Special Places | Summer 2009

Special PLACES F OR M EMB E R S A N D SUP P O RTE R S O F T H E T RU S T E E S O F R E S E RVAT I O N S

The Crane Estate

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T H E T R U S T E E S O F R E S E RVAT I O N S

and friends dance to music under the stars on

We are more than 100,000 people like you

the Grand Allée; where a quiet paddle on the

from every corner of Massachusetts. We love

Great Marsh reveals the hidden wonders of

the outdoors. We love the distinctive charms of New England. And we believe in celebrating

nature; and where a SummerQuest camper,

and protecting them – for ourselves, for our

gazing into the depths of a tide pool for the

children, and for generations to come. With

first time, comes to understand what it means

one hundred special places across the state,

to care for their environment at home – and

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we invite you to find your place.

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This past spring, we were honored to have

Andy Kendall President

this vision recognized by the National Trust who chose the Crane Estate as one of 25 Boston-area historic sites to compete for

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of people across the Commonwealth – and

A Vision Shared

helped the Crane Estate finish so strongly.

The story of Richard T. Crane, Jr., is one many

W. Eliot Award, named after our founder,

of us can relate to, in sentiment if not in actual

in recognition of our efforts to promote the

circumstance. In 1909, when he first laid eyes

conservation of our collective environment,

on the land at the end of a country lane in

whether it’s ecological or historical.

Ipswich, he was mesmerized by its beauty.

In May, Preservation Massachusetts presented The Trustees with the Charles

experience the Crane Estate and all of our

place he had been searching for to build a

reservations across the Commonwealth for

summer retreat for his family.

yourselves – to connect with our heritage, our

his cadre of architects and landscape designers,

Laurie O’Reilly Communications & Marketing Director

Anyone who comes merely for a swim is missing out – here are 50 things to do at the Crane Estate, not just in summer, but all year long.

We invite your articles, photographs, letters, and suggestions. Please send them to: Special Places Moose Hill Farm

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beauty as for its cultivated pleasures. It was

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Andy Kendall

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PRESIDENT Special Places, Summer 2009. Volume 17,

be here for his friends and neighbors in

Issue Number 2. Special Places (ISSN 1087-

Ipswich and beyond, forever.

5026) is published quarterly and distributed

It’s that same vision that has guided The

to members and donors of The Trustees of

Trustees for more than 115 years. Indeed

Reservations. Copyright © 2009. All rights

today, the Crane Estate embodies that vision

reserved. Printed on recycled paper.

on a grand scale. It’s a place where children laugh and play and build castles in the sand; where imagination and history flourish on walks through the Great House; where family

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P E O P L E A N D P L AC E

Crane Estate Countdown

Kate Wollensak Creative Director

beach and marsh as much for its untamed

wanted to protect and share, so that it would

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EDITORIAL

DESIGN

Nicole Polillio Design & Production Manager

natural treasures, and with the people and

he loved Castle Hill and the surrounding

this beauty – and his delight in it – that he

For those who experience its rhythms and subtle beauties, the Great Marsh, stretching from Cape Ann to the New Hampshire border, is both bracing and peaceful, spectacular and placid, mysterious and majestic.

Steve Sloan Deputy Director, Field Operations; Greater Boston Regional Director

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

F I E L D N OT E S

Of Tides, Mud, and Marshes

Dick O’Brien Central Regional Director

This summer, we invite you to get out and

He knew in an instant that he had found the

Even as Crane shaped the landscape with

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Wayne Mitton Northeast Regional Director

Wes Ward Vice President Land Conservation

the world – voted for their favorite historic

In 1909, Chicago industrialist Richard T. Crane, Jr., lost his heart to the land at the end of a quiet country road in Ipswich.

Steve McMahon Berkshires Regional Director

Kate Saunders Vice President Advancement

breadth of the American experience. Thousands

C OV E R S TO RY

Home Sweet Home

Chris Kennedy Southeast Regional Director

Melanie Ingalls Vice President Education & Strategic Engagement

on places that reflect the rich diversity and

site. Thanks to all of your who voted and

Jocelyn Forbush Pioneer Valley Regional Director

Kathy Abbott Executive Vice President, Vice President Field Operations

for Historic Preservation and American Express,

competition, which concluded in May, focused

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across the Earth.

a share of $1 million for preservation. The

S P E C I A L P L AC E S

Printed by Universal Millennium, a zero discharge facility recognized by the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, using soy-based inks.

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Home Sweet Home A S A R G I L L A ROA D I N I P S W I C H C RO S S E S F OX C R E E K , T H E

text by Carroll Cabot

sweeping view over the channeled salt marshes ends abruptly at an isolated hill dominated by an imposing English manorstyle house. The site is Castle Hill, a drumlin known even in America’s earliest days as a significant landmark. The mansion is the Great House, designed by David Adler and built in the 1920s as a summer residence for Chicago industrialist Richard Teller Crane, Jr., and his family. The grounds, laid out by the finest landscape architects of the time, provide superlative views of one of the most beautiful natural settings in New England.

Today, in a world that regards such extravagant monuments to wealth with skepticism, the mansion endures as a social statement as well an architecturally and culturally significant institution. Its design has proved timeless, as suitable today for social events and formal gatherings as it was in the elegant twenties; its lovely avenues and lawns welcome every kind of visitor for picnics, children’s entertainment, and music under the stars. Castle Hill continues to enjoy a public appreciative of its beautiful setting, eager to enjoy its ambiance and learn more about the family who once lived here in such splendor.

Carroll Cabot served on the Crane House and Festival Committees from 1984–1994. She lives in Manchester, MA, where she is a community volunteer.

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across a For Sale sign one day in 1909, Richard Crane bought Castle Hill for $125,000. Here, he would find a tranquil respite from the demands of business and watch his young children grow up, sharing his love of the sea.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS. HARLOW NILES HIGINBOTHAM

At the turn of the 20th century, Boston’s North Shore from Beverly to Gloucester was a smart summer resort where prominent Bostonians, Washington diplomats, and wealthy Midwesterners mingled while enjoying the ocean breezes and the good life.

The First House By the late 1800s, across the United States, pioneering financiers and industrialists, like Richard T. Crane, Jr., had made immense fortunes.

These suddenly rich men eagerly sought ways to establish themselves as the new American gentry. While yachts, motor-cars, and horses supplied minor outlets, the score was really being kept in houses.

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SHURCLIFF PHOTO COLLECTION

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The Great House

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Richard T. Crane, Jr., son Cornelius – named after Richard’s friend, Cornelius Vanderbilt – daughter Florence, and wife Florence in the Rose Garden.The Great House, c. 1930.The Great House library, c. 1931.The Italian Garden in its splendor, c. 1915. Mrs. Crane and a guest enjoy a stroll in the Rose Garden, c. 1915.

The original house, an Italian-style villa, c. 1915.

The half-mile-long Grand Allée, c. 1930.

