March 2021 Events
Pre-K Nature on the Farm
Ages 2 – 4 (with an adult).Families with pre-K kids take a walk on the trails and farm, learning about the...
Maple Sugaring Demo
All Ages.Learn how to identify and tap maple trees, collect sap, and make syrup over a wood-fired evaporator. This...
Family Photo Scavenger Hunt
All Ages.Bring your camera or phone for this month’s hunt, ‘Popping Up All Over’. Take...
Plant of the Month Club for Kids
Ages 6 - 12Meet with other plant lovers, get your hands dirty, plant a new kind of interesting, creepy, unusual, or...
Garden Sprouts Outside: Yum! Yum! Yum!
Ages 3 - 5 (with an adult).Weather permitting, the maple sap will be running. Learn how tree sap becomes...
Family Farm Stroll
All Ages.Take a walk on the farm, learning about the history of the area and the animals that live...
Family Farm Stroll
All Ages.Take a walk on the farm, learning about the history of the area and the animals that live...
Animal Antics: Cows
Ages 3 - 5. Ever wonder how fluffy cows get in the winter? Curious about where they live? Join...
Virtual Home School Days: Wondrous Woodpeckers
Ages 6 - 12.Play a Jeopardy game to learn everything there is to know about these fascinating creatures. Find out...
Virtual Awesome Animal Artists
Ages 5 & Up.In this LIVE, virtual program, learn to draw a NJ native animal and create your own masterpiece!...
Lunch and Learn: Fashion Through the Ages
Adults.In celebration of Women’s History Month, join Museum Registrar Katie Humphreys as we take a virtual tour...
In-Person Home School Days: The Stories of Trees
Ages 6 - 12.Why is a dogwood called a dogwood? How did the oak tree help start the Revolutionary War? Learn...
Virtual Home School Days: Fact or Fiction - Nature Edition
Ages 7 & Up.Should I pick up a fallen baby bird? Do you get two worms when a worm is...
Barnyard in Winter – Winter Wool Dye
All Ages.See wool dyeing the old-fashioned way! Using natural dyes from around the farm and boiling pots, watch the...
Virtual Home School Days: Food to Faces
Ages 7 & Up.Students will learn the basic skills of collage in creating a human form. They will then...
Garden Sprouts Outside: Wake Up!
Ages 3 - 5 (with an adult).Spring is almost here, or at least the calendar says so. Look around...
Caching for Gold
Ages 7 & Up.Geocaching is a great outdoor activity for families! Use a GPS unit and a map to locate...
Lunch and Learn: Be Bear Aware
Adults.Black bears are an important part of our natural world, and all New Jersey residents should know how to...
In-Person Home School Days: Garden Start
Ages 6 - 12.A farm’s planting is never finished, even in late winter. Come and work with the farmers...
Wild Animal Experts Online: Slithering Snakes
All Ages!Discover the snakes of NJ through fun facts and meeting our LIVE snake up close. Time: Use...
Forest Bathing with Rich Collins, ANFT Guide
Ages 12 & Up.A Japanese walking meditation reminds us that we are part of nature, not separate from it. This...
Let’s Talk: Color, Contrast, and Harmony
Adults.In this LIVE, virtual presentation, Ann Fahey, Superintendent of Horticulture Education, will explore plant combinations with you that will...
Forest Bathing with Rich Collins, ANFT Guide
Ages 12 & Up.A Japanese walking meditation reminds us that we are part of nature, not separate from it. This...
Virtual Home School Days: The Power of the Flower
Ages 6 - 12.Flower blossoms have only one job, no matter how pretty or drab they are. Dissect a flower...
Toddler Trek: Peepers and Quackers!
Ages 2 - 5 (with an adult).Are the spring peepers and wood frogs calling from the vernal pools yet? Go for...
Lunch and Learn: Wildflowers of the Tourne
Adults.Join members of the Rockaway Valley Garden Club as they virtually tour the Tourne Wildflower Trail and discuss spring...
In-Person Home School Days: Animal Signs
Ages 6 - 12.Head into the forest to examine the signs left behind by wildlife and to solve the mystery of...
Signs of Spring Walk
All Ages.Spring signs are popping up all along the trails! Come explore to see what animals and plants...
Signs of Spring Walk
All Ages.Spring signs are popping up all along the trails! Come explore to see what animals and plants...
Frog Jamboree
All Ages.The spring peepers and wood frogs are calling from the vernal pools. Learn about these two frogs...
Frog Jamboree
All Ages.The spring peepers and wood frogs are calling from the vernal pools. Learn about these two frogs...
Birding at Bamboo Brook
Adults.Spring is here and the birds are returning! Learn about the birds native to this site, and the nesting...
All Activities and Events are Subject to Change