Special Places | Summer 2014

Special PLACES for members and supporters of the trustees of reservations

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Thanks to a loan from the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston, a vintage rendering of a Crane family patriarch is on display in the Great House at Castle Hill for the summer. Painted in 1904 by Swedish artist Anders Zorn, the oil-oncanvas portrait depicts Richard Teller Crane, Sr., a Chicago industrialist and plumbing magnate whose family resided on the Ipswich property that became the captivating Crane Estate in the early 20th century. Zorn painted the portrait during one of seven trips to the United States; in the years since its creation, the painting made stopovers in St. Louis and Chicago before arriving at the Woods Hole, Massachusetts home of Frances Crane Lillie, whose brother built Castle Hill. Her descendants gave the portrait of Crane to the MFA and conveyed their wish for the organization to loan the painting to Castle Hill. The portrait has hung in the stair hall of the Great House since late May, and visitors can view this stately work through mid-October.

Good Afternoon This summer, with the arrival of 18 Venetian gondola poles and caps to define the boundaries of the Afternoon Garden, a signature piece of history returns to Naumkeag. First created in 1928 by Boston sculptor and wood carver Arcangelo Cascieri to resemble the gondola poles that line the canals of Venice, those original artifacts deteriorated beyond repair in the climes of the Northeast.

Now, Skylight Studios—whose founder, Robert Shure, was an apprentice to

Cascieri—has hand-carved and painted new poles from New England-sourced oaks. The addition of the gondola poles is part of the second of five phases in the restoration of the gardens and landscapes at the Stockbridge property. Mark Wilson, restoration project manager and West Region Curator, says “By the end, few landscapes in the country will have seen such a detailed and authentic restoration.”

Work on the Afternoon Garden is expected to conclude in June.

BIGGER AND BETTER

SPRING SOJOURN

This May, four representatives from the board of The Trustees of Reservations and a dozen staff members took an enriching journey to the Brandywine River Valley—an area at the confluence of northern Delaware and southern Pennsylvania—to explore three public gardens, each in different stages of development. Over the span of three days, the Trustees’ delegation visited Mt. Cuba Center, Longwood Gardens, and Hagley Museum and Library, while Trustees board member Nathan Hayward and his wife, Marilyn, hosted the travelers.

Powisset Farm in Dover has been abuzz lately, thanks to an all-around upgrade of its facilities: expanded offices and meeting spaces, two ADA-accessible restrooms, larger pickyour-own flower beds and raspberry bushes, and a state-of-the-art farm kitchen intended to host cooking classes and workshops. To help achieve The Trustees’ net zero energy farming goals, the heat and electricity from the kitchen’s induction stovetop derives from newly installed rooftop solar panels, and the walls, floors,

and ceilings are packed with foam and cellulose insulation to enhance energy efficiency. Later this summer, the farm plans to host “Powisset Cooks!”, a series of cooking classes led by guest chefs, and a mobile farmers market and the first-ever “small” CSA shares are close to fruition. And right now, the barn features a new, expanded space for CSA pick-ups and the farmers market, held on Tuesdays (1:30-6:30pm), Thursdays (10 am–6:30pm), and Saturdays (10am–5pm) through October.

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Barbara Erickson is joined by Carla Markell, First Lady of Delaware, during a visit from a Trustees delegation to the Brandywine Valley this past May.

ON THE TRAIL In Good Repair

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A century after it was first scooped out of the Ispwich landscape, the Casino at Castle Hill gets a million-dollar facelift.

Planting Seeds

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Find authentic ambiance and handson fun for the whole family at these three working farms across eastern Massachusetts.

Ebb & Flow

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When the mercury rises, roll up a towel, pack the sunscreen, and beat the heat at these splendid beaches.

Habitat Snatchers

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With a home screen full of nature-centric smartphone apps, a new understanding of the natural world is at your fingertips.

Things To Do

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Find Your Place

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Inspired Efforts BC Volunteer Lynn Grindall finds friendly faces in beautiful places.

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Crane Estate, Ipswich © the trustees of reservations archives and research center

Summer is a time for children. Like light entering a camera lens, the sun on long summer days seems to register childhood memories in particularly vivid and lasting detail. It really is a privilege, as a parent and a member of The Trustees, to participate in the joys of summertime by introducing and unfolding our own favorite places to young people.

Our organization bears a special responsibility for those in their formative years. We provide a rich palette of places and experiences where healthy habits and confidence can grow alongside cherished memories, creativity and a meaningful knowledge of history and the outdoors.

It is a daunting responsibility, but one for which we have unparalleled resources.

Charles Eliot set out The Trustees’ bold vision to preserve and protect places of natural, scenic and historic beauty, just as a Public Library holds books and an Art Museum holds pictures.Programs such as Discovery Days at Naumkeag and the Great House on Castle Hill, or our Explore the Shore Family Tour, are employing our best assets to reconnect younger generations, those most in danger of losing touch with our collective past, with the elements of time and place that sustain our communities.

More children and their families will be able to explore Doyle Community Park in Leominster with the opening of our newest universally accessible trail - now the most extensive in The

Trustees—revealing seldom seen locations and scenic landscapes to visitors of all ages and abilities. And, thanks to a truly exciting partnership with the non-profit Sea Station, The Trustees offer daily shuttle service to the once remote Misery Islands Reservation this summer, via a newly constructed 45-foot motor catamaran departing from the public dock in Marblehead.

Two great adventures for your family should include a visit to our newly opened Governor Oliver Ames Estate in Easton, a multifaceted gem in a vibrant community brimming with historical and cultural opportunities, or to our newly expanded Monument Mountain Reservation in Great Barrington, the meeting place of literary giants in American history, and one of our oldest and most beloved recreational properties.

Friends of The Trustees share their personal memories on our properties with me regularly. From strawberry picking with grandchildren at Appleton Farms to Labor Day picnics at Stevens Coolidge Place, our collective work with all of you makes summer in the Commonwealth all the more important, fun and memorable.

See you on the trails,

Barbara J. Erickson President & CEO

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Good Repair The Casino at Castle Hill is a century-old marvel of Italian Renaissance Revival architecture.

And it’s getting a million-dollar upgrade.

By Jeff Harder

the stone balustrades wrapping the perimeter. the jigsaw of marble framing a pool that resembles a roman bath. the formal arrangements of evergreens pointed skyward. Even in grainy archival images with black-and-white complexions, the things that made the Casino at Castle Hill such a treasured place to spend sun-drenched afternoons come through in vivid detail.

Located on The Trustees of Reservations’ Crane Estate in Ipswich, the Casino is among Castle Hill’s quietest and most breathtaking features, a contradiction carved into the hillside. For decades, it was an afterthought.

But this summer, the Casino’s 12,000-squarefoot courtyard is the focus of a million-dollar restoration. It’s a project that represents the end of a seven-year overhaul of Castle Hill’s key vista—and the start of a new heyday for this century-old architectural gem.

In 1910, when wealthy industrialist Richard T. Crane, Jr., bought the farmland that would become the Crane Estate, he set about transforming Castle Hill’s 165 acres into an elegant summer escape from his family’s

Chicago home. The property was rendered in Italian Renaissance Revival style, with a grand villa at the top of the hill gazing down upon the Grand Allée, a half-mile stretch of hills rolling toward the sea, margined off by hedgerows and statuary. In 1913, the Cranes decided to install a saltwater swimming pool, but their insistence on placing it in a valley between two hills threatened to interrupt the ocean view. Arthur Shurcliff, a neighbor and superlative landscape architect, had a solution: By creating the allée, cutting into the terrain, and terracing the pool, only a stone balustrade would be visible.