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In 1909, the Cranes hired the Boston firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge to design their mansion – an Italian Renaissance villa of more than 60 rooms with stucco finish and a red-tiled roof. The landscape was just as grand, linking the estate’s cultivated grounds with its magnificent natural surroundings (a fashionable design concept of the time). Crane worked with the Olmsted Brothers to lay out the Italian Garden, the maze, and the bowling green over the next several years. Leading landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff created the 160-foot-wide, half-mile-long Grande Allée – dramatically connecting the house to the ocean – and brought to life Mrs. Crane’s vision of an elaborate, sunken Rose Garden, which would boast 600 varieties of the flower.

The Cranes lived in luxury, but their leisure was not our modern concept of the word. Managing such a grand estate, even for the summer, required 60 house staff and 100 gardeners.Their lives were ruled by a strict daily routine that could be tracked as much by changes of clothing – different occasions required a different set of clothing, even for the servants – as the clock. In spite of their rigid lives, the Cranes loved opening their doors to friends and neighbors.

Presidents Taft and Wilson, among other dignitaries, visited Castle Hill over the years, and Mr. Crane especially loved entertaining friends, neighbors, and Ipswich children at clambakes. Great and good times were to be had by those fortunate enough to enjoy the serene summers on Argilla Road.

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Life and Leisure

When the first house failed to satisfy, the Cranes decided to tear it down and start again. They turned to Chicago architect David Adler. The tradition of English country life was much admired by wealthy Americans like the Cranes, and Adler was skilled at interpreting architectural tradition to suit the needs of his time. In addition to the use of authentic detail, his designs had a great sense of scale and style, and he knew how to provide luxury. Adler even acquired entire rooms from 17th-century London townhouses for the Cranes’ bedrooms and installed a beautiful paneled library from the dismantled manor house of the Earl of Essex.The Stuart-style Great House was completed in 1928.

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FIELD NOTES

Of tides, mud, and marshes

by Doug Stewart

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In 1928, Florence made her debut at a dinner-dance at the family mansion in Chicago, and Cornelius, an avid yachtsman, financed, organized, and led an expedition to the South Pacific with a team of scientists from Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History. The custom-built, 148-foot yacht, Illyria, was loaded with scientific equipment, twelve trunks of medicine, six cases of dynamite, two motorcycles and a side-car. Owing to a shortage of space, a folding-wing airplane and a dog were left behind.

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Rites of Passage

A SALT MARSH IS UNIQUE TERRAIN . IT ’ S NOT SEA , YET

it isn’t quite land. Viewed from high ground on a stormy fall day, the Great Marsh in northeastern Massachusetts is one moment a parched-looking, windswept plain stretching to the horizon with only a tiny duck-hunting shack punctuating the distant flatness. A few hours later, if there is a spring tide (a twice-a-month occurrence), you’d think a catastrophe had arrived: the landscape is inundated, perhaps even topped with whitecaps and streaks of salt spray. Hedgerows of cordgrass barely perforate the surface of this ocean that has somehow materialized as if by magic (and which will soon vanish just as magically).

The drama, the immensity – the sheer sneakiness – of a spring tide flooding a marsh is always a surprise. At twilight with a full moon rising, you glance out a window at what you’re accustomed to thinking of as terra firma and are startled to see a trail of silver rippling toward the horizon. Under cover of darkness, the sea has crept in over the marsh.

The moon, aptly enough, is the key reason that salt marshes exist. Tides are regulated by the relative movements of the moon, sun, and earth, a celestial clockwork well outside the reach of human interference. The pull of the moon, and to a lesser extent the sun, acts on the earth to squeeze it slightly out of shape. Here and there, the oceans swell and drop slightly in response. As the earth spins, the continents are forever moving in and out of these bulges and dips, hence the tides.

Grasses that thrive under regular pickling in seawater are obviously well-adapted to what for other plants would be certain death. Relatively few are up to the task. This is one reason for the unbroken sweep of a healthy salt marsh: large swaths of it are dominated by a single species. On the New England coast,

Richard Crane died unexpectedly in 1931 at the age of 58. He was valued not only as a resident of prominence and wealth, but as a man who endeared himself to Ipswich.

There, he had helped fund Cable Memorial Hospital, established a trust for schoolchildren to enjoy an annual outing to Crane Beach in celebration of Cornelius’s birthday, supported the Ipswich Historical Society, and helped preserve important local monuments such as the Whipple House.The North Shore Breeze noted: “Some faces speak for themselves, and one had only to look at Mr. Crane to feel confidence in him and to trust him.”

For 18 years after his death, Mrs. Crane continued to summer, and, increasingly, winter in Ipswich. She had grown to love Castle Hill, and, in her last years there, she was visited often by family and friends.

In 1945, the Crane Family gave 1,000 acres to The Trustees. When Mrs. Crane died in 1949, she left 350 more acres, the Great House, and most of Castle Hill.The contents of the Great House, some 1,032 items, were sold at auction. In 1957, Miné Crane, Cornelius’s wife, donated what is now the Crane Wildlife Refuge, where she and Cornelius are buried.

“To sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of years, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.”

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“A Man Who Had Endeared Himself to All”

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FIELD NOTES

PROTECTING SPECIAL PLACES

PLANTING NEW IDEAS

Celebrating ten years of protecting the landscapes and landmarks that make Massachusetts a place we want to call home.

Beth Mercurio

the low marsh, flooded at least half the time, is covered in smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora. Anchored by a formidable network of roots, this sturdy grass can reach a height of ten feet. Slightly higher ground, which floods only occasionally, is blanketed in salt-meadow cordgrass, or salt hay (Spartina patens). At the upland edge of the marsh – drier and less salty still – salt-marsh elder and black grass dominate.

One of the most pristine salt marshes in North America, the Great Marsh extends along the coast of Essex County from Cape Ann to the New Hampshire border. It is the largest intact salt-marsh ecosystem north of Long Island, with more than 20,000 acres of largely undisturbed salt marsh, along with mud flats, estuaries, barrier beaches, and marsh islands.

Most of it is now protected as conservation land. In the flats along the tidal creeks and rivers, clamming remains a major commercial activity year-round; on the uplands, a few farmers still harvest salt hay each fall.

Biologically, marshes are the sun-fueled engine powering one of the most productive ecosystems on earth. A single acre can produce ten tons of organic matter in a year. By contrast, an acre of well-managed wheat field, laboriously cultivated and fertilized, yields a ton and a half. The nutrients that marsh plants make available form the base of an astonishingly diverse food chain, from protozoa to mammals (including shellfishloving humans).

Indeed, salt marshes provide sanctuary for an ark’s worth of wildlife. Tidal grasslands attract migrating waterfowl, shorebirds, and songbirds. Bitterns, or marsh herons, are so well adapted to marsh life, they disguise themselves when startled by pointing their bills skyward, impersonating stalks of cordgrass. Fiddler crabs scuttle among the grasses, scraping

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the mud for algae, while mummichogs and sticklebacks dart up and down the mud-walled creeks and channels, seeking food as well as refuge from deep-water predators. After the tides goes out, minnows and other small fish stay behind in the shallow pools, or salt pans, that interrupt the carpet of grasses.

