Children's Nature Connection Programs
Forest Tots Playgroup
July Nature Playgroups with Miss Vicki!
Join Miss Vicky for nature-connection fun, songs & activities at various locations around Middletown. This program is geared toward young children (ages 0-7) and their caregivers .
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​July 2025:
7/1 - Wadsworth State Park
7/11 - Wadsworth Mansion
7/15 - Wadsworth State Park
7/25 - Nature Gardens
7/29 - Long Lane Farm
All classes start at 10:00 am.
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Cost per family: Drop in: $10-15/class (sliding scale)
All 5 sessions: $50-75 (sliding scale)
Scholarship funding available!
August Farm & Forest Playgroup
Join us at Fire Ring Farm in Portland for summer fun! This program is geared toward young children (ages 0-7) and their caregivers. Come to just one or register for all!
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​August 2025:
Wednesdays, 8/6, 8/13, 8/20 & 8/27
9:30am - 11:30pm
​Cost per family: Drop in: $15-25/class (sliding scale)
All 4 sessions: $60 - 100 (sliding scale)
Scholarship funding available!
Farm & Forest Schoolyear Programs
Farm and Forest Nature Explorers:
Wild Wednesdays!
A full-day nature connection and land stewardship program located at Fire Ring Farm and Palmer-Taylor Preserve in Portland.
Age groups: Sprouts: 5-8 ; Seedlings: 9-12
Fall 2025:
Sept 3 - Nov 5 (10 classes)
9:30am - 3:00pm ​​
Farm & Forest Tots:
Caregiver/Child Nature Explorers
Morning nature connection and land stewardship program for cildren and their caregivers at Fire Ring Farm and Palmer-Taylor Preserve in Portland.
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Fall 2025:
Sept 5 - Nov 7 (10 classes)
9:30am - 12:00pm ​​
Farm & Forest Summer Camp!
2025 Farm & Forest Summer Camp:
Hands-on environmental stewardship education!
Our summer camp offers kids ages 5-12 a chance to connect with the natural world in small groups with supportive mentors.
This year, we are offering 3 week-long programs geared specifically toward invasive species removal in our forests with naturalists from the Middlesex Land Trust in addition to our regular sustainable farming activities at Fire Ring Farm.
​2025 Session Dates:
Session 1: July 7-11
Session 2: July 14-18
Session 3: July 21-25
Sign up for 1 session, or all 3!
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Camp location: Fire Ring Farm and the Middlesex Land Trust's Palmer-Taylor Preserve in Portland, CT; ​Camp hours: 9:00am - 3:00pm​