By 1915, the efforts of Shurcliff and the Boston architectural firm Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge resulted in the estate’s Casino.

In this case, the word “casino” has nothing to do with gambling—it’s Italian for “little house”—and the structure survived even after the main residence was rebuilt into the Stuartstyle Great House. The Casino was a separate “entertainment hub” for the estate, says Bob Murray, The Trustees’ Operations Manager for the Northeast and Greater Boston regions—in other words, a place to chat and relax after a day

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By the time summer gives way to autumn, the Casino restoration at Castle Hill will have peeled away a nondescript courtyard to reveal its former architectural nuances.

in the ocean. “It was at a much more intimate scale, for friends and family to gather down there within this huge expanse of landscape,” Murray says.

The classic vision of the casino—the one in The Trustees’ archival black-and-white photographs—is something to behold. The stone balustrade sat atop a 15-foot-high retaining wall with staircases on either end leading down to the courtyard, the most dramatic of an abundance of changes in elevation. A brick pathway laid in a herringbone pattern circumnavigates the courtyard, with six sets of stairs easing the two-foot drop down to the marble pavers surrounding the in-ground pool, and a second balustrade caps a lower retaining wall on the north side of the courtyard. On the east and west ends, the facades of two large pavilions—one for a ballroom and billiard room, the other a bachelor’s quarters for the young men among the Cranes’ guests—are home to eight classical

All of these elements work together to create a European feel in this Italian-style courtyard that’s unique to the North Shore. And there’s certainly nothing else like it on the estate.

— Susan Hill Dolan, Cultural Resources Specialist

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statues cast from late-19th-century molds, and the entryways feature term figures of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine and merrymaking.

To mimic the Italian Cypress that accented similar landscapes on the other side of the Atlantic, Shurcliff planted Eastern Red Cedar.

“All of these elements work together to create a European feel in this Italian-style courtyard that’s unique to the North Shore,” says Susan Hill Dolan, The Trustees’ curator for the Northeast Region. “And there’s certainly nothing else like it on the estate.”

But by the 1940s, after Mrs. Crane saw its potential for liability, the pool was filled in.

Within half a century of its bequest to The Trustees, time and the maritime environment undermined the Casino: a problem called alkali-silica reaction damaged the historic concrete structures, a leaky tar-and-gravel roof on one of the buildings collapsed, and the area finally had to be closed to the public. In 1998, around the time Castle Hill became a National Historic Landmark, The Trustees rebuilt the large retaining wall and the two pavilions, but the reconstruction obscured details of the original architecture of the courtyard; and with a simple lawn between them, the pavilions looked like orphaned outbuildings. So when The Trustees sought to rehabilitate the Grand Allée in 2007, thoughts returned to the Casino work left undone. “We realized the Casino is so integral to the overall Allée that we needed

to finish what we started 10 years earlier and complete that courtyard,” Murray says.

Within two weeks of the start of the project, construction crews had already piled up mounds of earth and exposed what lay underneath. This quasi-archaeological dig represents the project’s first step, one that aims to carefully expose the architectural details that made the courtyard so unique while salvaging the historic building fabric. Next, there’s the restoration of the ornaments on the property: the statuary, urns, torchere light fixtures, and so forth. While the original statuary placed in the facades of the buildings had been sold at auction before the property came to The Trustees, Bob Shure of Skylight Studios in Woburn, Massachusetts, managed to identify the eight statues in old photographs and has begun recreating them with original molds.

In September, after the restoration of the architecture wraps up, The Trustees will line the courtyard with its distinctive plantings, transplanting the ethos of an Italian Renaissance Revival garden to the New England coast. “It’s not the kind of landscape with a lot of color: It’s very green.

And along with the architecture of the balustrade, the pavers, and so forth, it creates this Italian motif,” says Cindy Brockway, Program Director for Cultural Resources at The Trustees and veteran landscape designer and preservationist. Arborvitae will provide vertical accents, topiaries will be planted

throughout the courtyard, and a hearty evergreen groundcover will line the slopes toward the pool. (Though the pool or another aquatic feature might reappear in the future, for now, it will be replaced with a lawn panel.)

To preserve the integrity of the Casino during restoration, The Trustees are using original documentation and original materials wherever possible. Thanks to Shurcliff’s century-old topographical insight, the project will remain unobtrusive to Castle Hill’s visitors, but it’s well worth watching the process unfold. Throughout July and August, the audience of the property’s weekly summer concert series can gaze over the balustrade and learn about the project.

The new space might become a venue for weddings and functions, retail shops, or something else on a list of possibilities. But the revival of the Casino courtyard isn’t about accumulating more square footage. As a key aspect of the Grand Allée and a component of a National Historic Landmark, the cultural significance of the Casino extends beyond New England. “These are incredible spaces that need to be experienced, and that value has held up over time,” Murray says. “They still are awe-inspiring. And these are important pieces of our national heritage that we’re helping to preserve.”

Jeff Harder is a freelance writer and former managing editor of Cape Cod Life magazine.

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Powisset Farm

Planting Seeds More than just idyllic summertime destinations, our working farms are places for families to gain insight into where their food comes from.

By Jaci Conry

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Weir River Farm

Powisset Farm

Appleton Farms

The delights of a farm—fresh air, furry animals, verdant pastures, and vibrant crops—are endless and simple. Whether you want to pick your own produce, take a leisurely hike, listen to an oinking pig, or settle in with a picnic and the kind of scenery only nature could provide, The Trustees of Reservations have an abundance of farms that make for fun summertime destinations. And in these pastoral places, memories spring from the soil.

Weir River Farm

WEIR RIVER FARM At Weir River Farm in Hingham, originally part of an early 20th-century estate, oak and red cedar woodlands surround fields and pastures, and trails make a one-and-a-half mile loop through woods. “It’s a beautiful, breathtaking place to come when it’s quiet,” says Meghan Connolly, the farm’s Education and Interpretation Coordinator. “Lots of families just walk around the grounds with their kids.”

But the main attractions are the animals in the big red barn: 24 Belted Galloway cattle, 20 Icelandic sheep, six pigs, two ponies, four Nigerian dwarf goats, and some 50 chickens.

And from 10am to 2pm on Saturdays through October, Weir River Farm hosts Open Barnyard, a chance for visitors to get an up close glimpse of the animals. (Just remember the cardinal rule of any working farm: Look, but don’t touch.) And for a mid-week escape

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every Wednesday through September, follow the footpath from the entrance to an open grassy field, where the farm hosts a popular Outdoor Story Hour on Wednesdays at 10am “We read a story and kids can cheer, yell, and make animal noises,” says Connolly, who always kicks off the season with a reading of Margaret Wise Brown’s Big Red Barn. “It’s not like at the library where they have to sit and be quiet.” After the program, parents and kids are welcome to linger, play, and picnic in the field.

POWISSET FARM The nearly 109 acres of Dover’s Powisset Farm are home to an upland oak forest, a pair of brooks, vernal pools, and wooded wetlands, but the farm is best known for its blossoming community supported agriculture operation, or CSA. By purchasing “shares” of the farm’s CSA ($590 for Trustees members, $655 for nonmembers), local food lovers provide farmers with the economic resources to sustain their work, and farmers give members a selection of fresh-from-the-field vegetables each week throughout the roughly 20-week growing season. Also brand-new this season: Powisset is selling farm-fresh milk from our own grass fed Jersey cows at Appleton Farms.

Buy a milk share or pick up a half gallon or two at the farm stand.

