The Eco-Institute offers customized educational field trip experiences. Eco-Institute Field Trips feature site tours and classes with professional instructors who teach about topics of your choice. Topics include: Gardening, Permaculture and Sustainable Design, Ecology, Wild Edibles, Eco-Spirituality and Ecological Literacy, among others. We work with high schools, church groups, college classes and other groups.
We look forward to working with your group!
POLICIES & AGREEMENTS
2 hour Farm Tour
Our 2 hour farm tours and field trips cost $10 per person (excluding chaperones) with a minimum of $200 for a reservation. They typically last for 2 hours. They typically include a farm tour and a program on the topic of your choosing. Picnic lunch tables can be available for your group to bring bag lunches and stay an additional hour if requested at no additional charge.
3-4 hour Field Trip
A 3-4 hour program can include a fresh farm-to-table meal made with produce from our garden that you can help us pick during a garden tour, or we can offer a longer program on a topic of your choosing. This program can be scheduled either daytime or evening. A 3-4 hour field trip costs $30 per person with a minimum of $300. An evening fire circle is available on request.
Overnight Programs
Overnight programs include meals and camping accommodations. We provide showers, a certified kitchen, and a special farm environment for your stay. This kind of trip costs $100 per student per night and we offer flexible options to either lead programs for your group on the topics of your choosing or host your group while you have experiences on the farm and in the area.
Multi-Night Program - If you would like to arrange a longer stay, contact us for custom pricing agreement.
Once your reservation is made, we will add your group to our live program calendar. You can check this calendar for up-to date information:
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=pmeioffice%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York If there is a serious weather condition which would make it unsafe to have students on the land, we will contact you to cancel the Field Trip and reschedule on a different date.
We do not process separate payments for each student. We accept payment as a single check written to The Eco-Institute. Payment must be received either beforehand or on the day of the program.