A New England marsh’s subtle colors reward the patient observer. Sprays of salt-tolerant sea lavender, or marsh rosemary, reveal tiny purple-tinged blossoms along their branching stalks. On higher ground, black grass bordering the marsh is actually a rush related to the lily; its flowers are miniature lily blossoms. Thick-stemmed samphire, or glasswort, grows here and there in dense, ground-hugging forests; its scale-like leaves turn patches of marsh a flame-red in early fall. Even the dominant cordgrass, up close, reveals tiny purple flowers along its stalks.

Harder to miss are the dramatic shifts in a marsh’s character as the seasons pass. In spring, starting along the tidal channels, the grasses gradually shift from a muddy, monochromatic gray-brown to a softer, luminous green as energetic new shoots of Spartina begin to upstage last year’s brittle stalks. In late summer, the marsh is a radiant, wind-blown gold, as uniformly lush as a field of summer wheat. By year’s end, the marsh turns somber and austere once again as the Spartina dries up and dies back.

Even during a long New England winter, when much of the Great Marsh is as bleak as tundra, the surging tides animate the landscape. In cold spells, day and night, the tide lifts the thick brackish ice covering the channels, only to drop it again as it flows back out to sea. As the ice sheet falls, it pounds the frozen mud bluffs on each side of the waterways in

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imperceptibly slow motion. Massive shards of ice pile up in curving jumbles of debris, as though an earthquake had buckled the earth along an oddly winding fault zone. A few hours later, the swelling tide has stitched the rubble into a seamless plateau of white once again.

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OVER THE PAST CENTURY, COASTAL STATES AS A WHOLE LOST MORE THAN

half their wetlands. Environmental regulations in recent decades have put an end to rampant salt-marsh destruction. Still, marshes continue to suffer unintentional damage. Because marsh grasses are adapted to such a narrow ecological niche, they’re vulnerable to human disturbances, like oils washed from roads into waterways and even nutrient-rich freshwater leaching from lawns.

The Great Marsh, healthier than most, is still vulnerable to development at its edges. More worrisome still, all barrier beaches are vulnerable to rising sea levels, which global warming is poised to accelerate. When the Ice Age glaciers melted and the seas rose, the marshes were able to keep up. If we allow the rate of sea-level rise to climb in the coming century, our marshes as well as our beaches will suffer.

For champions of salt marshes, the most fundamental task is to educate the public about why these wetlands are valuable and how they can stay that way.

Doug Stewart is a journalist whose work has appeared in Smithsonian, Discover, Time, and Muse. This essay is excerpted from his introduction to Dorothy Kerper Monnelly’s book, Between Land and Sea: The Great Marsh, a beautiful photographic tribute to this stunning landscape.

Ask for Between Land and Sea at your local bookseller.

Why do you support The Trustees’ Conservation Council?

I love that the Council focuses on allowing the next generation to get directly involved in conservation, whether through increased financial support or hands-on volunteering.

The Conservation Council provides me with the perfect opportunity to surround myself with people and activists who embrace the importance of protecting and enjoying open space.

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Ordering a gift membership is quick and easy: just go online to www.thetrustees.org/gift or call Member Services at 978.921.1944, Monday – Friday, 9AM – 5PM.

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PEOPLE AND PLACE

Crane Estate Countdown There’s more to the Crane Estate than the beach, and anyone who comes merely for a swim is missing out. To help you make the most of your visit, here are 50 things to do at the Crane Estate – not just in the summer, but all year long.

50.Wind your way through the sandy dunes on more than five miles of trails.

49. Tour the 59-room Great House, in season, ogling the sterling silver bathroom fixtures as you go.

48.Witness the golden glories of beach wildflowers in June.

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41. Sculpt a at the annual SandBlast in August.

40. Sign up to help protect migratory shorebirds from footloose pedestrians.

47. Slurp down steamers at an office at Steep Hill Beach.

clambake

46. Pop the question.

45. Say

“I do.”

44. Scan the blue skies for Northern Harriers, a threatened species.

43. Send your kids on a weeklong SummerQuest for fun.

42. Explore the ups and downs of the Shurcliff- and Olmsteddesigned landscape.

39. Lose yourself in the miniature mysteries of a tidepool.

38. Lie on your back and try to find animals in the clouds.

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24. Fall for the foliage on a foray around Castle Hill.

10. Admire colorful creations at the annual art show in November.

23. Picture yourself in the movies (the estate has been the backdrop for several, including Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,The Crucible, and The Witches of Eastwick).

9. Ring in the holidays with a choral concert at the Castle Hill Holiday Open House.

22. Marvel at sculptures on a guided (or self-guided) landscape tour.

Groove to Zydeco, reggae, or swing at a summer concert.

32. Let the soothing rhythm of the waves take you away.

31. Pack a picnic and wine and dine in the Vegetable Garden.

30. Dig in for a workday (and dig into a BBQ when it’s over).

29. Soak up the wisdom offered by experts on architecture, ecology, and other topics at Castle Hill lectures.

28. Cast for striped bass.

27. Scarf down an

organic salad

21. Feast on the feats of celebrity chefs at the Inn at Castle Hill Fall Chefs Series.

20. Hike to the top of the hill on Choate Island, paying respects at the Crane family burial ground.

19. Escape the daily grind and plan a business retreat (or a party!) in The Tavern.

36. Let the tide carry you and your kayak through the Great Marsh estuary.

(yes, a 18. Say hello salad!) at the beach snack bar. to a griffin.

26. Practice your sidestroke.

35. Figure out all those light settings on your digital camera.

25. Plumb the inner workings of the Great House on a behindthe-scenes, “hot-and-cold” tour.

37. Help clean up the beach as a teen Conservation Crewhand.

Challenge

34. your friends to volleyball, croquet, or bocce.

17. Imagine life here in the Roaring ’20s.

16. Spy wildlife tracks in the sand or snow.

15. Search for animal images in the garden walls.

14. Frolic with your dog or ride your horse on the beach (off-season only, please).

13. Watch

piping plovers skitter across the sand.

8. Luxuriate in a romantic getaway at the Inn at Castle Hill.

6. Feel like a

7. Fly a kite.

kid again.

5. See who can roll the farthest down the Grand Allée.

4. Pedal seaside lanes on a mountain bike ride.

3. Wander from the Great House down the Grand Allée to the cliff overlooking the ocean. Just make sure to stop when you get to the edge.

2. Savor the colors of sunset.

12. Ponder climate change as you peruse the poem stenciled on the beach’s boardwalk stairs.

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11. Share your for great rooms, great design, and great art as a volunteer tour guide at the Great House.

1. Make plans to come back.

For more information on Crane Estate events and volunteer opportunities, visit www.thetrustees.org or call 978.356.4354.

Katharine Wroth is a senior editor at Grist.org.

SUMMER EVENT S!

CASTLE HILL ON THE CRANE ESTATE, IPSWICH

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JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2009

Sunday, July 5 | 1 – 3PM

Thursday, August 20 | 7:30 – 9PM

Butterfly Walk at Mountain Meadow MOUNTAIN MEADOW, WILLIAMSTOWN

Sounds of the Summer Night Guided Walk

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FIELD FARM, WILLIAMSTOWN 413.458.3135

FREE.

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Mondays in July & August | 2 – 3PM

Friday, August 21 |

Special Places, Secret Spaces Tour

COMMEMORATION CEREMONY

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $12 house admission.