Appleton Farms

And whether you’re a CSA shareholder or not, there are plenty of chances to get your hands dirty at Powisset Farm. On Saturdays from May through October, families are invited to work on the farm from 8am until 12noon.

Potential duties might include planting seeds, picking up rocks, creating gardens, shoveling, or moving heavy machinery. “We have a mix of stuff that we ask visitors to do,” says Meryl LaTronica, CSA Manager at Powisset Farm, “depending on their ages and abilities.” The farm, open daily from dawn to dusk, recently created a kitchen in its barn—a future home for cooking classes, gardening instruction, and mini-workshops for preschoolers. A farm stand is open to the public on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and visitors are welcome to pick their own herbs, flowers, and berries all summer long.

APPLETON FARMS Dating back to the 17th century, Appleton Farms in Ipswich is one of the country’s oldest continuously operating dairy farms. On select Wednesdays from June 27 through August 22, you can get a taste of tradition when Appleton Farms hosts Family Farm Dinners—casual, friendly get-togethers with old-fashioned lawn games and live music. The focus is a buffetstyle dinner prepared with farm ingredients by

one of the chef instructors (who lead cooking classes in the farm’s year-round teaching kitchen). “There might be a pizza from our earth oven or grass-fed burgers, fresh salads, and homemade ice cream,” says Beth Zschau Engagement Manager for the Northeast and Greater Boston Regions.

While you’re visiting, be sure to check out Appleton Farms’ dairy and farm store, open seven days a week. Patrons can purchase milk, cheese, and butter—all derived from the farm’s herd of Jersey cattle—along with the farm’s beef and eggs and an array of foods and crafts made in nearby communities. Interested guests can also explore the inner workings of the farm’s dairy operation and watch the milking process in the dairy burn during the Meet the Cows program, held on Saturday afternoons through November. And on Saturdays from 10 to 11am, preschoolers can get a crash course in farming at Mini Moos. “Kids help collect eggs from the chickens, take a farm tour, and pet the cows,” says Zschau. It’s more than just a fun Saturday morning pastime: By getting a hands-on understanding of how farming works, the next generation gets its own taste of tradition, too.

Jaci Conry is a Cape Cod-based writer and editor who specializes in architecture, landscape, and design.

Kids help collect eggs from the chickens, take a farm tour, and pet the cows.

— Beth zschau, Engagement Manager for the Northeast and Greater Boston regions

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Ebb and Flow

Whether you seek a remote lighthouse standing sentinel on an empty beach, a paddle through the tranquil waters of a sheltered bay, or sandy splendor by the wave-splashed sea, these delights—and many more—await at The Trustees’ exceptional coastal properties.

By Matt Heid

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge: A Remote Beach in a Remote Land

Long Point, Cape Poge & Wasque: A Tale of Three Vineyards

Crane Beach: Crown Jewel of New England

On the northeast corner of Nantucket, a narrow finger of sand extends north more than five miles to Great Point Lighthouse. Seals bask by the hundreds on its shores. Windshorn oaks and cedar nestle in rolling dunes with some 15 miles of trails lacing through the coastal landscape. Views sweep the sea in all directions along the “Galls”—the spit’s narrowest point—from east over the Atlantic to west across Nantucket Sound. “If you haven’t seen Coskata-Coatue, you’ve missed the best part of the island,” says Steve Nicolle, the property’s Superintendent. “It’s out there, it’s hard to get to, and it’s absolutely gorgeous.”

The best way to visit is through The Trustees’ natural history tours, which depart twice daily in season from downtown Nantucket. The three-hour journey travels over sand to the tip of Great Point, culminating in a tour of the still-active lighthouse ($40 for members, reservations required, 508-228-0006).

Oversand vehicle access is also permitted in most of the refuge, though a permit ($65 for day-use, $125 for season) and a high-clearance four-wheel-drive vehicle are necessary, and some beaches are subject to vehicle restrictions to protect nesting piping plovers.

The ocean’s varied temperaments are on full display on Martha’s Vineyard. The mile-long stretch of beach at Long Point Wildlife Refuge, a 632-acre property on the island’s southcentral edge, is a wave-tossed wonderland. Just behind lays Long Cove Pond, a warm, shallow, freshwater venue ideal for swimmers and splash-happy children.

The ocean washes a different face upon Chappaquiddick Island to the east. The island hosts Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, a spindle of sand extending roughly four miles north to Cape Poge Light, and Wasque, on the southeast corner. The tranquil beaches of Cape Poge can be accessed by foot, by oversand vehicle (permit required), through the Trustees-led lighthouse and natural history tours ($20-$25 for members, 508-627-3599), or by canoe or kayak in the sheltered waters of Cape Poge Bay (Trustees-led tours available, $30). But the ocean flaunts its ceaseless energy at Wasque, where a 1997 storm gashed the beach and separated Chappaquiddick Island from the mainland. “To get a feel for the power of the ocean and Mother Nature, Wasque is the place to be,” says Chris Kennedy, Martha’s Vineyard Superintendent for The Trustees. “The shoreline changes here on virtually a daily basis.”

Crane Beach lines the miles-long margin of Castle Neck, a completely protected peninsula that divides the Atlantic from Essex Bay. “It’s a place unlike any other,” says Chris Ward, the Crane Estate superintendent. “The shoreline is exceptional. The possibilities are endless.”

Most visitors access the portion of Crane Beach closest to the parking area, where more than a half-mile of lifeguarded beach entices swimming and sandy relaxation. But solitude awaits on farther sections of strand as well as the five-and-a-half-mile network of trails that circle through the dunes. Sheltered Steep Hill Beach—hidden beyond a cluster of shoreline rocks—is a prime example. From there, visitors can access the immaculately landscaped grounds of Castle Hill and the Great House, properties once owned by one of America’s wealthiest families and now part of the Trustees’ Crane Estate. And it’s easy to avoid crowds even on the busiest days with a little planning, Ward says: “If you arrive before 10am or after 1pm, you’re probably not going to have an issue getting a place.”

Matt Heid is a freelance writer whose work appears regularly in AMC Outdoors. He is the author of AMC’s Best Backpacking in New England.

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Steep Hill Beach; Crane Beach; Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge; Crane Beach; Coskata-Coatue Wildlife

Refuge; Long Point Wildlife Refuge; Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge; Crane Beach.

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Hold the Phone Instead of shortcuts to distraction, these five smartphone apps bring the natural world into focus.

By Mary Grauerholz

It might seem like hiking in the woods doesn’t mix with tapping away on a smartphone’s touchscreen. After all, the natural world is supposed to be a refuge from our always-on lives, a place to reconnect with our simplest selves instead of checking e-mail.

But sometimes nature begs for deeper exploration—maybe you just have to identify that odd duck you see in Francis William Bird Park in Walpole, or you have an unbridled curiosity about the Boston skyline floating in the distance at World’s End in Hingham, or you get just as much pleasure from sharing your finds with others as you do in discovering them yourself.

For these journeys and more, smartphone applications can actually enrich the outdoor experience, and there’s a world of options beyond Facebook and Instagram. Here are a few apps that can help make the most of your visit to The Trustees’ properties around the state. Just remember: prices will vary, and switch your ringer to silent when you depart from the trailhead.

LEFT: The Trustees are launching our very own app! Check our website www.thetrustees.org mid-summer for all the details.

