Trustees | Special Places | Summer 2022 by The Trustees of Reservations

SUMMER 2022 VOLUME 30 NO. 2

FOR MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE TRUSTEES

Kinetic Connection The power of art and nature

More Ways to Camp!

NEWS FROM ACROSS THE STATE

Dunes’ Edge Campground, Provincetown Now available! Camp in comfort and style in our new Rustic Bungalows. thetrustees.org/dunesedge

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All of the Trustees inns and campgrounds offer unique accommodations within spectacular natural surroundings. For information and reservations: thetrustees.org/stay

Campsites at Rocky Woods, Medfield Close to home! Boating, fishing, and miles of trails to explore. thetrustees.org/rockywoods

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At an event to celebrate the work of the Congressional delegation in securing federal funding, at Piers Park on June 17, are (from left): Trustees President & CEO John Judge, District 1 City Councilor Gabriela “Gigi” Coletta, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Rep. Adrian Madaro, State Senator Lydia Edwards, U.S. Senator Edward Markey, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Trustees Board Chair Peter Coffin.

$2MM in Federal Funding for Piers Park III The Trustees’ Piers Park III project in East Boston has received $2 million in federal funds to help support construction of the waterfront park. The award comes from Congressional Directed Spending (CDS) funding, requested by U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward J. Markey, with support from Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. After being approved by the legislature, the CDS funding was included in the bipartisan omnibus federal budget signed by President Biden on March 15. The Trustees is raising a total of $50MM for construction and ongoing operations of Piers Park III, funded largely through philanthropic contributions from a mix of private individuals, foundations, and corporations. As of mid-June, $28.7MM has been committed, including the recent federal funds. “We are grateful to Senator Warren, Senator Markey, and Congresswoman Pressley for their leadership in advocating for these funds, which bring us closer to creating an iconic public space on Boston’s harbor,” said Trustees President & CEO John Judge. “Protecting outdoor spaces for everyone is at the heart of our mission—and the reason behind our founding in Boston 131 years ago. Free and open to the public, Piers Park III will be a welcoming and resilient space for generations to come.” Piers Park III is currently in the community design phase, with a second draft of the design for the future waterfront park shared during a public meeting in February. Feedback from the East Boston community was collected throughout 2021 and will continue to be gathered during 2022 in order to finalize the park landscape, programming, and design features. An updated design, the third draft, will be shared during public meetings this summer. Construction is anticipated to begin in mid-2023.

Yawkey Foundation Grant Brings Nature Play Experiences to Gateway Cities A new mobile engagement van—a “foodtruck-type” vehicle featuring nature-based play and exploration opportunities, recreational experiences, and art—will be unveiled this summer. Thanks to a grant from the Yawkey Foundation, the Trustees Mobile Adventurer van will travel to community events and festivals, local parks, and community centers to provide pop-up style outdoor nature play and recreation experiences. In this first summer, the focus will be on Gateway Cities south of Boston, including New Bedford, Fall River, Brockton, Taunton, and Attleboro. The commercial van is being outfitted with materials for coastal explorations, forest or geology investigations, fort-building, logs for balancing and climbing, along with programming elements around creative play such as fairy house building and creating art from natural objects. These hands-on, interactive activities—facilitated

by experienced outdoor educators and provided in Spanish and Portuguese, as well as English—are designed to spark exploration, play, discovery, and curiosity with nature. Participants will also be able to learn about nearby Trustees reservations, as well as the Trustees’ mission of land conservation, ecology, and environmentalism. “The new Trustees Adventurer van will be a wonderful way for youth and families in underserved communities to connect with experiences found in the natural world,” says John Judge, Trustees President & CEO. “We must provide opportunities to build a lifelong love of the outdoors for a broader, more inclusive audience, and we are grateful to the Yawkey Foundation for enabling this program for southeastern MA communities.” For more on this program, visit thetrustees.org/ adventurer.

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Partnership Provides Increased Access to Camping

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NEMO Equipment, a New Hampshire-based outdoor gear company, is partnering with The Trustees to sponsor the organization’s campgrounds and provide high-quality camping gear for use with Trustees’ youth organization partners. The equipment— which includes full NEMO camp setups of tents, sleeping bags, camp pads, tables, and chairs—enables The Trustees to offer more overnight camping opportunities for underrepresented young people in communities that lack access to nature. Trustees youth partner organizations such as Big City Mountaineers, Boys and Girls Club, and YES Boston will be the primary beneficiaries of this generous donation. When not in use by these groups, the gear will also be made available at Trustees campgrounds, on a limited basis, for families who are new to camping. Campers should inquire about the availability of NEMO gear rentals with their campground manager. ©TRUSTEES

Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens in New Bedford will be a frequent home base for the Mobile Adventurer van.

