Honeybee Experience and Picnic
UPDATED: New Pond Farm’s newly renovated Farmhouse will be ours for the Learning Experience. Please park for the Farmhouse via the driveway where you'll see the yellow Barn (they'll be directing traffic). $20 cash per person attending - thank you. For our Optional Picnic, please bring your own food & drink; the Host will provide desserts! The Farmhouse has a meeting room, a kitchen, and restrooms, and an outdoor sunken garden where we can picnic, if it's nice out!
Our 'Honeybee Experience' instructor is Ann Murray, the Farm's Apiary Manager who is also a certified honeybee expert. Ann will guide us through the life and benefits of honeybees, using photography, stories and sensory experiences. We'll safely observe a living honeybee colony via a fully enclosed observation hive. We'll see “teamwork” in action as worker bees carry pollen; and observe the developing brood. If possible, we’ll even spot the queen bee!
We'll then enjoy a curated sampling of honey (with palate cleansers so we can fully taste the unique flavors of each new sample).
Participants will gain a better understanding of:
• How different wild flowers create unique flavors, aromas, and colors in honey
• The remarkable journey from nectar to honey
• Simple ways we can help protect pollinators
New Pond Farm includes 102 acres of protected land surrounding the Learning Center. The Farm has scenic walking paths, winding brooks with wooden bridges, and gated pastures for the farm animals: a postcard-perfect pastoral setting minutes from Ridgefield.
For those who wish to explore the Farm after our RNN event, you can visit the various Barns to see the Dairy cows (Shorthorn, Ayrshire, Jersey, Holstein, Dutch Belted); the Romney sheep; and the Chickens. Or explore the tree-lined walking paths.... even meander the wide-open meadows! Or spend time in the Learning Center and visit its Museum. New Pond Farm is a non-profit education center which depends on membership and admission programs.
Event limited to 20 guests
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