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Backpacker GPS Trails, Lite or Pro Version

Audubon Birds Pro: A Field Guide to North American Birds

Backpacker Magazine is a 40-year-old

Birders can be very particular, and many

print institution for those who venture off

of them are flocking to Audubon Birds

the beaten track, and the Backpacker GPS

Pro. Newly updated for 2014, the app

Trails brings that reputation into the digital

offers a bounty of invaluable features for

realm. The free “lite” version records your

any amateur ornithologist, like multiple

latitude and longitude, lets you navigate

photographs for each species (including

with a digital compass, view maps, and

shots of juveniles when their appearance

A smartphone loaded with

take photos. For a few dollars, you can

varies from adult birds) plus more than

nature-centric apps is among

upgrade to the ad-free Pro version, which

eight hours of bird calls and songs—an

the most valuable tools you can

includes the ability to store maps on your

especially good reference when you hear

bring into the great outdoors.

phone and fetch aerial images, among

a bird before you see it. Another feature

From interpreting obscure bird

other features.

taps into a database of bird sightings

calls to identifying uncommon

updated in real time, making it an ideal

foliage, these apps tap into vast

PLATFORM: iPhone, Android

resource for tracking down the species

databases and the wisdom of

PRICE: free (Lite); $4.99 (Pro)

most recently spotted near you.

the crowd to unlock secrets of

TRY IT: Introduce a youngster to adventure

the natural world.

by navigating a trail with the app at North

PLATFORM: iPhone, Android

Common Meadow in Petersham. Make it a

PRICE: $9.99 (iPhone), $1.99 (Android)

challenge suited to little feet by navigating

TRY IT: This app is a perfect companion

to the spur that leads to the Roaring Brook

when you’re bird watching surfside at

Tract of the Brooks Woodland Preserve.

Halibut Point Reservation in Rockport.

Revel in the lush forests and open pastureland dotted with old stone walls.

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Peterson Birds: A Field Guide to Birds of North America

Leafsnap

iNaturalist

Leafsnap has a gloriously simple premise:

iNaturalist is an online community with

For good reason, the Peterson Field

snap your photo of (what else?) a leaf,

its own app with which members record

Guides have been trusted resources for the

upload it, and Leafsnap will identify it.

their observations in nature (for example, a

last 80 years. Rather than photographs,

The app is the result of several academic

scissor-tailed flycatcher in the Boston area),

this application boasts intricate drawings

powerhouses—Columbia University,

tag the location of their finds with GPS

of hundreds of birds that provide a

the University of Maryland, and the

coordinates, and upload the information to

different vantage point on denizens of

Smithsonian Institution created the

inaturalist.org. The ideal result, according

the skies. While the app focuses on visual

library of images that match with the

to the website, is “a living record of life on

identification, many users find its greatest

app users’ photos—and the depth of

Earth.” On the world map, you can see an

value in the audio birdsongs from the

information about your favorite U.S. tree

individual in Bangladesh who needs help

Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay

varieties will have you captivated. Leaves

identifying a butterfly, or a photographer

Library.

are best photographed against a white

in British Columbia who’s snapped one of

background, so remember to pack a piece

the first flowering plants of the season.

of paper before hitting the trail.

Suddenly the world seems much smaller in

PLATFORM: iPhone, iPad PRICE: $9.99

the best possible way.

TRY IT: Copicut Woods in Fall River offers a

PLATFORM: iPhone

patchwork of forests and wetlands waiting

PRICE: free

PLATFORM: iPhone, Android

to be explored. Try a hike at dusk; if you’re

TRY IT: Stroll through the six acres of Allen

PRICE: free

curious to whether you hear a spotted owl

C. Haskell Park in New Bedford, and snap

TRY IT: Take a mid-summer trip to Cape

or barred owl, the answer is a few taps and

and catalog leaves as the garden changes

Poge Wildlife Refuge on Martha’s Vineyard,

swipes away.

and evolves.

snap and upload a picture of the unique hardy red cedars, and see what responses you get from across the globe.

Mary Grauerholz is a freelance writer living in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

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Things To Do

WALKS, TALKS & MOR Clear your head and open your mind—on these rambles you’ll explore marshes, meadows, swamps, and seasides. Toddlers to teens, families and friends: bring them all or just bring yourself to enjoy a unique outdoor experience. Choose a special place nearby or explore somewhere a little further afield.

Monthly Garden Walks

Up Close: Live Birds of Prey

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First Mondays, through September | 9AM Haskell Park, New Bedford 508.636.4693 x103 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Seaside Stroll with Birding Basics

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Third Sundays, through September | 8–10AM Halibut Point Reservation, Coolidge Reservation, Rockport 978.281.8400 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Sunday Canoe Trips

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Sundays, Jun 29; Jul 6, 13, 27; Aug 3, 17, 31; Sept 7, 21, 28 8:30–11:30AM Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield 413.229.8600 Members: Adult $24; Child (ages 10–16) $10. nonmembers: Adult $30; Child (ages 10–16) $15.

Survival Adventure Weekend

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Friday–Sunday, June 27–29 6 pM Friday–2 pM Sunday Tully Lake Campground, Royalston 978.249.4957 Members & Nonmembers: $75.

Theme Days at Tully!

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Wild West Day: Saturday, June 28 Hawaiian Shirt Day: Saturday, July 26 Super Heroes Day: Saturday, August 30 Tully Lake Campground, Royalston 978.249.4957 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Kayak Leonard’s Pond

Visit www.thetrustees.org for details on all of our events and volunteer opportunities, and to sign up for our monthly e-mail.

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Saturday, June 28 | 1–3 pM East Over Reservation, Rochester 508.636.4693 x103 Members: $30. nonmembers: $40.

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Saturday, June 28 | 10aM –12 noon Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield 413.229.8600 Members: Adult $8; Child (ages 6–12) $4. nonmembers: Adult $10; Child (ages 6–12) $5.

Greenspace Connections & Tree Walk Saturday, June 28 | 10aM –12 noon Boston Natural Areas Network Piers Park, East Boston Members & Nonmembers: FREE. Register at 617.542.7696 or info@ bostonnatural.org.

English Tea in the Gardens

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Fridays–Sundays, July & August | 2–4 pM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.8138 Members & Nonmembers: $10.

Great Goldfish Day

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Friday, July 11 | 4:30–6 pM Mytoi Garden, Martha’s Vineyard 508.627.3599 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Full Moon & Folklore Hikes

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Saturday, July 12; Sunday, August 10 | 8:30–10:30 pM Crane Beach & Crane Wildlife Refuge on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4052 Members: $15. nonmembers: $20. Suggested ages 13 and older.

Full Moon Owl Prowl

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Saturday, July 12 | 8–9:30 pM Tully Lake Campground, Royalston 978.249.4957 Members: FREE. nonmembers: $5.

Incredible Insects

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Saturday, July 12 | 10aM –12 noon Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield 413.229.8600 Members: Adult FREE; Child $5. nonmembers: Adult $2; Child $6.

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Ward Reservation, Andover

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Fern Walk in the North Quabbin

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Upper East Branch Saturday, July 12 Lower East Branch, Ram Island, and the Let Saturday, August 16 9aM –12 noon | Westport 508.636.4693 x103 Members: $30. nonmembers: $40.

Moonlight Kayak Paddles at Cape Poge & Long Point

Full Moon Hike

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Sunday, August 17 | 10aM –1 pM Bullitt Reservation & Chapel Brook, Ashfield 413.243.3582 Members: $25. nonmembers: $30.

Pre-registration required.

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Guided Nature Walks (before Lawn Concerts)

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Sundays, July 13, August 10, September 14 | 3–4 pM Field Farm, Williamstown 413.532.1631 x10 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Star Gazing at Notchivew

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Sunday, August 3 | 9aM –12 noon Monument Mountain, Great Barrington 413.298.3239 x3020 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

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Sunday, September 21 | 10aM –1 pM Notchview, Windsor 413.532.1631 x19 Members & Nonmembers: FREE. Donations accepted. RSVP required.