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For full descriptions of all of our upcoming events, programs, and volunteer opportunities, visit www.thetrustees.org.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $12 house admission.

For ages 2 – 6 with caregivers (siblings welcome).

Barnyard Books Storytime NAUMKEAG, STOCKBRIDGE 413.298.3239 x3000

Saturday, July 18 | 10AM – 12NOON

Live Birds of Prey with Tom Ricardi

BERKSHIRES REGION

A House, A View, and Seven Gardens: Guided Tours of Naumkeag

Daily, through Columbus Day | 10AM – 4PM

Guided tours hourly. Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $12; Child (6 – 12) $3.

Kids Garden Adventure NAUMKEAG, STOCKBRIDGE 413.298.3239 x3013

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $12 house admission. All children’s programs/pack rentals $5.

Music in the Evening NAUMKEAG, STOCKBRIDGE 413.298.3239 x3000

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $12 house admission.

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2 PM

Mum Bett Day Celebration

Second Saturdays, July 11, August 8, September 12 | 11AM – 12NOON

Fridays, July 10, July 24 | 5 – 6PM

12 NOON ;

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Dance the night away at Castle Hill, celebrate the summer solstice at Naumkeag and World’s End, ramble over the places that inspired poet William Cullen Bryant, fly a kite at the Neponset River Greenway Festival, or snorkel with your kids at Long Point.There’s so much to do with The Trustees this summer!

Saturday, May 23 through Monday, October 12 10AM – 5PM (LAST TOUR 4 PM ); Fridays in July & August open until 6PM ( LAST TOUR 5 PM )

OPEN HOUSE

FREE. Saturday, August 22 | 4 – 6PM ( RAIN DATE : SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 )

Joseph Firecrow in Concert 413.229.8600

BERKSHIRES

Members: Adult $12, Children FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $15, Children (6 – 16) $8.

Thursday, July 2 | 9AM – 12NOON BARTHOLOMEW'S COBBLE, SHEFFIELD

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Members: Adult $8, Child (6 – 12) $4.

Nonmembers: Adult $10, Child (6 – 12) $5.

Please pre-register.

Call for information.

Saturday, July 25 | 10AM – 2PM

Ancient Living Skills Hands-on Workshop

PIONEER VALLEY REGION Friday, June 19 | 5:30PM

Invasive Plants Primer for Homeowners and Volunteers HORSEMUNN FARM, MONSON 413.532.1631 X13

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Ashintully Afternoons

For ages 12 and up. Members: $20.

Nonmembers: $30.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5 donation suggested. Please pre-register.

Friday, July 31 | 6 – 9PM

Selected Sundays | 1 – 3PM

The Garden Party at Naumkeag

The Highlands’ Least-Wanted Field Days

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The Ashley House and Mum Bett: Stories of Freedom: Guided Tours

Saturdays, June 13 – October 10 12NOON – 5PM

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Saturday, May 23 through Monday, October 12 Sunday – Thursday | 10AM – 5PM ( LAST TOUR 4:15 PM ); Friday, Saturday | 10AM – 6:30PM ( LAST TOUR 6 PM )

Mohicans & Missionaries: Guided Tour of the Mission House MISSION HOUSE, STOCKBRIDGE 413.298.3239 x3000

Guided tours hourly. Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child (6 – 12) $3.

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Call for event details, fees, and reservation information. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

Art & Architecture at the Folly FIELD FARM, WILLIAMSTOWN 413.458.3135

Sunday, August 2 | 9:30AM

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Sunday, June 14 | 9AM – 12NOON

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Thursday, July 2 | 8 – 9PM

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Firefly Guided Hike FIELD FARM, WILLIAMSTOWN 413.298.3239 x3003

Sunday, June 21 | 4 – 6PM

Summer Solstice Celebration: Fairies in the Garden

FREE.

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Sunday, June 28 | 9AM – 2PM Sheffield Covered Bridge Canoe Trip

Housatonic River Paddle – Guided Canoe Trip

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413.229.8600

Members: Adult $28; Child (10 – 12) $12.

Nonmembers: Adult $35; Child (10 – 12) $20.

Please pre-register.

Members: Adult $24; Child (6 – 12) $12.

Nonmembers: Adult $30; Child (6 – 12) $15.

Please pre-register.

TYRINGHAM COBBLE, TYRINGHAM 413.298.3239 x3020

Tuesday, July 14 | 10AM – 12NOON; 4 – 6PM

Volunteer on the Peony Terrace NAUMKEAG, STOCKBRIDGE 413.298.3239 x3000

Saturday, July 18 | 9AM – 12NOON

Monument Mountain Trail Work Day MONUMENT MOUNTAIN, GREAT BARRINGTON 413.298.3239 x3020

June 21 | Goutweed

Thursday, August 6 | 9AM – 12NOON

BEAR SWAMP, ASHFIELD

Eco-Team vs. Multiflora Rose BARTHOLOMEW’S COBBLE, SHEFFIELD

MONUMENT MOUNTAIN, GREAT BARRINGTON

CHESTERFIELD

Call for information.

August 23 | Japanese Stiltgrass and Early Detection Species

Wednesday, August 12 | 9AM – 12NOON

CONWAY

Field Farm Trail & Garden Work Day

Wednesday, August 5 | 7 – 9PM; Friday, September 4 | 6 – 8PM; Saturday, October 3 | 5 – 7PM

Moonlight Paddle

FIELD FARM, SLOAN ROAD, WILLIAMSTOWN 413.458.3135

GOSHEN

Thursday, September 3 | 9AM – 12NOON

Eco-Team vs. Burning Bush

413.229.8600

Members: Adult $24, Child (10 – 12) $12.

Nonmembers: Adult $30, Child (10 – 12) $15.

Please pre-register.

Saturday, August 15 | 10AM – 12NOON

Exploring Bartholomew’s Cobble BARTHOLOMEW'S COBBLE, SHEFFIELD 413.229.8600

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5. Space limited; please pre-register.

413.229.8600

September 20 | The Bad B’s: Barberry, Buckthorn, and Bittersweet

BARTHOLOMEW'S COBBLE, SHEFFIELD

Sundays, July and August | 8:30 – 11:30AM; Sundays, September | 9AM – 12NOON; Labor Day, September 7 | 9AM – 12NOON

Tyringham Cobble Trail Work Day

July 19 | Japanese Knotweed

FREE.

MONUMENT MOUNTAIN, GREAT BARRINGTON

FREE. Please pre-register at 413.268.8219.

Saturday, July 11 | 9AM – 12NOON

Hike into History 413.298.3239 X 3000

Flag Day Guided Hike to Flag Rock

Eco-Team vs. Japanese Barberry

BARTHOLOMEW'S COBBLE, SHEFFIELD

BARTHOLOMEW'S COBBLE, SHEFFIELD

Weekends, Saturday May 23 through Sunday, October 11 | 10AM – 5PM (LAST TOUR 4PM)

When you volunteer with The Trustees, you’re not only helping us care for special places across the state, you’re making a difference to your community and to your neighbors.

So don’t wait – get out, get dirty, have fun, and give back.

