Chickens Have Arrived at Prescott Farm!

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center is excited to welcome chickens back to the Farm! Five chickens arrived from Orange, Massachusetts – a gift from the daughter of one of the field teachers. Settling into the new hen house are three Golden Comets and two New Hampshire Reds, all about one year old and in prime laying condition. “I am excited to reintegrate farm animals into our programming,” says Sarah Dunham-Miliotis, Program Director at Prescott Farm. “Not only will we be…

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Eversource Provides Scholarship Funds to Prescott Farm’s WildQuest Camp

Eversource awarded $1,000 in WildQuest Camp Scholarships to Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center on White Oaks Road in Laconia. WildQuest day camps are licensed by the State of NH and led by experienced environmental educators, with a goal to foster an appreciation and understanding of the natural and cultural history of Prescott Farm. A WildQuest camp experience will enhance your child’s ecological awareness and provide fun learning opportunities in a community-minded and non-competitive atmosphere. WildQuest Camp always includes nature activities,…

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Laconia Rod & Gun Club Women’s Auxiliary Group Provides Scholarship Funds to Prescott Farm’s WildQuest Camp

The Laconia Rod & Gun Club’s Women’s Auxiliary group has once again contributed to the WildQuest Camp Scholarship Fund at Prescott Farm. This year the Women’s Auxiliary will be funding 15 WildQuest Camp scholarships, with half of those being allotted to the WildQuest Camp Leadership in Training (LIT) program – a unique summer camp experience for 13- and 14-year-olds. WildQuest Summer Camp offers nine unique nature-themed weeks from June 25 – August 24, 2018, from 9:00am – 4:00pm; with extended…

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Lakes Region Rotary Youth Leadership Spruce Up Prescott Farm

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center on White Oaks Road in Laconia welcomed nearly 30 volunteers from the Lakes Region Rotary Youth Leadership Program for a spring clean-up day. Lakes Region Rotary Youth Leadership is a program for area sophomores who are seriously interested in leadership, providing the students with the opportunity to meet and work with one another, examine leadership characteristics and increase their self-confidence. The students cleaned up the Natural Playscape, helped construct raised beds for the learning garden,…

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Prescott Farm Welcomes Granite State Ambassadors

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center was thrilled to host a group of Granite State Ambassadors at the Farm for our Magnificent Trees tour with Education Director, Sarah Dunham, and behind-the-scenes tour with Executive Director, Jude Hamel. “I really enjoyed learning about trees and how you calculate how old they are.  It is truly amazing,” says Diane LaBelle, of the Granite State Ambassadors.  “It is a beautiful area to visit for the day…  Prescott Farm is truly a place to make…

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Prescott Farm's Natural Playscape

About our Natural Playscape & How it Began

Prescott Farm strongly believes in the importance of getting kids outside for their healthy development and well-being.  Consider this: Fact #1: Childhood play time in the outdoors has been in steady decline since the 1950’s. Not only are today’s kids over-scheduled, but they are increasingly disconnected from the natural world spending as much as 8 hours PER DAY inside in front of some sort of screen.  This was new reality was coined “nature deficit disorder” by author Richard Louv in his…

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Join Prescott Farm for a Birdwatching Walks on May 5 & 12

Prescott Farm will be hosting two adult bird watching walks, on Saturday, May 5th and Saturday May 12th, 2018, to provide people of all ages and abilities the opportunity to go birdwatching. The second of the two falls on International Migratory Bird Day! Our experienced naturalists will lead participants on a walk to locate and identify a variety of species of birds. It’s early May and the woods are alive with the songs of migrating birds returning from the sunny…

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Prescott Farm offers Intro to Gardening Course and Welcomes New Volunteers

Have you ever wanted to garden but have no idea where to start? Do you have a green thumb already but nowhere to put it to use? Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center on White Oaks Road in Laconia welcomes you to join us for our new Introduction to Organic Gardening program, beginning Saturday May 5, 2018 at 10am. In this 6-week series you will get your hands dirty learning all of the basics – garden planning, soil preparation, starting seeds,…

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Popular Herbal Wellness Series Begins at Prescott Farm

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center on White Oaks Road in Laconia is once again excited to welcome local Master herbalist Melissa Morrison of Dragonfly Botanicals for a workshop series Exploring Herbal Medicines & Crafts, beginning on Saturday, May 5 at 10am with a Woods Walk. “Our herbal series has always been one of our most popular programs,” says Sarah Dunham-Miliotis, Program Director at Prescott Farm. “Melissa has a real wealth of knowledge which she shares with people in an exciting…

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Prescott Farm’s Polliwogs Program Ready to Spring into Action

Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center on White Oaks Road in Laconia is excited for another year of its popular Polliwogs Preschool Program – a 6-week series for you and your preschooler, getting underway on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 10:30am, rain or shine! “Polliwogs is a great opportunity for preschoolers and parents to explore the magic of the natural world together,” says Prescott Farm Program Director, Sarah Dunham-Miliotis, herself a mother of 3-year-old Ben, who has attended the Polliwogs program…

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Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center
928 White Oaks Road
Laconia, NH 03246
(603) 366-5695
(603) 366-5720 (Fax)

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