Registration is required for all programs.
(Unless noted otherwise)
Please register online or by calling (203) 938-2117.
Composting at Home
Tuesday, February 21
7 – 8 p.m.
There’s gold in your kitchen scraps, black gold! Join Master Composter Alice Ely and learn how to turn your food waste into a nutrient rich resource you can use in and around your home. In this informative presentation you will learn about various composting methods and how you can easily begin composting at home.
This program is:
$15 per member, $20 per non-member.
This program is underwritten by the Schroeder Education Fund.
Sip & Succulent Workshop
Friday, February 24
7 – 8:30 p.m.
Join plant stylist and visual storyteller Elissa Capentankis from Imaginariums by Elissa for an evening of inspiration, creativity, and connection as you create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind succulent arrangement. Bring a friend or family member, or come alone, and meet other enthusiastic designers as you spend the evening learning and sharing. Light refreshments will be served.
This program is:
$65 per member, $70 per non-member
Backyard Syruping Workshop
Saturday, February 25
10 – 11 a.m.
Have you ever wanted to make your own maple syrup? Let us teach you each step of this sweet process and review the materials needed in backyard production. Please dress for the outdoors!
This program is:
$15 per member, $20 per non-member
Knitting & Spinning by the Fire
Sundays
March 5, April 2, & May 7
12 – 3 p.m.
Bring your knitting projects and spinning wheels and enjoy relaxing afternoons with talented members from the Nutmeg Western CT Spinners Guild who will coach you on your knitting challenges and invite you to try your hand at spinning. Beautiful skeins of yarn from New Pond Farm’s Romney flock will be available for sale.
Registration is required, please join us for each meeting, one meeting, or anything in-between!
This program is free, but donations in support of our fleecy flock are welcome!
Basketry Workshop
Sunday, March 12
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Discover the beauty of birch bark in this full day, intermediate basketry workshop with Barry Keegan. Barry is a primitive skills specialist and long-time friend of New Pond Farm. Participants will make their own medium, box-type birch basket with cut and sewn sides and a sewn-on rim. Fire will be used to bend and shape the bark.
Open to anyone ages 15+.
This program is:
$45 per member, $55 per non-member
This program is underwritten by the Sally Trippe Fund.
Connecticut’s Reptiles
Tuesday, April 4
7 – 9 p.m.
Join DEEP Wildlife Division Outreach Biologist Paul Benjunas to learn about the natural history and current research efforts surrounding Connecticut’s reptiles. Not sure what a reptile is exactly? This is the perfect opportunity to find out!
This program is:
Free
Registration is required.
Spring Migration: Birding with Joe Bear
Fridays, April 14 Or May 5
7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Catch the Spring migration by joining expert birder and environmentalist Joe Bear, on a leisurely 2-hour walk through our diverse habitats. We’ll search in open fields, woodlands, and wetlands – seeking out returning Summer residents as well as those on their way to northern nesting grounds.
This program is:
Free.
Registration is required.
Please Register Here for April
Wildflower Ramble & Brown Bag Lunch
Wednesday April 25 (Rain Date: April 26)
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Each year in memory of one of our founding Board members, Helen Hermes, we take a leisurely stroll down our stream-side trail to discover some of her favorite spring ephemerals. Trout Lily, Rue Anemone, Dutchman’s Breeches, Trillium, and Spring Beauties will all be here to greet you! Bring a brown bag lunch and share happy conversations on our balcony as you enjoy the weeping cherry blossoms and views into our early spring pastures.
This program is:
$10 per Member, $15 per Non-member
Honey Tasting with NPF Beekeeper Ann Murray
Saturday, May 6
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Join NPF Apiary Manager, Ann Murray, for a tasty exploration of one of the most popular products of the beehive — honey! Our honeybees forage on many different types of flowers throughout the spring, summer, and fall. As the floral sources change, so does the flavor of their treasured honey. We will discuss the differing nectar sources of several local honeys as we taste our way through this program!
This program is:
$15 per member, $20 per non-member
Birding & Breakfast with Miley Bull
Wednesday, May 10 (Rain Date: May 11)
7 – 9 a.m.
Miley Bull is a one-of-a-kind treasure, a well- known ornithologist, a world traveler, a raconteur, and CT Audubon Society’s Senior Director of Science and Conservation. Please join Miley for a fascinating morning in search of spring warblers, bluebirds, swallows, and other feathered residents. Breakfast treats await when you return to the Learning Center.
This program is:
$10 per member, $15 per non-member
ART SHOW: Special Preview
Friday, June 2
6 – 8 p.m.
Visit the art show and mingle with artists and art lovers while enjoying a Signature Cocktail, Local Wine, Brews, and Festive Bites.
This event is:
$50 admits one (includes a $25 art purchase credit)
$100 admits two (includes a $50 art purchase credit)
RSVP by May 25.