BARTHOLOMEW'S COBBLE, SHEFFIELD

Saturdays, June 6 – October 10 | 1 – 5PM ASHINTULLY GARDENS, TYRINGHAM

Get Out and Get Involved!

BARTHOLOMEW’S COBBLE, SHEFFIELD

September 12 | 9AM – 3PM

Highland Communities Initiative Conference – The Future of the Highlands: It’s in Your Hands

413.229.8600

Call for information.

ASHFIELD 413.268.8219

Visit www.highlandcommunities.org for details and registration fees.

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Weekends, June 27 – October 11; Labor Day & Columbus Day | 1 – 5PM

Tour the William Cullen Bryant Homestead BRYANT HOMESTEAD, CUMMINGTON 413.532.1631 X 13

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $6; Child $3.

Sundays, Memorial Day Weekend through Columbus Day Weekend 10AM – 12NOON

Tully River Boat Tours

Saturday, August 22 | 10AM – 1PM ( RAIN DATE SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 )

Saturdays | 10AM – 2PM

Open Barnyard at Weir River Farm

Fourth Sundays: July 26, August 23, September 27 | 1 – 3PM

Get Out and Get Involved!

Fabulous Ferns

WEIR RIVER FARM, HINGHAM 781.740.7233

Hike of the Month Club

TULLY LAKE CAMPGROUND, ROYALSTON

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $3.

CHARLES RIVER VALLEY PROPERTIES 508.785.0339

PIONEER VALLEY

FREE. Please pre-register.

Saturday, June 27 | 10AM – 12NOON

Wet and Wiggly: Pond Exploration

Kayak World’s End

Saturday, August 22 | 10AM – 4PM

PEAKED TRACT, PEAKED MOUNTAIN, MONSON

WORLD’S END, HINGHAM 781.740.6665

Kites on the River

413.532.1631 X13

Members: Adult $30; Child (under age 15) $15.

Nonmembers: Adult $40; Child (under age 15) $20.

POPE JOHN PAUL II PARK, DORCHESTER

Please pre-register.

Visit BNAN’s website, www.bostonnatural.org, for more information.

Saturday, July 11 | 9AM – 3PM

MILLER TRACT, PEAKED MOUNTAIN, MONSON 413.532.1631 X 13

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5 donation suggested. Please pre-register.

GREATER BOSTON

Saturday, July 18 | 12NOON – 4PM

Including Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN)

Bryant Day BRYANT HOMESTEAD, CUMMINGTON

Sunday, June 21 | 6 – 8:30PM

413.532.1631 X 13

Summer Solstice Celebration

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5/car.

WORLD’S END, HINGHAM 781.740.6665

Sunday, July 26 | 11AM – 1PM

Members: Adult $5. Nonmembers: Adult $10.

All children under 12 FREE. © J. BURKE

A Gorgeous Stroll CHESTERFIELD GORGE, CHESTERFIELD 413.532.1631 X 13

Sunday, August 9 | 10AM – 1PM

Late June – Mid-August

Neponset River Greenway Festival Visit BNAN’s website, www.bostonnatural.org, for more information.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5, Child $3.

Directions provided upon registration. Please pre-register.

BEAR SWAMP 413.532.1631 X 13

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $5; Child $3.

Please pre-register.

Saturday, June 27 | 10AM – 2PM

ELEANOR CABOT BRADLEY ESTATE, CANTON

The Legacy of Bear Swamp

Woodland Ramble

781.821.2996

Friday, August 14 | 9PM (RAIN DATE SATURDAY, AUGUST 15); Saturday, September 12 | 9PM

BROOKS WOODLAND PRESERVE (QUAKER

FREE.

Stargazing at Notchview

FREE. Please pre-register.

Saturday, July 11 | 2 – 5PM

FREE.

Foraging for Wild Edibles with Russ Cohen

Saturday, July 25 | 10AM

TULLY LAKE CAMPGROUND, ROYALSTON

Northampton Cycling Club Tour of the Hilltowns

978.249.4957

www.nohobikeclub.org

Critter Hunt

Star Gazing Visit www.thetrustees.org for details.

Paddle and Camp Overnight on the Charles

Saturday & Sunday, August 15 – 16

ROCKY NARROWS, SHERBORN 508.785.0339

DOYLE RESERVATION, LEOMINSTER 978.840.4446

Equestrian Trail Ride Fundraiser

CEDARIVER, MILLIS AND OTHER LOCATIONS

NOANET WOODLANDS AND POWISSET FARM,

508.785.0339

DOVER; ROCKY WOODS, MEDFIELD 508.476.3690

Members: Adult $30; Child $20. Nonmembers: Adult $40; Child $30. Please pre-register.

For more details or to pre-register, email ride coordinator Becky Kalagher, bstra@charternet.com

June 21 through September 22

TOURS AT THE OLD MANSE

Annual Summer in the Valley Photo Contest

269 MONUMENT AVENUE, CONCORD

CHECK IN: 9

– 10AM

978.369.3909.

Footprint Work Day DINOSAUR FOOTPRINTS RESERVATION, HOLYOKE 413.532.1631 X13

Please pre-register.

Saturday, August 1 | 9AM – 12NOON

Dam It! at the Bryant Homestead BRYANT HOMESTEAD, CUMMINGTON 413.532.1631 X13

Through Summer. Monday – Thursday 10AM – 5PM; Friday – Sunday | 10AM – 6PM

Saturday, September 19 | 9AM – 12NOON

Guided Tours of the Old Manse

NOTCHVIEW RESERVATION, WINDSOR

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult $8; Senior/Student $7; Child $5.

413.532.1631 X 13

The following tours are available throughout the calendar year. Call ahead or email oldmanse@ttor.org to book.

The Graffiti in the Garret Tours Adult $5; Senior/Student $4; Child $3.

Notchview Trail Work Day

CENTRAL Saturday, June 6 | 8AM – 2PM

Tully Trail Blitz TULLY LAKE CAMPGROUND, ROYALSTON 978.249.4957

Please pre-register by emailing wkorby@ttor.org.

GREATER BOSTON

Call for information.

Last Saturdays of the month: July 25, August 29, September 26 | 9AM – 2PM

Down and Dirty Trail Projects VARIOUS LOCATIONS 508.785.0339

Last Saturdays of the month: July 25, August 29, September 26 | 1:30 – 4:30PM

Members: Adult $70; Child $40.

Nonmembers: Adult $85; Child $55.

Please pre-register.

Friends in the Fields POWISSET FARM, DOVER 508.785.0339

© S. LAPIDES

THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS

Sunday, September 27 |

Charles River Canoe Tours

House, Attic, and Landscape Tour

Fee: $10. Please pre-register.

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Saturdays & Sundays | 9AM – 1PM; 2 – 3:30PM

Sunday, July 12 | 9AM – 12NOON ( RAIN DATE SUNDAY, JULY 26 )

NEWTON, WALTHAM 508.785.0339

Members: Adult/Child $4; Family $12.

Nonmembers: Adult/Child $6; Family $15.

Please pre-register.

Great Northern Tier Geocaching and Letterboxing Tournament

FREE. Please pre-register.

UPPER CHARLES RIVER GREENWAY: WATERTOWN,

978.249.4957

FREE.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $3.

