Programs

Connect with Nature at Graylag

Graylag offers programs in all seasons that can help you learn about and engage with the natural world.

Our expert naturalists will bring the flora and fauna of Graylag into focus as they share their knowledge of the rocks and wetlands, trees and insects, native flowers and birds.

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Sketching Trees from Nature

Sunday, August 25, at 10 am

Join Rebecca Dube, artist and Nature Journaling teacher with UNH Cooperative Extension, for a workshop on sketching trees from nature. This 90-minute class will cover best practices in sketching branches, trunks, and boughs of both deciduous and evergreen trees, and give you plenty of time to practice and draw some trees of your own.

Guided Loon Paddle

Have you ever wondered why loon chicks ride on their parents’ backs? What loons are saying with those eerie calls in the night? What threats they face on our lakes, and what work is being done to preserve these beautiful, iconic birds in New Hampshire? Join us for a paddling trip on Wild Goose Pond, led by Loon Preservation Committee staff, to learn the answers to all of these questions and more!

Yoga at Graylag

Tuesday mornings, 9:30 - 10:45

Mary Ellen Shannon, certified yoga teacher and Reiki Master, as well as long-time friend and steward of the land here at Graylag, will be offering an all-levels Hatha flow yoga class on Tuesday mornings. Classes will include relaxation, meditation, asanas, and guided breathing. Come occasionally or come for all sessions. Class size is limited -- please call or email to reserve a space.

Camp Graylag History

Video Available

Watch the video of the June 2023 program with the Pittsfield Historical Society, as the daughters of Graylag's founding families share their memories and stories of old camp days.

Video Series

Ongoing

Check out our Video Exploration series! Here's where you can find recordings of our virtual programs and some fantastic field investigations too.

Have a skill you would like to share? Contact us to host your educational workshop or program here at Graylag.

COVID-19 SAFETY

Participants of in-person programs must review and acknowledge these expectations as a condition of participating in the activity:

All participants must follow current state and local guidance including existing or modified safer at home/stay-at-home orders. Graylag will cancel programming as needed if such guidance changes before the date of the event.
All participants must maintain appropriate social distance by remaining at least 6 feet apart from other trip participants during the entire field trip except for participants from the same household.
All participants must bring face coverings/masks that cover their nose, mouth, and chin, and wear them when they are unable to or do not consistently maintain a physical distance of at least 6 feet away from those not in your immediate household.
Participants agree to stay home if you have a fever or any symptoms of respiratory illness, or if you have been in close contact (within 6 feet of for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period) with an infected person starting from 2 days before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic persons, 2 days prior to positive specimen collection) until the time the person is isolated.
The CDC recommends that people at higher risk of severe illness should stay home and away from large groups of people as much as possible, including public places with lots of people and large gatherings where there will be close contact with others.
Participants must contact Graylag if they start to show symptoms and/or test positive for COVID 19 within 3 days of the event to enable contact tracing.