After School & Vacation Programs

Our After School & Vacation Programs offer kids in kindergarten through eighth grade the chance to build community, learn farm and forestry skills, connect to the outdoors, and bring home fresh vegetables! We offer spring and fall programs for K-8th grade and winter maple sugaring for middle schoolers. Open to students from any town and/or school. Join our experienced educators for weekly farm fun!

See nature and the farm come alive in the spring! We are going to be preparing gardens, planting seeds, taking care of baby rabbits and chickens, reading nature stories, and making spring crafts. Register for one day or up to all five!

• For students in Kindergarten – 3rd grade
• 2019 sessions:
  • Monday, April 15
  • Tuesday, April 16
  • Wednesday, April 17
  • Thursday, April 18
  • Friday, April 19
• 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Maximum of 12 students per day
• Cost: $60 per session with a Rec Center badge, $70 per session without
• Registration through the Weston Recreation Center

Introduce your child to the wonders of nature at Land’s Sake Farm! Sprouts will explore how the farm comes alive in the spring and have the chance to interact with out friendly chickens and baby bunnies. Every session will be full of hands-on, educational farm fun, including tree climbing and adventures through our beautiful landscape. We will plant spring veggies, watch them grow, and get the chance to eat them by the end of the session! Sprouts will take home seasonal produce when available. Land’s Sake educators will meet the children at the Weston Community Center to walk to the Farm (90 Wellesley Street, Weston) together.

• For students in Kindergarten
• Wednesday afternoons
• 12:45 – 1:45 pm**
• Wednesdays, April 3 – May 29, 2019 (excluding April Vacation Week)
• Maximum of 10 students
• Cost: $190 with Rec Center badge / $210 without, for eight sessions
• Registration through the Weston Recreation Center

***11:30 am – 1:00 pm on early release days (April 3 and May 1) and no program on April 17 (April Vacation Week). On early release days, Land’s Sake educators will meet the Kindergarteners at Country and Woodland Schools.  They will walk over to the Farm together and children will eat lunch on the Farm. Parents should pick-up students at 1:00 pm at the Farm on early release days.

Join us at the Farm this spring to help get the Children’s Garden growing! As Explorers, children are introduced to more in-depth garden topics such as weeding and trellising, plant and animal life cycles, animal husbandry, and composting. We will also enjoy visiting the Magic Tree and playing games. Land’s Sake educators will meet the students at the Weston Recreation Department and will walk to the Farm together. Students will take home seasonal produce from the garden when available.

• For students in 1st – 3rd grade
• Tuesday and/or Wednesday afternoons
• 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
• Tuesdays, April 2 – May 28 and Wednesdays, April 3 – May 29, 2019 (excluding April Vacation Week)
• Maximum of 12 students per session
• Cost: $215 with Rec Center badge / $235 without, for eight sessions
• Registration through the Weston Recreation Center

Get ready to grow! Junior Farmers get an in-depth look at how the farm is run, and take responsibility for taking care of the Children’s Garden and the chickens and rabbits. We will learn how to use several tools, practice planting, weeding, and harvesting techniques, be able to identify seeds and plants on the farm, and participate in harvesting for our food donations program. Junior Farmers will take home seasonal produce from the Garden when available. Land’s Sake educators will meet participants at Field School and walk them to the farm.

• For students in 4th and 5th grade
• Monday and/or Friday afternoons
• 2:20 pm – 4:00 pm
• Mondays, April 1 – June 3  and Fridays, April 5 – May 31, 2019 (excluding Memorial Day and April Vacation Week )
• Maximum of 12 students
• Cost: $300 with Rec Center badge / $320 without, for eight sessions
• Registration through the Weston Recreation Center

Join us for this program where middle school students get the chance to start the season for our Junior Farmer Field. Green Power students get exclusive access to the behind the scenes working of the farm. Participants have the chance to interact with farmers, make a crop plan for the Junior Farmer field, start seeds in the greenhouse, transplant them into the field, learn cultivation techniques, and participate in irrigation and building projects. This mentoring program provides the experience kids need to eventually be qualified for an internship on a farm in high school. Note: This program takes place in two locations. A Weston Public School bus will be available to bring students to either the farm (Bus K) or the Land’s Sake office (Bus F). More details will be given upon registration.

• For students in grades 6-8
• Thursday afternoons
• 3:30 – 5:15 pm
• Thursdays, April 4 – May 30, 2019 (excluding April Vacation Week)
• Maximum of 14 students
• Cost: $300 with Rec Center badge / $320 without, for eight sessions
• Registration through the Weston Recreation Center

Designed to actively involve youth in all phases of maple sugar production, students will help identify and tap maple trees, gather sap, and boil and bottle syrup. Students learn about the rich heritage of sugaring in New England from past to present, as well as the science behind the sugaring process. The season ends with the popular Land’s Sake Sugaring Off event on Saturday, March 23, 2019, held at the Sugar House at the Weston Middle School, where students will lead tours using the knowledge acquired over the season.

• For students in 6th-8th grades
• Program runs January 28 – March 18 (Monday session) or January 31 – March 21 (Thursday session)
• Meets at the Sugar House at Weston Middle School right after school
• Mondays and/or Thursdays from 3:15 – 5:15pm (except February vacation week)
• Cost (for Monday OR Thursday session, 7 weeks):
  • $260 for Land’s Sake 2019 Members at the Family Membership Level or above.
  • $280  for non-members, Senior/Youth Land’s Sake Members, or Individual Land’s Sake Members.
  • To learn more about Membership levels and benefits, please visit our Membership page.
• Maximum of 14 students per day
• Registration is now open – sign up here!