Please pre-register.

Love It, Don’t Leave It Greenway Project

Greenwood Music Camp Concert 413.532.1631 X 13

ROCKY WOODS, MEDFIELD 508.785.0339

Second Saturdays: July 11, August 8, September 12 | 9AM – 1PM

Sunday, July 26 | 3 – 4:30PM BRYANT HOMESTEAD, CUMMINGTON

WEIR RIVER FARM, HINGHAM 781.740.7233

Adult $12; Senior/Student $10; Child $5.

Saturdays & Sundays, July 18 – 19, September 12 – 13

TULLY LAKE CAMPGROUND, ROYALSTON

413.532.1631 X13

Find more about Green Dogs at www.thetrustees.org. Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $4. FREE Green Dog Pass.

(Volunteers needed!)

NOTCHVIEW RESERVATION, WINDSOR

Saturday, August 8 | 10AM – 12NOON

No Grandchild Left Indoors

ROCKY WOODS, MEDFIELD 508.785.0339

FREE. Please pre-register.

413.532.1631 X 13

Outdoor Story Hour

Green Dogs Hound Hike (and safety tips)

MOOSE HILL FARM, SHARON 781.784.0567

413.532.1631 X 13

MILLER TRACT, PEAKED MOUNTAIN, MONSON

First Saturdays: July 4, August 1, September 5 8:30 – 10AM

DRIVE ENTRANCE) 978.248.9455

NOTCHVIEW RESERVATION, WINDSOR

Sunday, September 13 | 1 – 3PM

Visit www.thetrustees.org for contest rules.

Family Saturdays at the Bradley Estate: Meet the Livestock and Tour the Gardens

Cabin Care Work Day

Wednesdays, through September 30 10 – 11AM

508.785.0339

Saturdays through August 29 (closed July 4) 9AM – 12NOON

CENTRAL REGION

Peaked Mountain Work Day

Trips departing daily

More Tully Lake Campground programs at www.thetrustees.org.

FREE. Please pre-register.

Saturday, June 13 | 9AM – 1PM

FREE.

978.249.4957

TULLY LAKE CAMPGROUND, ROYALSTON 978.249.4957

For more information email Farm Manager Meryl LaTronica at mlatronica@ttor.org.

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THE FARM FIELD SCHOOL AT APPLETON FARMS

© TTOR

IPSWICH/HAMILTON 978.356.5728

Join us for hands-on sustainable agriculture, volunteer, and stewardship programs for adults, families, and children. Times and fees vary.

Please pre-register by calling 978.356.5728.

FOR ADULTS Saturday, June 6 | 9:30 – 11AM To Eat or Not to Eat? Wild Edibles 101 with Tom Adams Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

Summer camp at the magnificent Crane Estate is packed with adventure, as young people explore dunes, marsh, fields, and the historic halls of the Great House through hands-on learning, songs, and games.They’ll also enjoy daily swimming and kayaking at Crane Beach.

Children of all backgrounds are welcome and full scholarships are available.

PLOVERS ( GRADES 3 – 4)

& GRIFFINS ( GRADES 5 –6)

One-week session, meet 9AM – 4PM daily.

Members $300. Nonmembers $325.

July 6 – 10 Castle Kids July 13 – 17

Shipwreck Sleuths

July 20 – 24

Junior Naturalists

July 27 – 31

Seacoast Safari

Aug 3 – 7

Dunes Detectives

Aug 10 – 14

Marsh Madness

Aug 17 – 21

Grand Allée Finale

STEWARDS IN ACTION CAMP

( GRADES 7 – 8 ) Aug 3 – 14 Two-week session, meets 9AM – 4PM daily.

Members $400. Nonmembers $425.

For detailed program information go to www.thetrustees.org/summerquest or call Sarah Bursky at 978.921.1944 x4005.

Camp registration is handled through the North Shore YMCA, 978.356.9622 x107.

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THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS

Sundays, June 7, July 12, August 16 | 3 – 5PM Farmstead Tour Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

FOR FAMILIES Saturday, June 20;Tuesdays, July 14, August 11 3 – 4:30PM Meet the Cows Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

Please pre-register.

Tuesday, July 28 | 3:30 – 5PM Make Hay While the Sun Shines Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5.

Please pre-register.

Wednesday, August 12 | 4 – 6PM Meet the Machines $10 suggested donation per family.

FOR YOUTH AGES 6 – 8: July 7 – 9; August 4 – 6 AGES 9 – 11: July 21 – 23; August 19 – 21.

All sessions 9AM – 1:30PM Farm & Forest Explorers Members: $90. Nonmembers: $120.

Monday, July 13 | 2 – 6PM Monday – Friday, July & August 8:30AM – 4:30PM Farm Stewards Call for program details and application.

Minimum 2-week commitment. FREE.

APPLETON FARMS FOOD WORKSHOPS IPSWICH/HAMILTON 978.356.5728

Call for prices and to pre-register.

Wednesday, June 24 | 5 – 6:30PM Preserves 101 Wednesday, July 29 | 5 – 6:30PM Pickling 101

APPLETON FARMS QUESTS Daily | ( QUEST

SUNRISE TO SUNSET DURATION :

1.5

HOURS )

FREE.

Pinnacle Quest Materials available at Highland Street parking area bulletin board.

Farmstead Quest Materials available at Waldingfield Road parking area bulletin board.

Get Out and Get Involved!

Sunday, September 20 | 10AM – 3PM

NORTHEAST

Family Farm Day APPLETON FARMS, IPSWICH/HAMILTON

Last Saturdays of the month: June 27, July 25, August 29, September 26 | 9AM – 1 PM

978.356.5728

Crane Estate Volunteer Work Crew CRANE ESTATE, IPSWICH 978.921.1944 X4035

Please pre-register.

First Tuesdays, July, August, September 9AM – 12NOON

Sundays, July 19, August 16, September 20 8 – 10AM

Thursdays & Saturdays, May 28 – October 10 10AM (CLOSED JULY 4)

Thursday, June 18 | 6 – 8PM

Beginning Birding

Castle Hill Landscape Tours

Evening with the Herons

HALIBUT POINT, ROCKPORT 978.921.1944 X 4013

CASTLE HILL, THE CRANE ESTATE, IPSWICH

COOLIDGE RESERVATION, MANCHESTER

FREE.

978.921.1944 X4009

Tuesday, July 21 | 4 – 6PM

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: $5. Self-guided tours available (FREE) from the Gatehouse during property open hours.

BY THE SEA 978.921.1944 X 4013

Members: $10. Nonmembers: $14. Please pre-register.

Garden Trough Making

Tuesdays with The Trustees CAPE ANN RESERVATIONS 978.526.8687

Thursdays through Saturdays, July, August, September | 9AM – 12:30PM

Cape Ann Conservation Crew Hands (FOR AGES 13 – 16) CAPE ANN RESERVATIONS 978.526.8687

Please pre-register.

Wednesday, June 24 | 4 – 5:30PM

LONG HILL, BEVERLY 978.921.1944 X 4018

Propagation by Cuttings Workshop LONG HILL, BEVERLY 978.921.1944 X 4018

Members: $28. Nonmembers: $35. Please pre-register.

