with Ted Watt
Join us for our third year of offering an in-depth natural history course for naturalists and citizen scientists. Each month, in our series of nature explorations with different local naturalists, we explore a focused, seasonal, natural history topic.

Pete McLean, Education Director at Book & Plow Farm and Ted Watt, Hitchcock Center Naturalist Saturday, June 18, 9am-noon Modeled on the bioblitz approach to gathering extensive data about specific places, we’ll spend 3 focused hours exploring the grounds around the Hitchcock Center’s upcoming new Living Building Challenge home. Although the new Center won’t be […]

Ages 6-7  & Ages 8-10  June 27 – July 1 (one week) $275 members/ $305 non-members Do you know who is living in your backyard and beyond? Come explore a variety of habitats in our community- fields, farms, and forest – and find out who and what is living and thriving there. We’ll discover fascinating connections […]

Ages 6-7  & Ages 8-10  July 5-8 (one week; no camp July 4) $220 members / $244 non-members Do you love bugs, snakes and slugs? Do you love digging in the dirt? Then this is the session for you! During this week we’ll make slime, play in the mud and discover the insects and other creatures […]

Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  July 11-22 (two weeks) $495 members / $ 525 non-members What is the best way to cool off on a hot day? How can we save energy powering trains? Animals, plants and other organisms have been adapting to challenges like this for the whole history of our planet. Nature has a […]

Ages 11-13 July 11-22 (two weeks) $595 members / $625 Leadership Training Camp is back for its third season in Summer 2016! We are thrilled to be continuing this program as a two-week session jam-packed with outdoor adventures, group challenges, nature hikes and leadership discussions. This exciting camp is a combination of all the usual […]

Thursday, July 14, 4:30-5pm Join us at our our construction site for a free tour. Open to all, no registration required. Park and meet in the Red Barn parking lot at Hampshire College. Locate it on the map.

Under Your Toes to Above Your Nose – Layers of the Forest with Colleen Kelley Ages 3-5 (adult required to attend with child) Fridays, Morning session: 9:30am-11:30am Afternoon session: 1:00pm-3:00pm September 23, 30, October 7, 21, 28, November 4, 18, December 2, 9, 16 Members: $205/Non-members: $225 Limited to 12 families per session Come join us this Fall to […]

Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  July 25 – August 5 (two weeks) $495 members / $525 non-members Come find out what the Pioneer Valley was like millions of years ago! With day trips, crafts, songs and nature hikes, we will make connections between our local ecosystems of today and those of prehistoric times, including the animals, […]

Ages 6-7 & Ages 8-10  August 8 – 12 (one week) $275 members / $305 non-members Rube Goldberg is back by popular demand in the summer of 2016! You’ll love this camp if you love watching energy flow from one thing to another, like in marble runs, water walls and falling dominoes! We will spend this […]