Upcoming Public Programs


March Homeschool

Thursday, March 21
10:00am-11:15am

March is Water Lesson 1.

Pre-registration required. $5 per person in addition to the per vehicle Day Use Fee. Members Free.


Naturalist Snapshot: Maple Sugaring

Saturday, March 23
10:00am, 11:00am, and 1:00pm

Naturalist Snapshots are quick (15 minute) looks at something interesting from nature.

Learn about the tools used for maple sugaring and then go on a maple sugaring scavenger hunt to see if you can find all the signs of maple sugaring at Up Yonda Farm.

Included with Day Use Fee.


Night Sky

Wednesday, April 3
10:00am-11:00am & 1:00pm-2:00pm

Get an introduction to the solar eclipse and come inside our inflatable planetarium, StarLab, and learn to identify some of the constellations in our sky and hear the mythology behind them. You’ll also leave prepared to view the Solar Eclipse with complimentary viewing glasses.

Please note that the StarLab is a small space that requires crawling into with seating on the floor. With it’s acoustics, participants will need to be able to sit quietly for the duration of the program. Recommended for those 7 years of age and older.

$5 per person in addition to the per vehicle Day Use Fee. Members Free.


Paint With Patrice “Solar Eclipse in the Mountains

Thursday, April 4
1:00pm-3:00pm

Enjoy a two-hour workshop with instructor Patrice Jarvis-Weber. Paint with Patrice classes are geared for beginners, but open to all ages and artistic abilities. Participants will use acrylic paints on an 8×8 or 8×10 inch stretched canvas and take home a finished painting.

While you paint, you’ll learn about the upcoming solar eclipse and find out how they happen from a Naturalist.

$12 per person in addition to the per vehicle Day Use Fee. Members $7.


Volunteer Orientation

Friday, April 5
10:00am-10:45am & 1:00pm-1:45pm

Come find out what volunteer opportunities we have available for you at Up Yonda Farm. We will give you a tour of our facilities and walk you through tasks and projects we are looking for volunteers to assist with.

Seated adult hands a child a monarch butterfly and identification tag. Data collection clipboard, pop up insect tent, and butterfly net scattered around seated adult and child


Discovery Series: Signs of Spring Amphibians

Saturday, April 6
9:30am-11:30am
at Godwin Preserve, Padanarum Rd, Bolton, NY

In the springtime, pools of water from melting snow host all sorts of life. Explore with a Naturalist some of Godwin’s vernal pools to see what frogs and salamanders make these part of their life cycle. This hike is rated easy/moderate with several steeper sections.

Free. Pre-registration required with the Lake George Land Conservancy at least 24 hours in advance.