Members: $15. Nonmembers: $20. Please pre-register.

Saturdays & Sundays, May 30 – October 11 1 – 4PM (ONE - HOUR TOUR ) First Thursdays: June, July, & August | 6 – 8PM

Weekends, July 11 – September 7 ( TIME IS TIDE DEPENDENT )

Saturday, July 25 | 3 – 4PM

The Stevens-Coolidge Place House Tours

Crane Estate Volunteer Migratory Shorebird Stewards

Saturday, June 27 | 1 – 3PM

A Child’s Afternoon in Peter Rabbit’s Garden

THE STEVENS-COOLIDGE PLACE,

CRANE BEACH, IPSWICH 978.921.1944 X4011

Hermit’s Tales on the Trails

LONG HILL, BEVERLY 978.921.1944 X 4018

NORTH ANDOVER 978.921.1944 X4009

Please pre-register.

RAVENSWOOD, GLOUCESTER 978.921.1944 X4013

Member children: $4. Nonmember children: $5.

Accompanying adults FREE. Appropriate for all ages. Please pre-register.

Bring a picnic and enjoy the grounds, followed by a house tour! FREE to all (donations gratefully accepted). The gardens are FREE and open to all, sunrise to sunset. Guided house and garden tours also available by appointment (fee charged).

Recommended for families. Members: Adult $4.

Nonmembers: Adult $6. Please pre-register.

Thursdays, July 2 through September 3 7 – 9PM

Thursday, August 6 | 4 – 6PM

Castle Hill Picnic Concerts

LONG HILL, BEVERLY 978.921.1944 X 4018

THE CRANE ESTATE, IPSWICH

Members: $28. Nonmembers: $35. Please pre-register.

Thursdays, July 16, 23, 30 & August 6, 13 11AM – 12NOON

Thursday, July 16 | 1 – 2:30PM

Bike Repair Tips with Seaside Cycles’ Scott Bumpus, followed

by Mountain Bike Ravenswood

EAST OVER SOUTH, 285 COUNTY ROAD MARION 508.679.2115

First Saturdays (11AM – 4PM) & Sundays (1 – 4PM), June – October

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

Saturday, August 15 | 8AM – 4PM

THE PAINE HOUSE AT GREENWOOD FARM,

Wednesdays in July & August

Crane Beach Sandblast!

IPSWICH 978.921.1944 X4009

PLEASE CALL FOR TIMES

CRANE BEACH, IPSWICH 978.356.4351 X 4015

$7 per team to enter competition plus regular beach admission

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult (18+) $8; Child $5. Also available by appointment. Trails are FREE and open to all, sunrise to sunset.

Sundays, September 6 & 13 | 3:30 – 4:30PM

Daily, April – November. Allow 2 hours.

Late Summer Strolls in the Sedgwick Gardens

Little River Self-guided Quest

LONG HILL, BEVERLY 978.921.1944 X 4018

FREE

Garden Volunteer Days MYTOI GARDEN, CHAPPAQUIDDICK 508.627.3599

MYTOI , CHAPPAQUIDDICK

OLD TOWN HILL, NEWBURY

Members: $4. Nonmembers: $5. Children FREE.

NORTHEAST HOUSE TOURS

BY THE SEA 978.921.1944 X 4013

Members: Adult $8. Nonmembers: Adult $10.

Child FREE. Please pre-register.

East Over Volunteer Day

Paine House Tours

Curiosity Companions – Pre-K Club COOLIDGE RESERVATION, MANCHESTER

Saturday, July 25 | 9AM – 12NOON

Sand-cast Your Own Birdbath

978.356.4351 X 4015

Admission at the gate only. Members: $20/car.

Nonmembers: $25/car. Please note: If a car has more than 6 passengers, each additional passenger will be charged $5. Members save 20% when you buy a special season pass for just $160. Purchase

by July 2 over the phone or in person at the July 2 concert.Visit www.thetrustees.org for concert descriptions and special start times for select concerts.

SOUTHEAST

Self-guided Quests at Cape Ann Reservations Daily, April – November. Allow 2 hours.

First Wednesdays: June, July, August, & September | 10AM – 8PM; May 27 through October 10, Wednesdays – Thursdays | 10AM – 3PM; Fridays – Saturdays 10AM – 1PM (ONE-HOUR TOURS; CLOSED JULY 4)

Great House Tours CASTLE HILL, THE CRANE ESTATE, IPSWICH

RAVENSWOOD, GLOUCESTER 978.921.1944 X4013

978.921.1944 X 4009

Recommended for families. Members: Adult $10.

Nonmembers: Adult $15. Please pre-register.

Members: FREE. Nonmembers: Adult (18+) $10; Child $5.

Hermit’s Haven Quest RAVENSWOOD PARK, GLOUCESTER

Quarry Quest HALIBUT POINT, ROCKPORT

Journey Through Time Quest HALIBUT POINT, ROCKPORT

Ruins Quest MISERY ISLAND, SALEM

© T. KATES

NORTHEAST REGION

SAVE THE DATE !

© A. GAUSE

Wednesday, September | 5 – 6:30PM Canning 101

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Open Lighthouse

Cape Poge Natural History Tour*

COSKATA-COATUE WILDLIFE REFUGE,

CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE,

NANTUCKET 508.228.6799

CHAPPAQUIDDICK 508.627.3599

Members only. FREE.

Saturday, July 11 | 9AM – 12NOON

Bike the Bioreserve WATUPPA RESERVATION HEADQUARTERS, FALL RIVER 508.679.2115

FREE. Friday, August 7 | 7:30 – 9:30PM ( RAIN DATE FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 )

Magnificent Moths COPICUT WOODS, FALL RIVER 508.679.2115

FREE.

Wildlife Discovery Tour

Fishing Discovery Tour*

508.693.3678

CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE, CHAPPAQUIDDICK 508.627.3599

Members: $15; Nonmembers: $25. All children (15 and under) $10.

Members: Adult $60; Child $25. Nonmembers Adult $82.50; Child $25 (introductory membership included with tour).

Backcountry Cooking REI Members: $40; Nonmembers: $60

Monday & Tuesday evenings, July & August SUNSET ( TOUR DURATION 1.25 HOURS )

Rocky Woods – Participants meet at Boston REI August 1 | 9AM – 3PM

Cape Poge Lighthouse Tour*

Discover Cornell Farm 508.679.2115

FREE.

SELF - GUIDED TOURS

Wednesdays, June – August | 9:30AM

Daily, April – December | (QUEST DURATION: 3 HOURS)

MENEMSHA HILLS RESERVATION, CHILMARK 508.693.7662

Adult $25; Child $15.

FREE. Materials available at Menemsha Hills entrance bulletin board.

Monday – Friday, July & August | 10AM & 12:45PM (TOUR DURATION 1.25 HOURS)

NANTUCKET 508.228.6799

Adult $75; Child (12 and under) $30.

Daily, May through October 9:30AM & 1:30PM (TOUR LASTS: 2.5

COSKATA-COATUE WILDLIFE REFUGE, NANTUCKET 508.228.6799

Poucha Pond Self-Guided Discovery Tour CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE, CHAPPAQUIDDICK

CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE,

508.627.3599

Member Child: $10. Nonmember Child: $12 (up to two adults FREE with child’s admission).

