Our Education Center

For Private Parties or Wedding Receptions

Our Education Center offers seating for up to 75 people in a fully appointed room with a wall of windows looking out onto a beautiful wooded setting. Facilities are air conditioned and handicapped accessible. A kitchen off the main room is equipped for catering with refrigerator, microwave and oven. We will be happy to provide a list of fine caterers for your food and beverage needs. The building features a covered open-air pavilion with wooden tables and native stonework floor, offering space for small outdoor sessions, picnics or cocktails.

Additional outdoor gathering places include the Woodland Stage, the Woodland Activity area, which is suitable for tents, and our Amphitheatre in the Garden of Rare and Endangered Plants.

Rental guests are invited to enjoy our 45-acre botanic garden featuring the largest landscaped collection of native plants in the Northeast.  

For retreats, meetings, or conferences

The large room can be set up in a variety of ways, including theatre-style with rows of chairs, conference-style with tables in a U-shape, or classroom-style with people seated around individual tables. The room can also be divided with a soundproof partition to create two smaller meeting spaces. We can provide a TV/VCR, overhead projector, digital projector, slide projector, screen, whiteboard, two easels, podium, and built-in sound system with both cordless and stationary microphones. 

For more information on rentals, contact Bonnie Drexler, 508-877-7630, ext. 3302, bdrexler@newenglandWILD.org.