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Hike and Bonfire at Beaver Brook Association
February Vacation Activities: Wild in Winter Call to register.
Winter Warm up Kindergarten Class
Monday February 28, 2011 10-11:30 am at Maple Hill Farm Hollis NH $14/$12 Friends of BBA
- Scavenger Hunt
- Make paper snow flakes
- Measure snow
- Cheerio necklaces for the birds
Snow Discovery, Grades 1st-3rd
March 1, 2011 9:30-12 at Maple Hill Farm, Hollis NH
Or March 3, 2011 9:30-12 $16/$14 Friends of BBA
- Scavenger Hunt
- Measure snow & read a snow book
- Hibernation myths
- Raid the Snow Fort
Winter Olympics 3rd-4th graders
February 28, 2011 12:30-3:30 pm at Maple Hill Farm, Hollis NH $20/$18 Friends of BBA
- Scavenger Hunt
- Snowshoe biathalon- if there is enough snow
- Snow sculpture competition
- Study snow shapes
- Calculate amount of water in snow
- What causes winter?
Native American Childhood - 2nd -4th graders
Friday March 4, 2011 9:30-12 at Maple Hill Farm Hollis NH $16/$14 Friends of BBA
- Dye fabric with Natural dyes
- Games - Corn darts, bean bags, turtle dice
- Walk to wigwam and enjoy Native American Stories
- Eat corn muffins
Tap Your Trees--Backyard Maple Sugaring
Sunday March 6, 2011
1-3 pm
Fee: Adults $8/Children$6 Families $30.
Presenters: Kap and Jon Siddall, Peter Smith, Celeste Barr and more BBA instructors.
Visit Beaver Brook's Maple Hill Farm to learn the full scoop on making sugar from maple sap! We will show you how this process started beginning with Native American techniques of boiling sap using hot rocks. Colonial methods entailed drilling with a bit and brace. Children are invited to practice this. We'll show homeowners how they can identify sugar maples and set taps in their own trees. Maple snacks to taste.
Call 603-465-7787 to sign up.
ACCOMPLISHED GARDENER PROGRAM March 4 to May 6, 2011 (ten weeks) Friday mornings 9:00 am-noon
Fee: $175/$150 Friends of Beaver Brook Call to register now.
Are you interested in producing more of your own food? Are you interested in doing this in a sustainable and natural way? This course is designed for environmentally concerned gardeners and homeowners. We know that locally grown food is generally more nutritious because it loses less nutrients due to travel and lengthy storage. But with locally grown food, you also can know what goes into the production. Having rich soil produces more nutritious, organic food, and you can learn all about it in this course. Even if you aren't going to grow food, you can enrich your flowers, herbs, trees, and lawn. This intensive and interesting course will turn you into "A More Accomplished Gardener."
Composting
Introduction to Botany
Organic Lawn Care
Perennials
Soils & Fertilizers
Vegetable Gardening & Associated Pests & Diseases
Fruiting Plants, Bushes and Trees
Pruning of Fruit, Ornamental Shrubs & Trees
Environmentally Friendly Landscape Design
Organic Gardening-Fruits, Vegetables & Flowers
Herbs-Cultivation of Medicinal, Fragrance & Culinary Herbs
Invasive Plant Species-How to Identify and eliminate them
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