Weir River Farm Awarded Autism Welcoming Status The Trustees has partnered with Autism Alliance to make Weir River Farm in Hingham an Autism Welcoming and sensory responsive business to better serve individuals with autism and their families and caregivers. Staff members at the farm have been trained by Autism Alliance to provide simple yet impactful accommodations and autism-welcoming options, which help families with autism have a better experience while hiking the trails and visiting the barnyard. “Making our special places accessible and welcoming to everyone is one of the pillars of our mission,” said Anne Smith-White, Trustees

Director of South Shore, South Coast, and Cape Cod properties. “This designation and training lets families with autism know they’re coming to a property that understands and makes space for them and their loved ones.” As a sensory-responsive property, Weir River Farm now offers calm kits with noise reducing headphones as well as visual story guides that can be viewed online before the trip to give people with autism a preview of what to expect at the farm. Some programs will also now provide for limited admission at certain times to reduce crowds and noise.

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OUT AND ABOUT Volunteers were busy this spring, helping get Trustees reservations across the state freshened up and ready for visitors. 1. Tending to the garden at Farandnear, Shirley 2. Spring cleanup at Armstrong-Kelley Park in Osterville 3. Chef Thi Bowles at Powisset Farm in Dover presents a feast for a volunteer appreciation luncheon 4. A few of the volunteers who support our Charles River Valley properties 5. Helping clear winter debris at Long Hill in Beverly 6. A wonderful kid crew at Crane Beach, Ipswich

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CONTENTS

Creativity and culture abound

Coastal restoration at Norton Point

Art at The Trustees

Dune on the Horizon

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A Feast of Fun in the Sun

What’s happening at Trustees reservations

Things To Do

Summer programs & events statewide

Dear Members: What’s your favorite part of summer in New England? I’m sure the answers are as varied as the season’s offerings themselves—underscoring each of our unique relationships with the natural world. And as I visit our properties during these warmer months, I feel especially awed by the natural beauty we have the privilege of stewarding. Our 56 Boston community gardens are in full bloom, our Vineyard beaches are picturesque refuges, and beloved properties like deCordova and Field Farm have only become more entrancing thanks to large-scale installations from artists Melvin Edwards and Rose B. Simpson. “Art is not escape, but a way of finding order in chaos, a way of confronting life.” I’ve been thinking about that quote from US Poet Laureate Robert Hayden a lot when contemplating the power of our arts programming. As Jessica May, our managing director of art & exhibitions and deCordova’s artistic director, explains in these pages, our exhibitions and installations call on us to consider our relationships both with the natural world and with each other. And as we reckon with global climate change, we are increasingly relying on art to better understand the interconnectedness of nature and our own place in it.

Trustees President & CEO John Judge speaking at the announcement of the $2MM federal grant for Piers Park III, with (from left) U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator Edward Markey, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

The realities of climate change are something we confront every day in our work. Norton Point Beach, for example, the vulnerable stretch of sand ©TRUSTEES and dunes on Martha’s Vineyard, has been facing dangerous levels of erosion due to storms and rising sea levels. But our coastal team is doing incredible preservation work with local partners, building a gently sloping, 14-foot dune that will be more resilient to storm surge. I know you’ll find the details of that nature solutions work as fascinating as I did. The world is still an uncertain place, and the outdoors are still a refuge. Jen Klein, our director of outdoor experience, understands that better than anyone, which is why she created a new series of Trustees wellness walks this past fall. These introspective experiences turn to nature to alleviate some of our everyday burdens— and just like our art installations, they allow us to take pause and contemplate our place in the natural world. At the core of the Trustees mission is to preserve and protect natural spaces—not just for some, but for all. And whether it’s engaging underserved communities through our new Mobile Engagement Unit, opening up visitation opportunities thanks to our Autism Welcoming certification at Weir River Farm or creating a model for resilient city spaces with our Piers Park III project, we are more committed than ever to connecting our state’s residents to the outdoors. And it is because of your support that we are able to share more experiences with more people, in more communities, than ever before. Warmly,

John Judge President & CEO

Presence of Mind Hiking for wellness

Better, brighter, greener

Five to Find

Summer Instagram highlights

Statewide Map

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ART & EXHIBITIONS

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With a bold new slate of exhibitions, now is the perfect time to experience The Trustees’ creative and cultural offerings. BY JESSICA MAY

Art and nature exist in regularly irregular harmony: one influences the other in ways both readily apparent and remarkably subtle, a symbiosis by which we all benefit. Now, Art at The Trustees—a broad initiative comprising all of the organization’s art-based programs, from exhibitions at our renowned museums and historic properties, to site-specific commissions of contemporary art—takes a fresh approach to exploring the connections between creative expression and the natural world. The initiative showcases innovative and thought-provoking exhibitions, installations that interpret and respond to Trustees landscapes and cultural locations, and engaging performances that celebrate the special places in The Trustees’ care. Through ambitious offerings all around the Commonwealth, Art at The Trustees elevates fresh perspectives while inviting diverse audiences to experience the wonders of the world outside.

