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Summer 2024 children on the farm. Best of the South Shore.

Connecting kids ages 3-14 to the natural world

At Friends of Holly Hill Farm, we seek to connect children to nature in a way that will stick with them for life! During our summer programs, children ages 3-14 make new friends, explore, adventure, and connect with the natural landscape and all of its wonderful creatures that inhabit it!

Students experience life on a working certified organic and regenerative farm - plus surrounding conservation areas, meadows, woods, and Ice Pond. Children may learn to care for our beloved farm animals, observe native wildlife, participate in sustainable farming, create art inspired by nature, get out and explore, and use our unique natural learning space to explore science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) too!

Our programs and curriculum are tailored to your child's specific age group, finding ways to engage and excite children from ages 3-14! Our programs offer a way for children to "graduate" to the next level summer after summer and learn new things every year!

BEFORE REGISTERING:

- Active Membership is REQUIRED to register and through the duration of your child's program. (Family level membership $75. Good for one full year from date of purchase.

- If you need to join or renew do so here on primary website. Click here.

-  See our frequently asked questions section to answer additional questions you might have about membership

Note: if you see an "expiration" date on your account please disregard it. It was date-stamped based on a prior registration only.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO REGISTER:
Annual physical and immunization forms  (JPG, PNG, DOC, DOCX and PDF files accepted) - even if you have in the past you may be asked to upload again
Emergency and Authorized Pick-Up Contact Information
Complete MEDICAL FORM with 5 short questions
Complete WAIVER & DISCLAIMER FORM
Complete our "T-shirt size" form to let us know what size is best for your child
Credit card

Early Drop-Off (8:00-9:00 am) - ages 3-14
Does your child want to join us for an extra hour on the farm before sessions start for the day? Do you need have a busy morning or need to get to work? Early drop off makes it fun for them...and easy on you! Children will be with a teacher, they may explore some of the early morning happenings on the farm, listen to a story, create in the barn, play outdoors or enjoy the beautiful morning and socialize with us and friends! Sign up for one morning, or all mornings of your child's session.* Can be added at time of registration or as the dates draw closer. Ages 3-14. Tiered pricing. Must be registered for a half or full day programs the same week, in order to participate. *June 19 & July 4 are observed holidays and there will be no programs on these days.

Register	Activity	Ages	Grades	Days	Date/Time	Fees

Log In	Early Drop Off Drop Off	2y 10m - 14y 2m	N/A	MTuWThF	06/03/2024 - 08/30/2024 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Children must be enrolled in regular programming on this day in order to enroll in early drop-off.

Garden Goats (ages 3-5)
Ages 3-5. OFFERED ALL WEEKS as FULL DAY or HALF DAY.** This widely popular program is a terrific introduction to growing, working, and playing in an outdoor setting. During the week, children make frequent trips to visit the chickens, goats, donkey, and pony, getting to know the animal’s habits, what they eat, and even their individual characters. In addition, they will plant and grow various crops, some of which they will bring home in their own decorated pots, and explore the red wigglers and other creatures of compost. Finally, the children will have adventures in the natural areas outside of the growing areas, including the Ice Pond, where they will find insects, amphibians, and all sorts of other creatures that use or make the pond their home. And along this journey, there will be many crafts, games, songs, and stories. NOTE : Child must be age 3 by the session start date. All children must be reliably potty-trained. NOTE: The weeks of June 19 and July 4 are four-day weeks and priced accordingly.

Register	Activity	Ages	Grades	Days	Date/Time	Fees

Log In	Garden Goats - Week 5 GG Week 5	3y - 5y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/01/2024 - 07/05/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00. Must be reliably potty trained. 4 DAY WEEK. No session 7/4/24.

Log In	Garden Goats - Week 6 GG Week 6	3y - 5y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/08/2024 - 07/12/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00. Must be reliably potty trained.

Log In	Garden Goats - Week 7 GG Week 7	3y - 5y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/15/2024 - 07/19/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00. Must be reliably potty trained.

Log In	Garden Goats - Week 8 GG Week 8	3y - 5y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/22/2024 - 07/26/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00. Must be reliably potty trained.