Pedal Power!

Cape Ann Bicycle Tour

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Sunday, September 21 | 9aM –1 pM Halibut Point Reservation, Rockport 978.281.8400 Members: $30. nonmembers: $50.

Recommended for 12 and up.

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The Mission House Collection: Lecture & Tour

Melville Hike at Monument Mountain

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Saturday, August 23 | 9aM –1 pM Coolidge Reservation, Manchester 978.281.8400 Members: $30. nonmembers: $50.

Recommended for ages 12 & up.

Saturdays, July 26, August 23, September 20 | Dusk Notchview, Windsor 413.532.1631 x10 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

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Farm to Farm Bicycle Tour

Housatonic Heritage Ghost Town Hike

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Sunday, July 13 | 10aM –1 pM Ashintully Gardens & Tyringham Cobble, Tyringham 413.243.3582 Members: $25. Nonmembers: $30.

Pre-registration required.

Sunday, July 13 | 1–3 pM Mountain Meadow Preserve, Williamstown 413.458.3135 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

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Yoga & Hiking Adventures

Saturday, July 12 | 10 pM Tully Lake Campground, Royalston 978.249.4957 Members: FREE. nonmembers: $5.

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Saturday, September 20 | 10aM –1 pM Boston Natural Areas Network Location TBD 617.542.7696 Members & Nonmembers: FREE. More info at www.bostonnatural.org.

Sunday, August 17 | 3–7pM Crane Wildlife Refuge on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4052 Members: $50. nonmembers: $60. Limited to ages 15 and older. Pre-registration required.

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Discovering Butterflies

Urban Wilds Geocaching & Scavenger Hunt

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Kayak to Choate: Island Tour and Picnic

Freetown 50 Mountain Bike Race Sunday, September 14 Freetown 508.636.4693 x103 Pre-registration: $55. Day-of: $75.

Sunday, August 10 | 7–9 pM Notchview, Windsor 413.532.1631 Members: $5. nonmembers: $10.

Saturdays & Sundays, July 12, 13 | 7:15 pM ; August 10, 11 | 6:45 pM Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge & Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard 508.627.3599 (Cape Poge); 508.693.7392 (Long Point) Members: Adult $40; Child $20. nonmembers: Adult $47; Child $20.

Ponding

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Saturday, August 9 | 10aM –1 pM Swift River Reservation, Petersham 413.532.1631 x10 Members: FREE. nonmembers: $5.

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Wednesday, August 27 | 3 pM St. Paul’s Episcopal Church & Mission House, Stockbridge 413.298.3239 x3020 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Labor Day Canoe Trip

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Monday, September 1 | 8:30–11:30aM Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield 413.229.8600 Members: Adult $24; Child (ages 10–16) $10. nonmembers: Adult $30; Child (ages 10–16) $15.

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Family Fun Designed for families with kids of all ages, these events will get you (and the littles) exploring the landscape and having fun. Most of these events are outside, so wear your walking shoes or boots if it’s wet, and bundle up if it’s on the chilly side: we embrace weather of all kinds, and your kids will, too, if they’re dressed for it.

Garden Adventures for Children

Children’s Discovery Days

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Daily | 10AM –5 PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.8138 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $15; Child FREE.

Thursdays, through August | 2–5 PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.8138 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $15; Child FREE.

Outdoor Story Hour

Explore the Shore Family Tour

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Wednesdays | 10–11AM Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.7233 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $3 (under 2 FREE).

Children’s Treasure Hunt at the Great House

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Fridays | 11–11:45AM Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4049 Pre-registration required at www.thetrustees.org.

Members : Adult and one child $8.

Nonmembers: Adult and one child $10.

Each additional child: $5.

Meet the Cows

Not-so-Creepy Creatures of the Night Family Hike

Saturday, July 26 | 11AM –1 PM Chesterfield Gorge, Chesterfield 413.532.1631 Members: $5. Nonmembers: $10.

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July 16 | 8 PM ; July 30 & August 13 | 7:30 PM ; August 27 | 7:15 PM Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard 508.627.7392 (Up to two adults FREE with child admission).

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Saturdays | 10–11AM Appleton Farms, Ipswich 978.356.5728 x18 Members: $10/family. Nonmembers: $15/family.

Open Barnyard at Weir River Farm Saturdays | 10AM –2 PM Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.7233 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $3 (under 2 FREE).

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Curiosity Companions: Young Families Club NE Thursdays, July 10 through August 7 | 11AM –12 Noon Coolidge Reservation, Manchester 978.281.8400 All five sessions: Members: $25. Nonmembers: $40. Per-day drop-in: Members: $8.

Nonmembers: $10. Price includes one child with accompanying adult.

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Monday, July 21 & Thursday, August 14 | 1–4 PM Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, Nantucket 508.228.6799 Members: Adult $40; Child (12 & under) $20. Nonmembers: Adult $60; Child (12 & under) $20.

Reptile Roundup

Members: Child $10. Nonmembers: Child $12.

Mini Moos

Explore the Shore Family Tours

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July 9 | 8 PM ; July 23 & August 6 | 7:30 PM ; August 20 | 7:15 PM Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard 508.693.7392

Saturdays | 2:30–3:30 PM Appleton Farms, Ipswich 978.356.5728 x18 Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

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Mondays–Thursdays, July 21–24; August 18–21 | 8AM –4 PM Lyman Reserve, Buzzards Bay 774.302.0779 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Mondays–Fridays, July–Labor Day | 10AM –12 NOON Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Chappaquiddick 508.627.3599 Members: Adult $20; Child (ages 15 & under) $12. Nonmembers: Adult $25; Child (ages 15 & under) $12.

Wednesdays

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Discovery Days at Lyman Reserve

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Saturday, July 26 | 10AM –12 Noon Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield 413.229.8600 Members: Adult FREE; Child $5.

Nonmembers: Adult $2; Child $6.

River Critters at the Gorge

Bird Park Movie Night

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Saturday, August 2 | Time TBD Francis William Bird Park, Walpole 508.668.6136 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Family Farm Day at Appleton Farms

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Sunday, September 21 | 10AM –3 PM Appleton Farms, Ipswich 978.356.5728 x18 Members: $20/car. Nonmembers: $25/car.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

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Summer’s the time to learn a fun new skill or brush up on one that’s been dormant. Gardening workshops are a given (and we’ve got plenty), but if you’ve wanted to dabble in ecology, photography, yoga, or stand-up paddle boarding, here’s your chance. There’s a mix of day and evening, weekend, and weekday events—some for adults, some for kids, and some for both. All are for the curious.

Saturday, July 26 Boston Natural Areas Network Location TBD 617.542.7696 Members & Nonmembers: FREE. More info at www.bostonnatural.org.

Fishing Clinic

Thursday, July 31 | 6–7:30 PM Doyle Reservation, Leominster 978.840.4446 x1921 Members: $12. Nonmembers: $15.

Prospect Hill Yoga

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Saturdays | 3–4:30 PM Tully Lake Campground, Royalston 978.249.4957 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Paddleboard Lessons

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Sundays | 1–3 PM Tully Lake Campground, Royalston 978.249.4957 Members & Nonmembers: $15.

Yoga in the Garden

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Wednesdays | 6–7PM Saturdays | 1–2 PM Ashintully Gardens, Tyringham 413.243.3582 Members & Nonmembers: $10.

