Your Child's Hidden Villa Trip

Hidden Villa's Environmental Education Program is based on the philosophy of founders Frank and Josephine Duveneck who believed that if we are to become thoughtful caretakers of our planet, we must provide our children with the opportunities to experience the beauty of our environment first hand and to understand the interrelatedness of all living things.

Your child will be spending the day at Hidden Villa hiking in the wilderness, working in the children's organic garden, and visiting friendly farm animals in groups of 6-8 children under the supervision of trained Hidden Villa staff or docents. During their trip, students make important ecological observations that can support academic learning back at school, become excited about exploring their natural world and make connections between new knowledge about the environment and their own lives.

If you would like more of an introduction to the Hidden Villa field trip, click on the image below to download and watch the mini-video created by a local 4th grade class.