Log In	Garden Goats - Week 9 GG Week 9	3y - 5y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/29/2024 - 08/02/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00. Must be reliably potty trained.

Log In	Garden Goats - Week 10 GG Week 10	3y - 5y	N/A	MTuWThF	08/05/2024 - 08/09/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00. Must be reliably potty trained.

Log In	Garden Goats - Week 11 GG Week 11	3y - 5y	N/A	MTuWThF	08/12/2024 - 08/16/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00. Must be reliably potty trained.

Log In	Garden Goats - WAITING LIST GG-WAITLIST	2y 10m - 5y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/03/2024 - 08/30/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Select this option if you wish to be added to a waitlist. The next screen will prompt you to select the week(s) you wish to be added to.

Monarchs (ages 6-8)
Offered as FULL day or HALF day all weeks Our farm features many habitats, including growing areas, meadows, woods, marsh, and diverse flora & fauna. Children in this group will experience them all. Each day, we will work in the gardens, witnessing the plant’s cycle from seed to plant to flower to fruit while also performing chores to ensure the plants’ health and production of wonderful organic foods. We will also head out beyond the gardens with tools and strategies to explore and observe the wonders of nature, including pollinating insects, pond and marsh dwellers, life under rocks and logs, geological formations, and more. During these times, children will be able to collect simple data, record observations, make connections and predictions, create models, play games, and just have fun being immersed in the natural world. NOTE: Child must be age 6 by the start date of the session. NOTE: The weeks of June 19 and July 4 are four-day weeks and priced accordingly.

Register	Activity	Ages	Grades	Days	Date/Time	Fees

Log In	Monarchs - Week 1 MON Week 1	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/03/2024 - 06/07/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Monarchs - Week 2 MON Week 2	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/10/2024 - 06/14/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Monarchs - Week 5 MON Week 5	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/01/2024 - 07/05/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1. 4 day week. No program 6/19/24

Log In	Monarchs - Week 6 MON Week 6	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/08/2024 - 07/12/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Monarchs - Week 7 MON Week 7	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/15/2024 - 07/19/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Monarchs - Week 8 MON Week 8	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/22/2024 - 07/26/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Monarchs - Week 9 MON Week 9	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/29/2024 - 08/02/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Monarchs - Week 10 MON Week 10	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	08/05/2024 - 08/09/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Monarchs - Week 13 MON Week 13	6y - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	08/26/2024 - 08/30/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Monarchs - WAITLIST Mon WAITLIST	5y 10m - 8y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/03/2024 - 08/30/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	We will contact you via email if a spot opens up. We will provide the reply-by date/time to secure your spot (typically 24 hours). If a spot opens up close to the start date we will contact you by phone.

Counselor-in-Training (ages 12-15)
Offered as FULL day or HALF day all weeks Learn about all the details and nuances of working with young kids (ages 3-8) while becoming a confident, resourceful teacher. All counselors-in-training (CITs) will work with the lead teacher to gain experience and insight to activities and ways to thoughtfully engage the younger campers in an outdoor setting. Certificates of completion will be handed out at week’s end and perhaps propel these counselors to return in a following year as a high school assistant teacher. CIT registrants must be willing to always be attentive to camper needs. *The weeks of June 19 & July 4 are four-day weeks. Must be age 12 by start of program.

Register	Activity	Ages	Grades	Days	Date/Time	Fees

Log In	CIT - week 1 CIT: Week 1	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/03/2024 - 06/07/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Offered full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 2 CIT: Week 2	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/10/2024 - 06/14/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00

Log In	CIT - week 3 CIT: Week 3	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/17/2024 - 06/21/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Offered full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 4 CIT: Week 4	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/24/2024 - 06/28/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Offered full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 5 CIT: Week 5	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/01/2024 - 07/05/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Offered full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 6 CIT: Week 6	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/08/2024 - 07/12/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Offered full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 7 CIT: Week 7	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/15/2024 - 07/19/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 8 CIT: Week 8	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/22/2024 - 07/26/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 9 CIT: Week 9	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/29/2024 - 08/02/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 10 CIT: Week 10	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	08/05/2024 - 08/09/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 11 CIT: Week 11	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	08/12/2024 - 08/16/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 12 CIT: Week 12	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	08/19/2024 - 08/23/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	CIT - week 13 CIT: Week 13	12y - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	08/26/2024 - 08/30/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	full day 9-3 or half day 9-1

Log In	Counselor-in-Training - WAITING LIST CIT-WAITLIST	11y 10m - 15y	N/A	MTuWThF	06/03/2024 - 08/30/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	full day 9-3 or half day 9-1. We will contact you via email if a spot opens up. We will provide the reply-by date/time to secure your spot (typically 24 hours). If a spot opens up close to the start date we will contact you by phone.