HOURS)

Daily, Memorial Day – Columbus Day 9AM – 5PM (DURATION: 4 OR 8 HOURS)

Snorkel Discovery* CHAPPAQUIDDICK 508.627.3599

Natural History Tour

Menemsha Hills Quest

NANTUCKET 508.228.6799

CALL FOR TIMES

Members only: 4 hours for $25 or 8 hours for $35 (per canoe or kayak).

Daily, Memorial Day – Columbus Day 9AM – 5PM (QUEST DURATION: 3 HOURS)

Cape Poge Quest

Members: Adult $30; Child (12 and under) $15.

Nonmembers: Adult $40; Child (12 and under) $15.

CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE, CHAPPAQUIDDICK

Daily, Memorial Day through Columbus Day 9 AM & 2 PM ( TOUR LASTS 2.5 HOURS )

FREE. Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge and Wasque Reservation oversand vehicle permit required.

Materials available at Chappaquiddick gatehouses.

508.627.3599

Wildlife Canoe/Kayak Tour* CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE,

Daily, Memorial Day through Columbus Day 9AM – 5PM (QUEST DURATION: 1.5 HOURS)

CHAPPAQUIDDICK 508.627.3599

Members: Adult $30; Child (15 and under) $15.

Nonmembers: Adult $40; Child (15 and under) $18.

Special Evening Kayak Tours* Wednesdays and Thursdays (begins one hour before sunset), July and August: Add $10 per person to daytime prices.

Coskata Woods Quest COSKATA-COATUE WILDLIFE REFUGE, NANTUCKET 508.228.6799

FREE. Coskata-Coatue oversand vehicle permit required to access the Woods by vehicle. Walkers welcome. Materials available at the Wauwinet gatehouse.

© T. KATES

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Digital Photography Field Trip REI Members: $40; Nonmembers: $60 Appleton Farms – Participants meet at Appleton Farms June 20 | 9AM – 3PM

SUNRISE TO SUNSET

COSKATA-COATUE WILDLIFE REFUGE,

Thursdays – Saturdays, May – October

COSKATA-COATUE WILDLIFE REFUGE,

CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE, CHAPPAQUIDDICK 508.627.3599

Members: Adult $15; Child (15 and under) $10.

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

GUIDED NATURAL HISTORY TOURS

Fishing Discovery Tour

(Not-So-Creepy) Creatures of The Night Family Hike*

Member Child: $10. Nonmember Child: $12 (up to two adults FREE with child’s admission).

Science Discovery Wednesdays

CAPE COD & THE ISLANDS

LONG POINT WILDLIFE REFUGE, WEST TISBURY

CHAPPAQUIDDICK 508.627.3599

CAPE POGE WILDLIFE REFUGE,

CORNELL FARM, SOUTH DARTMOUTH

554 Sloan Road, Williamstown tel 413.458.3135 www.guesthouseatfieldfarm.org

Learn something new and enjoy your favorite Trustees reservation at the same time on these special REI Outdoor School programs.

For more information, visit www.thetrustees.org/REI.

Daily, Memorial Day through Columbus Day 8:30AM & 1:30PM ( TOUR LASTS 4 HOURS )

Daily, Memorial Day through Columbus Day 9AM, 12NOON, & 2PM ( TOUR LASTS 1.5 HOURS )

Sunday, August 30 | 1 – 3PM

Daily, Monday, June 15 – Tuesday, September 15 8:30AM, 11AM, & 1:30PM (TOUR LASTS 1.5 HOURS)

*Transportation from the ferry is available if you register in advance.

World’s End – Participants meet at Hingham REI August 29 | 9AM – 3PM Essential Camping Skills REI Members: $40; Nonmembers: $60 Rocky Woods – Participants meet at Framingham REI August 15 | 9AM – 3PM Family Hike: Summer Exploration REI Members: $10; Nonmembers: $30.

Children are FREE but must register.

World’s End – Participants meet at World’s End August 1 | 10AM – 2PM Rocky Woods – Participants meet at Rocky Woods August 16 | 10AM – 2PM Introduction to GPS Navigation REI Members: $45; Nonmembers: $65 Rocky Woods – Participants meet at Framingham REI June 13 | 9AM – 3PM July 26 | 10AM – 4PM Introduction to Map and Compass REI Members: $45; Nonmembers: $65 Rocky Woods – Participants meet at Boston REI July 11 | 9AM – 3PM

Whitney and Thayer Woods – Participants meet at Hingham REI July 18 | 9AM – 3PM Introduction to Mountain Biking REI Members: $65; Nonmembers: $85 Rocky Woods – Participants meet at Framingham REI July 7 | 10AM – 4PM Whitney and Thayer Woods – Participants meet at Hingham REI August 7 | 10AM – 4PM September 5 | CALL FOR TIME (women only)

© JUMPING ROCK

Members: Adult $30; Child (15 and under) $15.

Nonmembers: Adult $40; Child (15 and under) $18.

Daily, June through October | 1 – 2PM

Summer Escapes Whether you love mountains or the sea, at a Trustees inn you’ll enjoy an unforgettable stay amidst spectacular scenery. Get active hiking, biking, and paddling – or enjoy the pleasures of art galleries and antique stories. Or, simply relax and enjoy the view.

Rocky Woods – Participants meet at Boston REI August 22 | 9AM – 3PM

All proceeds from your stay benefit our conservation work at Field Farm and the Crane Estate.

Kayaking: Level 1 REI Members: $95; Nonmembers: $105

Don’t wait – book your summer getaway today!

World’s End – Participants meet at Hingham REI June 14 | 9AM – 3PM July 19, July 25, & August 9 10AM – 4PM Crane Estate – Participants meet at Reading REI June 28, August 1 | 9AM – 3PM Charles River Reservation – Participants meet at Framingham REI July 11, August 29, & September 12 9AM – 3PM Kayaking: Level 2 REI Members: $95; Nonmembers: $105

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SOUTHEAST REGION

Daily, Memorial Day through Columbus Day 9AM & 2PM ( TOUR LASTS 2.5 HOURS )

As featured in National Geographic Traveler’s “Stay List.”

World’s End – Participants meet at Hingham REI June 20 & August 22 | 9AM – 3PM Charles River Reservation – Participants meet at Framingham REI July 18 | 9AM – 3PM

280 Argilla Road, Ipswich tel 978.412.2555 www.craneestate.org

FIND YOUR PL ACE Crane Beach on the Crane Estate, Ipswich © K. WOLLENSAK

Special PLACES

NON-PROFIT ORG.

THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS

N.READING, MA

572 Essex Street Beverly, MA 01915-1530

PERMIT NO.140

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MY PLACE IS ON A L ADDER …with a paintbrush, in the gardens with a rake, or wherever something needs to be done on the Crane Estate.

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CRANE ESTATE VOLUNTEERS

(clockwise from top) LAURIE MILES GABE PETINO NANCY PETINO CANDACE WHITE BONNIE SONTAG

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RICH ERICKSON

FIND YOUR PLACE 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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