The Heart of the Season: Summer
2026-07-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
With Dave Eyerman
Wednesdays, June 24, July 1 & 8, 6pm – 8pm
Sliding scale: $60, $75 or $90 for the series
Explore the seasonal themes of summer through the lenses of Chinese Medicine and other Earth-based spiritual practices. In this three-week class, licensed acupuncturist and shamanic practitioner Dave Eyerman will guide participants in understanding how this season affects their body, emotions, and energy, through a mix of teaching, group discussion, time outdoors, and guided meditation.
Summer is the season of full vibrancy and aliveness, of expression and reveling in the abundance that is around. It is the time to live with hearts wide open and enjoy the splendor of life at full throttle. We can be prone to overdoing it in summer, with FOMO and trying to take advantage of every opportunity available, and we run the risk of not taking the necessary time for breaks and rest.
In Chinese Medicine, summer is the season of the Fire element and its channels Heart, Pericardium, Small Intestine, and Triple Warmer. Lessons of boundaries, appropriately opening and protecting our hearts, sorting through the chaos, and letting our soul shine bright are rich this season.
Participants will learn practical seasonal self-care strategies, ways to support physical and emotional balance, and simple techniques for connecting with natural cycles. All the practices shown are designed to help everyone develop their own personal relationship with the land and its seasonal rhythms.

Chickadee Camp
2026-07-09 08:45 - 13:00, 2026-07-10 08:45 - 13:00, 2026-07-13 08:45 - 13:00, 2026-07-14 08:45 - 13:00, 2026-07-15 08:45 - 13:00, 2026-07-16 08:45 - 13:00, 2026-07-17 08:45 - 13:00, 2026-07-20 08:45 - 13:00 and 1 more date
Chickadee Camp
Entering Kindergarten*
Mondays – Fridays, 8:45 am – 1 pm
Session 1: June 29th – July 3rd (one week)
Session 2: July 6th -July 17th (two weeks)
Session 3: July 20th – July 24th (one week)
Session 4: July 27th-August 7th (two weeks)
Session 5: August 10-14 (one week)
The Chickadee program is a safe, nurturing first outdoor day camp experience for young ones. Attentive and loving counselors facilitate safe and curious exploration of the Discovery Yard and Hitchcock trails while sharing enthusiasm and joyful nature connection. Chickadee Camp is primarily for rising Kindergartners (children entering Kindergarten in the fall)

Nature Summer Camp: Biologists in Training
2026-07-09 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-10 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-13 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-14 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-15 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-16 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-17 08:45 - 15:00
Biologists in Training (Two-week session)
Session 2: July 6th -July 17th (two weeks)
Session 4: July 27th-August 7th (two weeks)
Together, we will hone our biology skills by immersing ourselves in nature, becoming science detectives, and learning more about life all around us. We will discover the amazing adaptations of life in our valley, encountering creatures of different shapes and sizes. We will explore what is underfoot, in the water, or growing right before our eyes. Through close encounters with different types of living creatures and, mixed with stories, songs, games, and crafts and learn how they survive and thrive.

Leadership Training Camp
2026-07-09 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-10 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-13 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-14 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-15 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-16 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-17 08:45 - 15:00
Leadership Training Camp
July 6th -July 17th (two weeks)
LTC is a place where teens can develop their skills as naturalists, problem solvers, and community members, and returning leaders can strengthen the skills they’ve been working on. We’ll tackle challenges such as caving, field trips, hikes, and overnight camping. We’ll take time to learn how to support each other as a group, work with the younger campers to put what we learn into practice, and be campers ourselves: playing in the woods and learning about and exploring nature.

Summertime Little Bear Nature Walk
2026-07-10 10:00 - 11:15, 2026-07-15 10:00 - 11:15, 2026-07-18 10:00 - 11:15, 2026-07-20 10:00 - 11:15
Little Bear Nature Walks
With Chrissy Larson
Ages 0-5 (Adult required to attend with child)
10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Walks are outdoors and take place unless there is extreme weather.
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Little Bear Nature Walks are guided, open-ended walks that allow toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers explore nature in an age-appropriate way. While on the walk, children borrow a backpack filled with simple tools for exploring and are led by a preschool educator. Children investigate plants and animals, engage with rocks, soil and water, and use their imaginations to play with the world. Walks incorporate observation, inquiry, and sensory learning. Each has a loose theme and includes a trail-side storytime. Come along with us!
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Nature Summer Camp: Making and Tinkering
2026-07-20 08:45 - 15:00, 2026-07-21 08:45 - 15:00
Making and Tinkering (One-week session)
July 20th – July 24th (one week)
Become a nature-inspired inventor! Campers will spend this week outdoors exploring science and biomimicry and creating nature-inspired inventions. Through investigation and play, campers will discover nature’s secrets and use them to playfully solve problems. By learning from the world around us, we can become sustainable engineers!
