Build a Fairy House: Saturday, July 16th, 10 a.m.
Join Erik and Helen Ann Landgraf for a family opportunity to learn about fairy houses, construct one, and go on a short walk in Ullman Grove to collect “dry supplies,” walk back to the Nature Museum, and use your nature collection with other supplies already collected/provided. Meet at the Nature Museum, Peoples State Forest, Greenwoods Road, just off East River Road. https://psfnaturemuseum.org/ No registration required. Free and open to all.

Camping 101: Sunday, July 24th, 2022, 2 p.m.
No registration required. Free and open to all. Meet at the entrance to the Austin F. Hawes Memorial Campground on West River Road.

Ever dreamed about setting out on the road for a camping trip? Whether you’ve camped or not, this is your chance to learn about it from the ground up at CAMPING 101. Experts will demonstrate how to erect tents, build campfires, set up a car camp, and do all other camping-related things.

Experts will be on hand to teach you about fire skills, cooking, sleeping – just about everything you need to know – even how to start fires without a match, if need be!! Experts are …

- from FALPS (https://falps.org/),

- the Farmington River Coordinating Committee’s River Steward (http://www.farmingtonriver.org/)

- from the Barkhamsted Recreation Department (https://www.barkhamsted.us/entities/recreation-department)