Hitchcock Center for the Environment

Little Bear Nature Walks
2025-07-31 10:00 - 11:15, 2025-08-06 10:00 - 11:15, 2025-08-08 10:00 - 11:15, 2025-08-11 10:00 - 11:15, 2025-08-14 10:00 - 11:15 (America/New_York)
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!

Chickadee Camp
2025-08-01 08:45 - 13:00, 2025-08-04 08:45 - 13:00, 2025-08-05 08:45 - 13:00, 2025-08-06 08:45 - 13:00, 2025-08-07 08:45 - 13:00, 2025-08-08 08:45 - 13:00, 2025-08-11 08:45 - 13:00, 2025-08-12 08:45 - 13:00 and 3 more dates
Entering Kindergarten*
Mondays – Fridays, 8:45 am – 1 pm
Session 1: June 30 – July 3rd (one week) (no camp on July 4th)
Session 2: July 7 – July 18 (two weeks)
Session 3: July 21 – July 25 (one week)
Session 4: July 28 – August 8 (two weeks)
Session 5: August 11 – August 15 (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.

Nature Summer Camp: No Place Like Home
2025-08-01 08:45 - 15:00, 2025-08-04 08:45 - 15:00, 2025-08-05 08:45 - 15:00, 2025-08-06 08:45 - 15:00, 2025-08-07 08:45 - 15:00, 2025-08-08 08:45 - 15:00
July 28 – August 8 (two weeks)
8:45 am – 3 pm
Fees for Session 4: Tier A $1020; Tier B $885; Tier C $800
Explore field, forest, farms, and community to discover the fascinating connections of the place we call home. Through hands-on experiences within these habitats, mixed with stories, songs, games, and crafts, we will build our sense of place as we investigate the human and natural history of this place, how our ecosystems work, and all about the many creatures who all call this place home.

Nature Summer Camp: Animal Superheroes
2025-08-11 08:45 - 11:15, 2025-08-12 08:45 - 11:15, 2025-08-13 08:45 - 11:15, 2025-08-14 08:45 - 11:15, 2025-08-15 08:45 - 11:15
Session 5: August 11 – August 15 (one week)
8:45 am – 3 pm
Fees for Session 5: Tier A $520; Tier B $450; Tier C $405
This session we’re exploring the superpowers of the natural world! We’ll investigate animals’ tricks for hiding from predators and finding food, and learn about awesome adaptations their bodies have to help them leap, fly and swim. Through outdoor activities, games, observation, nature hikes, and art projects, we will encounter ordinary superheroes with extraordinary adaptations.

Living Building Closed for Cleaning
2025-08-20 - 2025-08-27
Hitchcock Center’s Living Building will be closed for deep cleaning from August 20 – 27

Hitchcock Harvest
2025-08-20 08:00 - 17:00
Harvesting hope for more than 60 years – one petal at a time!
Sunday, October 19, 2025 3 PM – 6 PM in Hitchcock Center’s gardens
The Hitchcock Center has been sowing seeds of change and educating for a healthy planet in the Valley for more than 60 years. Come together in community to enjoy local food & libations in our Brew Garden & wander through interactive stations themed around the petals of the Living Building — Place, Water, Energy, Health & Happiness, Materials, Equity, and Beauty. See what local innovators, and Hitchcock Center, are doing to show what it means to shape a hopeful, resilient future.
Follow the petals of possibility and share your climate hopes and dreams in our collective art project and harvest hope, one petal at a time!

Fall Birding Course
2025-08-23 05:00 - 17:00
August – November 2025
Sliding Scale $350 / $410 / $470
There is a maximum of 15 people
Join Scott Surner as he guides you through the fall migration in New England. The class starts with a trip to Plum Island to experience the southbound migration of shorebirds as well, we hope to encounter many Herons, Gulls, Terns, and an early Warbler on that first trip. The local trips will focus on the drab plumages of fall warblers, along with Vireos, Flycatchers, and of course “The Sparrows”. There will be two additional trips to coastal areas.
Fall Birding Class Dates:
All trips leave from the Hitchcock Center. Carpooling will be encouraged. Participants will need to make their own lodging arrangements for the final weekend overnight trip to the Cape, course cost only includes birding instruction. Additional information will be provided after signing up.
FIELD TRIPS:
August 23rd – Plum Island. Depart 5:00 AM Looking for southbound Shorebirds, Herons/Egrets, Terns, Gulls, and more.
September 13th – Local. 7:00 AM Fall warblers, Vireos, and flycatchers.
September 20th– Local. 7:00 AM Fall Warblers and more.
September 27th– Local. 7:00 AM Fall Warblers and the beginning of Sparrow season.
October 4th – Light House Point, Connecticut. Depart 5:45 AM Migrating Raptors and many other songbirds. Last year, we tallied 1183 Blue Jays migrating.
October 11th – Local. 7:00 AM. Local- more Sparrows and early waterfowl.
October 25th – Local- 7:00 AM. Local. Waterfowl.
November 7th-9th. Cape Cod. Depart the Hitchcock Center at 5:00 AM for a weekend on Cape Cod. We’ll hit several areas on the outer Cape, including locations in Provincetown, Wellfleet, Eastham, and Orleans.
CLASSROOM SESSIONS:
Wednesdays – Sept 10 & Oct 8 – 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Hitchcock Center
REGISTRATION AND MORE INFO
