant well for pollinators as we expand one of our many pollinator […]

  • Little Bear Nature Walk

    Little Bear Nature Walks 2025
    Family Programs

    Come along on a Little Bear Nature Walk! Little Bear Nature Walks are a way for toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers to explore nature in an age-appropriate way. Click here to find today's theme, location, and to register!

  • Wild Children of the Woods: Spring  

    Wild Children of the Woods: Spring  
    Ages 5–8/Grades K–3 or Ages 9–11/Grades 4–6

    With: Monya Relles Grades 3-5 Mondays 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 24 - June 9 (no program April 21 and May 26) Tier A:$299 | Tier B:$261 | Tier C:$222 Limited to 12 participants We go to the woods to think, learn, play, and explore in this afterschool series for upper-elementary schoolers. We will roam the grounds […]

  • Girls into the Wild: Spring

    Girls into the Wild: Spring
    Ages 9–11 or Grades 4–6

    with: Katie Koerten Grades 4-6 Tuesdays, 3:30-5:30 p.m. March 25 - June 10 (no program April 22) Fee per Child: Tier A-$328 | Tier B-$285 | Tier C-$242 Limited to 12 participants Girls into the Wild continues into 2025 for more romping wildly through the field and forests of the Hitchcock Center. As always we’ll […]