Grow and Preserve Herbs

Gardening Series at Bullitt

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Bullitt Reservation, Ashfield 413.532.1631 x10 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $10/session.

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Sunday, June 29 | 3–5 PM Cornell Farm, Dartmouth 508.636.4693 x103 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $10.

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Tuesday, August 5 | 1–4 PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.3239 x3007 Visit www.thetrustees.org for details.

Pruning with Jen Kettel

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Saturday, August 30 | 10AM –12 NOON Haskell Park, New Bedford 508.636.4693 x103 Members: $5. Nonmembers: $10.

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Medicinal and Edible Plants

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Wednesday, September 3 | 5–9 PM Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4052 Members: $30. Nonmembers: $35. Limited to ages 15 and older. Pre-registration required.

Summer Tapas Tuesday, July 29 | 5:30 PM Members: $75. Nonmembers: $85.

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FlowerSnap: Photography Workshop & Lecture

Beach Plum Picking and Jam Workshop

Let’s Get Grilling!

Tuesday, July 15 | 6 PM Members: $75. Nonmembers: $85.

Root Cellars & Crop Storage Sunday, August 24 | 2–4 PM

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Drawing the Landscape Saturday, August 23 | 9AM –12 NOON Members: $40. Nonmembers: $60.

Appleton Cooks!

Yoga in the Estate Gardens

Saturday, August 9 | 10AM –12 NOON Boston Natural Areas Network City Natives, Mattapan Members & Nonmembers: FREE. Register at 617.542.7696 or info@ bostonnatural.org.

Morning Botanicals Saturday, July 19 | 9AM –12 NOON Members: $40. Nonmembers: $60.

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Seed, Sow & Grow: Grow and Use Medicinal Plants

Architectural Drawing Mondays, July 14–August 4 | 10AM –12 NOON Members: $99. Nonmembers: $115.

Plant Propagation Sunday, July 27 | 2–4 PM

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Saturday, July 12 | 10AM –12 NOON Boston Natural Areas Network Location TBD Members & Nonmembers: FREE. Register at 617.542.7696 or info@bostonnatural.org.

Field Farm, Williamstown 413.298.5252

Garden Tool Maintenance & Use Sunday, June 29 | 2–4 PM

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Seed, Sow & Grow: Summer Perennial Garden Care

Drawing Classes with IS183 Art School

Saturday, June 28 | 10AM –12 NOON Boston Natural Areas Network City Natives, Mattapan Members & Nonmembers: FREE. Register at 617.542.7696 or info@bostonnatural.org.

Nature Photography

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Sundays, July & August 1.5 hours before sunset Menemsha Hills, Martha’s Vineyard 508.693.7662 Members: $15/class. Nonmembers: $20/class.

Urban Orchard Maintenance Workshop

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Saturday, September 13 | 9–11AM Haskell Park, New Bedford 508.636.4693 x103 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

NatureSnap: Photography Workshop Sunday, September 14 | 7–11AM Field Farm, Williamstown 413.532.1631 x10 Members: $25; Nonmembers: $35.

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The Old Manse, Concord

TOURS & MORE Looking to try something different this weekend? Look no further: there’s a Trustees tour to tempt every type of interest. If you dig history or hostas, lighthouses or livestock, we’ve got the outing for you, and most of them are suitable for both kids and adults.

Naumkeag House & Garden Tour

Hot & Cold Tours: NE Behind-the-Scenes of the Great House

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Daily | 10AM –5 PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.8138 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $15; Child FREE.

Cape Poge Lighthouse Tour

Every other Wednesday | 5–6:30 PM Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4049 Members: $15. Nonmembers: $20. Preregistration required at www.thetrustees.org.

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Daily | 10:30AM & 1:30 PM Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard 508.627.3599 Members: Adult $20; Child (15 & under) $12.

Nonmembers: Adult $25; Child (15 & under) $12.

Coskata-Coatue Natural History Tour Daily | 9AM –12 NOON & 1–4 PM Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, Nantucket 508.228.6799 Members: Adult $40; Child (12 & under) $20.

Nonmembers: Adult $60; Child (12 & under) $20.

The Great House: Revealed

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Tuesdays–Thursdays 10AM –4 PM (last tour at 3 PM) Fridays & Saturdays 10AM –2 PM (last tour at 1 PM) 1-hour tours on the half-hour Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4049 Members: Adult $7; Child (12 & under) FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $12; Child (12 & under) FREE. Combined house & landscape tour tickets: Members: $12. Nonmembers: $22.

Castle Hill Landscape Tour

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Thursdays & Saturdays | 11AM & 1 PM 1-hour tours of the estate.

Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4049 Members: Adult $10; Child (12 & under) FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $15; Child (12 & under) FREE. Combined house & landscape tour tickets: Members: $12. Nonmembers: $22.

Ashintully Afternoons

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Wednesdays & Saturdays | 1–5 PM Ashintully Gardens, Tyringham 413.298.3239 Members & Nonmembers: FREE. Donations appreciated.

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Expedition Beaver! Boat Tours

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Saturdays | 6–7:30 PM Tully Lake Campground, Royalston 978.249.4957 Members & Nonmembers: FREE tour; $5 boat rental.

Old Manse Tour

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Tuesdays–Sundays | 12 NOON –5 PM Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $9; Senior/Student $8; Child (6–12) $6; Family (2 adults & up to 3 children) $25.

Apples & Pears: Upstairs-Downstairs Tour

Saturdays | 1 PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.8138 Members & Nonmembers: $15.

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Second & Fourth Saturdays | 12 noon & 1 PM Field Farm, Williamstown 413.532.1631 x 10 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child FREE.

Renaissance of Ravenswood: Walk Through the Centuries NE Second Sundays | 1–3 PM Ravenswood Park, Gloucester 978.281.8400 Members: $5. Nonmembers: $10.

Grandparents FREE on September 8.

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Sundays | 11–12:30 PM Appleton Farms, Ipswich 978.356.5728 x18 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5.

Pasture to Plate: Cheese Making Tour

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Sundays | 2:30–3:30 PM Appleton Farms, Ipswich 978.356.5728 x18 Members: $8. Nonmembers: $10.

Wildlife Discovery Kayak Tour

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Daily, July–Labor Day | 10AM & 2 PM Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard 508.627.3599 Members: Adult $30; Child (15 & under) $18. Nonmembers: Adult $40; Child (15 & under) $18.

Field Farm Walking Tour: Art, Architecture, & Design

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First & Third Sundays, July & August | 2PM Field Farm, Williamstown 413.532.1631 x 10 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child FREE.

Ashley House Tour

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Saturdays & Sundays, July & August | 1–3PM Ashley House, Sheffield 413.298.3239 x3013 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child FREE.

Mission House Tour

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Folly at Field Farm: House Tour

Farmstead & Old House Tour

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Saturdays & Sundays, July & August | 11AM –2 PM Mission House, Stockbridge 413.298.3239 x3013 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $6; Child FREE.

Long Point Discovery Kayak Tour Mondays–Fridays, July & August | 2 PM Long Point Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard 508.693.7392 Members: Adult $30; Child (15 and under): $18. N onmembers: Adult $35; Child (15 and under): $18.

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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

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Sunset Tour

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Tuesdays–Fridays, July & August Departure times vary according to sunset; 2-hour tour Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, Nantucket 508.228.6799 Members: Adult: $40; Child (age 12 & under) $20. Nonmembers: Adult: $60; Child (age 12 & under) $20.

Misery Loves Company Island Tour

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Fridays–Sundays, starting Labor Day | 1:30 PM Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Chappaquiddick 508.627.3599 Members: Adult $25; Child (ages 15 & under) $18. Nonmembers: Adult $35; Child (ages 15 & under) $18.

