Crafts Join us for a beginner needle felt class. We’ll enjoy the view of the mountains as we learn the basics of needle felting and each participant will take home a felted fall landscape. Recommended Ages: Adults Cooking Warm up this fall during this hands-on cooking class all about making simple yet flavorful soups at home. The class will emphasize utilizing produce from the garden, common pantry items, and using aromatics such as garlic, ginger, and onions to season the base while making a Three Sisters Stew. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Scratchboard is a form of direct engraving where the artist scratches off dark into reveals white or colored layer beneath. The technique uses tools for engraving into the scratchboard, which is usually covered in a thin layer white China clay coated with black India ink. You will receive all the materials, tools and personalized instruction to create your own scratchboard piece. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Beeswax becomes abundant in the fall after the honey harvest. As the daylight is receding, now is the perfect time to make beeswax candles. After learning how bees turn plant nectar into beeswax, enjoy the sweet aroma of natural beeswax as you make your own beeswax votives and rolled candles to enjoy at home or give as gifts! Recommended Ages: Adults Cooking Jams and jellies are a great way to preserve the flavor of summer. Learn the essentials to make delicious jams and jellies including fruit selection, equipment, and canning methods while making a jam and fruit butter to bring home. Registration closes the day before this class begins. Please call for availability for same day registration. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Learn how to safely make your very own soap. We will cover the basics of the soapmaking process and the equipment required to make more at home. Each participant will take home about 10 bars of seasonally scented soap to enjoy. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Paper Quilling is the art of turning small strips of colorful paper into decorative designs. Participants will learn to roll, shape, and glue paper into a fall flower works of art. Recommended Ages: Adults Naturalist Led Walks/Snowshoes This 3-hour session with the New Hampshire Mushroom Company gives time to dig deeper and take a more advanced look at the fascinating world of fungi. Whether you are new to mushrooms, have read a book or two, or are an experienced forager, you will leave with new knowledge and insights. Recommended Ages: Adults Naturalist Led Walks/Snowshoes Color abounds and leaves are falling. Join us as we amble through the woods, identify trees and shrubs, and learn more about the science behind falling leaves. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts The reds, oranges, and yellows of fall in New Hampshire are here! Preserve the beauty with decorate bowl that will remind you of these vibrant hues even after the trees are bare. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Come to this hands-on workshop to learn techniques for making and rolling fresh pasta dough. After making the pasta dough, we will turn it into ribbon-style noodles as well as a fall pumpkin ravioli. Registration closes the day before this class begins. Please call for availability for same day registration. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts This workshop will provide you with the materials, tools and instructions to make your own sheets of paper. You will learn the art of creating and processing your own pulp and dipping a screen stretched across a frame into a vat of pulp made from recycled paper. You then lift the screen out of the vat. The entire process includes dipping which will yield some handmade sheets that can be used once dried and pressed. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts The fruit of the bayberry shrub has been used to make the pleasant smelling candles that are synonymous with the holiday season since Colonial times. Learn more about this native shrub and make your very own tapered bayberry candles. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Learn how to safely make your very own soap using the cold process and add some variety by creating layers using different colors, scents, and textures. Each participant will take home about 10 bars of seasonally scented soap to enjoy. Recommended Ages: Adults Cooking The flavors of the holidays shine in seasonal sweetbreads. Join us in our teaching kitchen as we learn about baking yeast-raised sweetbreads and create a traditional holiday loaf of your own to take home and finish in your own oven. Registration closes the day before this class begins. Please call for availability for same day registration. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Join us as we encase bars of soap with decorative felted wool packages that you can keep for yourself or give as gifts. The felted wool conserves the soap and makes a nice lather. In this class participants will felt three to four bars of soap brought from home using colorful wool to make their own designs. Note: This program does not include making the soap. Bring 3-4 bars of soap from home or bring your own homemade soap from a previous soapmaking class at Prescott Farm! Recommended Ages: Adults Cooking Homemade pies reminiscent of grandma’s start with fresh, seasonal ingredients and are baked from scratch. Participants will first learn how to make your own pie crust, then learn the secrets of fruit and custard-filled pies. Bring your two pies home to enjoy or freeze them to share during the upcoming holidays! Participants should bring a bag lunch for this 4 hour class. Registration closes the day before this class begins. Please call for availability for same day registration. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Wreaths made from natural greenery are traditionally festive at this time of year. Learn a little about the history and symbolism of wreaths while you make and decorate your very own using natural materials. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Interested in the natural beauty of the season? Join us as we craft yule logs and beautiful ornaments using nature’s bounty. Yule logs were traditionally decorated and burned at celebrations of the Winter Solstice. Today they’re often used as holiday decorations signifying the season of lights. Decorate your own yule log and other nature ornaments and let it be part of your family’s tradition in any way that works for you! Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts This workshop will offer you the opportunity to create paintings using dyed recycled paper pulp. You will gain and understanding of color mixing, techniques for applying the colored pulp to surfaces, as well as pressing and drying your finished pulp painting based on subjects found in Nature. All of the supplies and personalized instruction are provided in this Studio based event. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Join us to learn the basics of needle felting, and create your own festive ball-style wool ornament to “deck your halls” this season. Recommended Ages: Adults Cooking Wreaths made from natural greenery are traditionally festive at this time of year. Learn a little about the history and symbolism of wreaths while you make and decorate your very own using natural materials. Recommended Ages: Adults Astronomy Turn your eyes to the sky as we watch for meteors on the night of the Orionids Meteor Shower. We’ll find out what causes ‘shooting stars’ and make models of what happens when a meteor makes it through the atmosphere. Too cloudy? No worries! We’ll gather inside for a tour of the winter night sky. Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Let your children learn the joy of gift giving with this unique opportunity to make nature-inspired gifts for the adults in their lives. Participants will be offered several options and will select which gift they want to make. We’ll provide the materials and instruction while they add their own unique flair! This is a drop-off program (adults must sign children in and out) so the hardest part for grown-ups will be waiting to open the gift. No Peeking! Recommended Ages: Adults Crafts Light your holiday table with your own hand-dipped beeswax taper candles – As elegant as they are festive! Recommended Ages: Adults Naturalist Led Walks/Snowshoes Join a naturalist for a fun hike around the trails at Prescott Farm. We’ll enjoy the sights and sounds of nature, stop to check for signs of animals, and appreciate the winter foliage. Recommended Ages: MultigenerationalOctober Community Connection Programs Click to Expand
September 30th- October 5th
Needle Felting: Fall Landscapes
Saturday, October 5; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [0] = Entire activity is indoors and seated
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for MembersFall Soups
Saturday, October 5; 10 am-1 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for MembersArt to You with Larry Frates: Art Technique: Scratchboard of Nature Drawing
Saturday, October 5; 1-3 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $25 (Non-Members); $10 for Members
October 6th- October 12th
Beeswax Candle Making
Saturday, October 12; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $35 (Non-Members); $20 for MembersJams, Jellies, & Fruit Butters
Saturday, October 12; 12-3 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for Members
October 13th- October 19th
Beginner Soapmaking
Saturday, October 19; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $35 (Non-Members); $20 for MembersPaper Quilling Fall Foliage
Saturday, October 19; 1-3 pm
Physical Demand [0] = Entire activity is indoors and seated
Cost: $20 (Non-Members); $5 for MembersWild Mushroom Walk: In Depth
Saturday, October 19; 1-4 pm
Physical Demand [5] = Activity includes 1 or more miles of walking on uneven terrain with hills; may include some off-trail walking
Cost: $45 (Non-Members); $30 for Members
October 20th- October 26th
Fall Tree & Shrub ID
Saturday, October 26; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [4] = Activity includes around 1 mile of walking on trails with uneven terrain and hills
Cost: $15 (Non-Members); FREE for MembersFall Leaf Bowls
Saturday, October 26; 1-3 pm
Physical Demand [0] = Entire activity is indoors and seated
Cost: $20 (Non-Members); $5 for MembersNovember Community Connection Programs Click to Expand
October 27th- November 2nd
Homemade Pasta Primer
Saturday, November 2; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for MembersArt to You with Larry Frates: Up-Cycled Paper Making
Saturday, November 2 ; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $25 (Non-Members); $10 for MembersBayberry Candle Making
Saturday, November 2; 1-3 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $35 (Non-Members); $20 for Members
November 3rd- November 9th
Intermediate Soapmaking: Layered Soap
Saturday, November 9; 10 am-1 pm
Physical Demand [0] = Entire activity is indoors and seated
Cost: $35 (Non-Members); $20 for Members
November 10th- November 16th
Holiday Yeast Breads
Saturday, November 16; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $35 (Non-Members); $20 for MembersFelted Soap
Saturday, November 16; 1-3 pm
Physical Demand [0] = Entire activity is indoors and seated
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for Members
November 17th- November 23rd
Handmade Holiday Pies
Saturday, November 23; 10 am-2 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $40 (Non-Members); $25 for Members
November 24th- November 30th
Holiday Wreath Making
Saturday, November 30; 1-4 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for MembersDecember Community Connection Programs Click to Expand
December 1st- December 7th
Yule Log & Nature Ornament Making
Saturday, December 7; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $35 (Non-Members); $20 for MembersArt to You with Larry Frates: Painting with Paper Pulp
Saturday, December 7; 1-3 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $25 (Non-Members); $10 for MembersFelted Ornaments
Saturday, December 7; 2-4 pm
Physical Demand [0] = Entire activity is indoors and seated
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for Members
December 8th- December 14th
Holiday Wreath Making
Thursday, December 12; 4-7 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for MembersOrionids in the Night Sky
Friday, December 13; 5-6 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $15 (Non-Members); FREE for MembersKids’ Homemade Gift Workshop
Saturday, December 14; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for MembersHand-dipped Taper Candle Making
Saturday, December 14; 1-3 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $30 (Non-Members); $15 for Members
December 15th- December 21st
December 22nd- December 28th
Winter Guided Hike
Saturday, December 28; 10 am-12 pm
Physical Demand [1] = Activity is indoors or outside with up to 1/10 of a mile walking; includes both sitting and standing
Cost: $15 (Non-Members); FREE for Members
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