Farm Builders & Inventors
Children will learn how to build simple structures around the farm or to bring home. They will also be challenged to create fun and useful inventions that may meet needs on the farm or that stir their imaginations. Inventions and structures can range from water catchment systems or fences to floating a gnome on the Ice Pond or wild chain reactions. Ages 9-12 Available FULL DAY or HALF DAY

Register	Activity	Ages	Grades	Days	Date/Time	Fees

Log In	FARM BUILDERS & Inventors - week 9 FARM BUILDERS - Week 9	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/29/2024 - 08/02/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00

Log In	FARM BUILDERS - WAITLIST FARMBUILDER-WAITLIST	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/29/2024 - 08/02/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00. We will contact you via email if a spot opens up. We will provide the reply-by date/time to secure your spot (typically 24 hours). If a spot opens up close to the start date we will contact you by phone.

Outdoor Adventure
Offered full day or half day Ages 9-12 Children will explore and create within the secret areas around the farm, including the woods, meadows, and Ice Pond. Each outing will open their eyes to new places and possibilities as they learn to navigate, observe, and create. Children will use compasses, practice basic survival skills, build shelters, create civilizations, quest, and more during these adventurous weeks.

Register	Activity	Ages	Grades	Days	Date/Time	Fees

Log In	Outdoor Adventure - Week 6 Outdoor - Week 6	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/08/2024 - 07/12/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9:00-3:00 or Half Day 9:00-1:00

Log In	Outdoor Adventure - Week 8 Outdoor - Week 8	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/22/2024 - 07/26/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full day 9-3. Half day 9-1

Log In	WAITIST Outdoor Adventure - Week 6 Waitlist Outdoor - Week 6	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/08/2024 - 07/12/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full day 9-3. Half day 9-1. We will contact you via email if a spot opens up. We will provide the reply-by date/time to secure your spot (typically 24 hours). If a spot opens up close to the start date we will contact you by phone.

Log In	WAITIST Outdoor Adventure - Week 8 Waitlist Outdoor - Week 8	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/22/2024 - 07/26/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full day 9-3. Half day 9-1. We will contact you via email if a spot opens up. We will provide the reply-by date/time to secure your spot (typically 24 hours). If a spot opens up close to the start date we will contact you by phone.

Creating and Cooking in Nature
Children will experiment with different artforms and cooking techniques while exploring the natural beauty of Holly Hill Farm. They may paint a meadow landscape with watercolors, draw the Tomato Barn with pencil or other tools, sculpt an animal out of clay, construct leaf mandalas and stone and shell mosaics, and weave with grasses from the fields and marshes. And each day will include a new set of recipes that utilize produce they harvest from our gardens. In the end, they will create art for all senses. Offered Full day and Half Day. Ages 9-12

Register	Activity	Ages	Grades	Days	Date/Time	Fees

Log In	Creativity & Cooking in Nature- Week 5 CreativeCook - Week5	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/01/2024 - 07/05/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full day or half day available.

Log In	Creativity & Cooking in Nature- Week 7 CreativeCook - Week 7	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/15/2024 - 07/19/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Waitlist-Creativity & Cooking in Nature- Week 5 waitlist: CreativeCook - Week 5	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWF	07/01/2024 - 07/05/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

Log In	Waitlist-Creativity & Cooking in Nature- Week 7 waitlist: CreativeCook - Week 7	9y - 12y	N/A	MTuWThF	07/15/2024 - 07/19/2024 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM Holly Hill Farm	See Options View Seats
Log In	Full Day 9-3. Half Day 9-1.

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