Choate Island Tour

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Sundays, September 14, 21 & 28 | 2–5 PM Crane Wildlife Refuge on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4052 Members: Adult $20; Child (under 12) FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $30; Child (under 12) FREE. Pre-registration required.

Self-Guided Poucha Pond Kayak Tour

Teen Tuesdays on the Farm

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Saturdays, June 14, 21, 28 | 8:30AM –10:30AM Norton Point Beach, Martha’s Vineyard 508.693.7662 Members: Adult $5; Child $3.

Nonmembers: Adult $10; Child $3.

Garden Tour with Gene Bertrand

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Tuesdays | 3–5 PM Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.7233

Wednesday Work Days in the Garden

Tuesday Trail Team

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Second & Fourth Tuesdays, starting in July | 9AM –12:30 PM Notchview, Windsor 413.532.1631 x10

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Wednesday Work Days at Doyle

Wednesdays | 9AM –12 NOON Stevens-Coolidge Place, North Andover 978.689.9105 x1

Wednesdays | 9:30AM –12:30 PM Doyle Reservation, Leominster 978.840.4446 x1921

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Wednesday Garden Volunteers

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Wednesdays | 9AM –12 NOON Mytoi Garden, Martha’s Vineyard 508.627.3599

Wednesdays | 9AM -12 Noon Long Hill, Beverly 978.921.1944

Eco-Volunteers

The Petal Pushers

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Thursdays | 9AM –12 NOON Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield 413.229.8600

Flower Power Hour at Powisset Farm

Daily, through September 15 | 9AM –3 PM Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge, Martha’s Vineyard 508.627.3599 Members only. First hour: $20/single boat; $30/double boat. Additional hours: ½ price.

Boats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis only.

Shorebird Colony Tour

Time in your schedule to feel good by doing good? We’ve got a host of volunteer opportunities for folks of all ages. Whether you’ve got time for a weekly gig or just a couple of hours, we could use your time and talent. Grab a friend or five and sign up today. (Psssst: it’s a little known secret that volunteering’s also a great way to meet new and like-minded folks!) All volunteer opportunities are free.

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Saturdays, July 19 & August 16 | 9AM –5 PM Misery Islands, Manchester 978.281.8400 Members: $25. Nonmembers: $35. Family packages available: $65/$75 max.

Cape Poge Natural History Tour

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Weed & Water Garden Team

Fridays | 2–3 PM Powisset Farm, Dover 508.785.0339 SE

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Call for schedule Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.3239 x2

Weir River Farm Volunteer Field Crew Thursdays & Saturdays, June through end of September | 3-5 PM Weir River Farm, Hingham 781.740.7233 or rodwyer@ttor.org

Saturdays | 9AM –12 NOON Westport Town Farm, Westport 508.636.4693 x103

Saturday Work Days at Powisset Farm

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Thursdays | 9-11AM Long Hill, Beverly 978.921.1944

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Garden Volunteer Days

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Saturdays | 8–10AM & 10AM –12 NOON Powisset Farm, Dover 508.785.0339

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Saturday, July 19 | 10AM –12 Noon Haskell Public Gardens, New Bedford 508.636.4693 x103 Members: $5. Nonmembers: $10.

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Special Events Summer is here, bringing a bountiful season of concerts, parties, house tours, picnics, and much more. Whether you want to work up a sweat during a road race or relax during a sunset serenade, there are ample reasons to get outside. Come along, bring your friends and family, and make the most of this special time.

Music at the Manse Summer Concert Series

Happy Birthday Hawthorne at the Old Manse

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Sundays | 2–4 PM Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

New! Westport Farmers Market

Thursday–Sunday, July 4–6 | 1–4 PM Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909 Members & Nonmembers: Adult $9; Students & Seniors $8.

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Saturdays, through September | 8:30AM –1 PM Westport Town Farm, Westport 508.636.4693 x 110

Massachusetts Walking Tour Concert at the Old Manse

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Thursday, June 26 | 6–8 PM Old Manse, Concord 978.369.3909 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Friday Farm Dinners

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Sunday, June 29 | 11am –4 PM Governor Ames Estate, Easton 978.921.1944 x1826 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Naumkeag at Night

Opening Weekend Concert & Celebration

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Thursdays, July & August | 5–8 PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.8138 Members & Nonmembers: $10.

Roaring Twenties Lawn Party

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Sunday, July 27 | 3–8 PM Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4015 Advance tickets: Members/Students/Seniors: $20. Nonmembers: $25.

Advance tickets available through www.roaringtwentieslawnparty.org.

Day-of tickets: Members/Student/Seniors: $25. Nonmembers: $30.

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Thursday Night Picnic Concerts

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Thurdsays, July 10–August 28 | 7–9 PM (gates open at 5PM for picnicking) Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4015 Members: $20/car. Nonmembers: $30/car.

Second Sunday Concerts

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Sundays, July 13, August 10, September 14 | 4:30–5:30 PM Field Farm, Williamstown 413.532.1631 x11 Members: $5. Nonmembers: Adult $10; Child FREE.

Bryant Day Celebration: Look Back at the Civil War

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Saturday, July 19 | 10aM –4:30 PM William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Cummington 413-532-1631 x10 Members: $5. Nonmembers: $7.

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Sundays, July 27 & August 24 | 4–5 PM Ashintully Gardens, Tyringham 413.532-1631 x10 Members: $5. Nonmembers: $15.

Kayak to Choate Island!

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Sundays, June 29; July 6, 20 | 2–5 pM Crane Wildlife Refuge on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4052 Members: $25. nonmembers: $35. Limited to ages 15 and older. Pre-registration required.

Thursday, July 10 | 6 PM Old Manse, Concord Tickets: www.thetrustees.org/manse14

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Saturday, July 26 | 4–7PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298-3239 x3013 Members & Nonmembers: $125.

Reservations required.

Jazz in the Studio at Ashintully

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Saturday, July 5 | 11aM Ashley House, Sheffield 413.298.3239 x3020 Concert: Members & Nonmembers: FREE. House Tour: Members: FREE; Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child FREE.

A Night at the Old Manse

Fridays, June 27; July 11, 25; August 8, 22 | 5 PM Appleton Farms, Ipswich 978.356.5728 x12 Members: Adult: $35. nonmembers: Adult: $42.

Children (ages 3-12): $15. Children under 3 FREE.

Ames Estate Ribbon Cutting & Opening Festival

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Afternoon Garden Party

Mumbett Day: Celebrating the Human Spirit

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Saturday, August 16 | 12 noon –4 PM Ashley House, Sheffield 413.298.3239 x3013 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Sunset Serenade

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Saturday, August 23 | 5–7PM Bartholomew’s Cobble, Sheffield 413.229.8600 Members: Adult $8; Child (ages 6–12) FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $10; Child (ages 6–12) $1.

Cheryl Wheeler in Concert at the Westport Town Farm

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Saturday, August 23 | 5:30–7:30 PM Westport Town Farm, Westport 508.636.4693 x103 Members & Nonmembers: $10.

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Choate Island Day

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Saturday, September 6 | 10aM –3 PM (last boat to island leaves at 1 PM) Crane Beach & Crane Wildlife Refuge on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4015 Members: Adult $15; Child $5.

Nonmembers: Adult $20; Child $10.

Concert on the Music Court

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Saturday, September 6 | Time TBD Francis William Bird Park, Walpole 508.668.6136 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

View the Harvest Moon Rise!

