Groups
Fall 2025 Group Bookings Now Available!
(AND there’s a few dates left in Spring 2024 HERE)
Our group programs are designed to immerse students, teachers, businesses and groups in nature.
For school groups, we offer a “Day in the Life of Forest School”. In collaboration with teachers, we will prepare 3 to 5 activity stations that students will rotate through during the visit (see list of school group activities below).
For corporate or business retreats and special groups (including women-specific), we will create a unique shared experience in the forest, strengthening communication, comradery, and confidence as a team. Activities include (but aren’t limited to) games and initiatives, shelter building, guided nature hikes, tracking or plant ID lesson, maps, compass and orienteering, fire building, outdoor cooking, hammock time, and basic knot practice.
Our forest facility offers a variety of shelter options (a timber framed canvas tent, tarps, an insulated solar heated building) where we are able to get out of the elements and warm up or dry off on particularly cold and wet days, but these are minimally used as our goal is to provide an entirely outdoor experience. There is an outhouse on site with hand sanitizer available. Unfortunately, our facilities are not currently wheelchair accessible, however this is something we are working towards.
Alternatively, our instructors are available to deliver our nature immersion programming to your location if there is reasonable and accessible natural space available (within the Pictou County area or within one hour of travel from our location).
It is advised that students, participants, and chaperones come dressed appropriately for the weather. Refer to the FAQ portion of our website to find a list of what to bring.
Please reach out to our Program Director Maya Hoehne, with any questions you may have at MayaPCFS@gmail.com or book HERE.
School Group Activities available:
- Games – Learn through activity and play, with exciting and dynamic forest school games!
- Nature Hike – Go for a walk and learn about local flora and fauna through discovery and exploration.
- Tracking Lesson – Become a detective by learning to identify different animal tracks and how to discern tracing patterns of animals in the wild.
- Bannock on an open fire with basic fire principles – Learn fire building techniques and how to start a fire using a ferrocerium rod. Cook traditional bannock (flatbread) over an open fire on a stick.
- Map and Compass Lesson – Review map reading, cardinal points, how to take a bearing.
- Shelter building Lesson (with basic knots) – Learn how to tie a few useful knots and put your skills to the test by building a shelter with log lashing and tarp shelter techniques.
- Check out our Lesson Plans page for more curriculum based options.