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Sunset Kayak Tour – Boston Harbor

Naturalist SUP Tour: Morning

July 13 | 9AM –3 PM REI Members: $55. Non-Members: $75.

World’s End, Hingham

August 24 | 8–11AM REI Members: $70. Nonmembers: $90.

Charles River, Needham Red Wing Bay Put-In

August 30; September 14 | 9AM –3 PM

Full Moon SUP Tour

REI Members: $120. Nonmembers: $140.

August 10 | 7–10 PM REI Members: $70. Nonmembers: $90.

Charles River, Needham Red Wing Bay Put-In

Learn to Kayak with Tour July 5; September 13; August 17, Charles River, Needham August 31, World’s End, Hingham 9AM –3 PM REI Members: $95. NonMembers: $115.

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Saturday & Sunday, September 13 & 14 | 10aM -5 PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge 413.298.8138 Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $15.

Learn to Kayak – 4-hour Class July 12, Charles River, Needham September 20, World’s End 8AM –12 noon REI Members: $70. Nonmembers: $90.

Moonlit Kayak Tour July 12, 2014 | 7–10 PM REI Members: $70. Nonmembers: $90.

Charles River, Needham Red Wing Bay Put-In This is only a partial listing. Please visit www.thtrustees.org/reisummer14 for the full listing of events.

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Learn to SUP with Tour

Saturday, September 13 | 6 PM Appleton Farms, Ipswich 978.356.5728 x12 Series: Members: $75. Nonmembers: $85.

Harvest Festival & Perennial Divide

July 27; August 16 | 9AM –1 PM REI Members: $80. NonMembers: $100.

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Saturday, September 13 | 10aM –2 PM Boston Natural Areas Network City Natives, Mattapan 617.542.7696 Members & Nonmembers: FREE.

Peaked Mountain 10K

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Charles River, Needham Red Wing Bay Put-In

SUP and Sip on the Charles

Saturday, September 20 | 9aM –12 noon Peaked Mountain, Monson 413.532.1631x21 Pre-registration: $20. Day-of: $30.

B Berkshires

July 11; September 5 | 5–8 PM REI Members: $70. Nonmembers: $90.

Charles River, Needham Red Wing Bay Put-In

World’s End, Hingham

Fall-Blooming Crocus Celebration

REGIONS:

Naturalist SUP Tour: Evening

August 23 | 9AM –3 PM REI Members: $120. Nonmembers: $130.

Lunch included* World’s End, Hingham

Introduction to Coastal Kayaking

Tuesday, September 9 | 7–10 pM Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich 978.356.4351 x4052 Members: $50. nonmembers: $60.

Limited to ages 21 & up.

Appleton Cooks!

Dinners in the Field

Kayak Tour – Boston Harbor

C Central

June 26; July 6; August 1; August 2 | 5:30–8:30 PM REI Members: $75. Nonmembers: $95 Group appetizers and one alcoholic beverage included.

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at one of our 111 reservations across Massachusetts.

Mountain Meadow Preserve

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Royalston Falls Jacobs Hill

Rte 2

Bear Swamp Bullitt Reservation

Monument Mountain

Goose Pond Tyringham Cobble McLennan Reservation Ashintully Gardens Dry Hill

Ashley House

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Little Tom Mountain

North Common Meadow

Mount Warner

Quabbin Reservoir

Land of Providence

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Peaked Mountain

Bartholomew’s Cobble

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Brooks Woodland Preserve Swift River Reservation

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Rock House Reservation Dinosaur Footprints

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Quinebaug Woods

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Petticoat Hill

Glendale Falls

Mission House

I-91

Chesterfield Gorge

Naumkeag

Elliott Laurel

Chapel Brook

Bryant Homestead

War Doyle Community Park & Center Farandnear

Rte 2

Bear’s Den

I-84

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Notchview

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Doane’s Falls Tully Lake Campground

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Cormier Woods

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RESERVATIONS IN THE CHARLES RIVER VALLEY Bridge Island Meadows, Millis Cedariver, Millis Charles River Peninsula, Needham Chase Woodlands, Dover Fork Factory Brook, Medfield Medfield Meadow Lots, Medfield Medfield Rhododendrons, Medfield Noanet Woodlands, Dover Noon Hill, Medfield Pegan Hill, Dover and Natick Peters Reservation, Dover Powisset Farm, Dover Rocky Narrows, Sherborn Rocky Woods, Medfield Shattuck Reservation, Medfield

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the trustees of reservations We are more than 100,000 people like you from every corner of Massachusetts. We love the outdoors.

We love the distinctive charms of New England. And we believe in celebrating and protecting them – for ourselves, for our children, and for generations to come.

With more than 100 special places across the state, we invite you to find your place.

Weir Hill

Coolidge Place

Pine & Hemlock Knoll

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Moraine Farm I-95

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Old Manse

Appleton Farms

Old Town Hill Greenwood Farm Hamlin Reservation Stavros Reservation Crane Estate (Castle Hill, Crane Beach & Crane Wildlife Refuge) Halibut Point 8 e 12 Rt

Mount Ann Park Ravenswood Park Coolidge Reservation Long Hill Agassiz Rock Misery Islands Crowninshield Island

John McCrae Vice President for Finance & Administration Chief Financial Officer Matthew Montgomery Chief Marketing Officer Peter Pinciaro Deputy Director, Northeast Region

World’s End Weir River Fam Whitney-Thayer Woodlands

Gov. Hutchinson’s Field

John Vasconcellos Regional Director for the Southeast

Bradley Estate

Norris Reservation

Signal Hill

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Two-Mile Farm

Moose Hill Farm

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Gov. Oliver Ames Estate

Dunes’ Edge Campground

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Lyman Reserve

East Over Reservation Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens

Lowell Holly

Special Places | Moose Hill Farm 396 Moose Hill Street n Sharon, MA 02067 tel 781.784.0567 n fax 781.784.4796 email jorourke@ttor.org

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We invite your input, letters, and suggestions.

Please send them to:

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Valerie Burns Vice President, The Trustees of Reservations President, Boston Natural Areas Network

Kelly MacLean Clark Chief Development Officer

Boston Natural Areas Network

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Joanna Ballantine Regional Director for the Berkshires, Pioneer Valley, & Central Massachusetts

Jocelyn Forbush Vice President for Program Leadership

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Barbara J. Erickson President & CEO

Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge Menemsha Hills Long Point Wildlife Refuge

Mytoi Wasque

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge

For information about becoming a member please contact us at 978.921.1944 x8801, email us at membership@ttor.org, or visit our website at www.thetrustees.org.

Special Places, Spring 2014.

Volume 22, Issue Number 1. Special Places (ISSN 1087-5026) is published quarterly and distributed to members and donors of The Trustees of Reservations.

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Inspired Efforts Lynn Grindall likes old buildings. The retired attorney gives tours of Paine House, a 1694 saltbox house on our Greenwood Farm property. She also coordinates other volunteer tour guides. In fact, Lynn can’t get enough of old buildings: she helps out at special events at nearby Appleton Farms and Castle Hill on the Crane Estate. She loves sharing her love of history with others and getting to know other volunteers and the properties’ visitors, many of them international. But it’s not just friendly people and beautiful places that interest Lynn: Appleton Farms’ cows have appeared in the oil paintings she does in her spare time. “The cows are a great inspiration,” she laughs.

Find out more about Lynn and our other fantastic volunteers at www.thetrustees.org.

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Together with our neighbors, we protect the distinct character of our communities and inspire a commitment to special places.

Our passion is to share with everyone the irreplaceable natural and cultural treasures we care for.

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