COMPLEMENTARY POWER From The Trustees’ inception in 1891, art has played an important if subdued role in the organization. In early documents, Charles Eliot and his fellow Trustees created a memorable point of comparison between their own work and the great art museums of the United States, many of which were founded in Gilded Age America. “Lovers of nature,” they wrote, “will rally to endow the Trustees with the care of their favorite scenes, precisely as the lovers of Art have so liberally endowed the Art Museums.” Indeed, the parallel was apt in more ways than one, and Eliot understood, as did many civic leaders of his day, the complementary power of art and nature in public life.

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Clockwise: Melvin Edwards, Song of the Broken Chains, 2020, Courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © 2021 Melvin Edwards/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Presented by Public Art Fund at City Hall Park, New York City, May 4 to November 28, 2021; Photo: Nicholas Knight, Courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY; Allison Maria Rodriguez, all that moves, 2021, still from video installation. Image Courtesy of the Artist. Part of the New England Triennial 2022; Rose B. Simpson, Counterculture 2.a, 2021. Ceramic, steel, grout, and mixed media. Image courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA. Photo by Matthew Healey; ©Trustees; George Rickey, Horizontal Column of Seven Squares Excentric, 1996, Stainless steel, 28 3/4’ x 15’, Collection George Rickey Estate. Image Courtesy: Stephanie Zollshan Photography.

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Eliot’s understanding of the ways in which we see nature continues to inspire The Trustees’ visual arts programs. Intertwined with our other senses, we appreciate the natural world not least for its scenes of spectacular natural beauty. In the face of global climate change, we rely more than ever on artists to help us understand our relationship to the world around us, its histories, meaning, and resonance in our lives.

ON VIEW Under the Art at The Trustees umbrella, this summer we present the 2022 iteration of our Art & the Landscape series of original commissions: Counterculture by Rose B. Simpson, a mixed media artist based in Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. In this remarkable project, Simpson has created 12 figures, each towering at ten feet tall, that watch over the landscape of Field Farm in Williamstown and all its visitors, like matriarchal sentinels. Their hollow eyes deepen the sense of watchfulness; Simpson has likened the figures to universal mothers, reminding all people that we cannot continue to take and take and take. One of the most exceptional aspects of Simpson’s work at Field Farm has been the relationship that the artist and curator Jamilee Lacy have forged with members

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of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, whose exhibition, Mohican Miles, is currently on view at Stockbridge’s Mission House, and offers insights into the history of the Berkshires region and the continued presence of the Stockbridge-Munsee band of Mohican Indians. Nearby to Mission House, ViewEscapes, a major survey of the sculpture of American modernist George Rickey (1907-2002), is on view at Naumkeag. Situated just over 20 miles from Rickey’s studio in New York State, this exhibition offers deeply researched insights into Rickey’s life and legacy and reframes the stunning viewshed of Naumkeag through the eyes of an artist utterly devoted to making complex artworks that appear to hover, shimmer, and float. This summer The Trustees’ two museums—deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln and Fruitlands Museum in Harvard—have, for the first time, joined together to present the monumental exhibition, the New England Triennial. This spectacular project features 25 artists across both museum sites and offers a remarkably diverse and wide-ranging perspective on contemporary art and artists. The Triennial represents both tradition and innovation— innovative because of its elegant unfolding over two museums, studded by artist performances and documented in an

expansive catalog; traditional because the exhibition has been recurring since 1989—when the deCordova began its annual survey of artists working in New England, which quickly became the standard-bearer on its exhibition calendar and in the contemporary art community. Finally, this season’s outdoor exhibitions at deCordova promise to cast the beloved sculpture park in a new light. The Trustees has worked with New York City’s Public Art Fund to bring Melvin Edwards: Brighter Days to deCordova for the 2022-23 season. Edwards is one of America’s foremost abstract sculptors and is known for infusing objects from everyday life including chains, rocking chairs, and even barbed wire—with the resonance of Black American history. This outdoor exhibition offers a once-in-alifetime opportunity to see a retrospective of Edwards public art from 1970 to the present and to experience the historic landscape of the deCordova afresh, just as Charles Eliot hoped we would. For details on all current exhibitions, installations, lectures, and performances, visit thetrustees.org/art. Jessica May is The Trustees’ Managing Director, Art and Exhibitions, and Artistic Director, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum.

PROGRAMS & PERFORMANCES

Please join us for the following talks, tours, and performances, as part of this summer’s Art at The Trustees offerings:

COUNTERCULTURE WALK-AND-TALKS Free; presented in partnership with the Williams College Museum of Art Summer Arts Program

SATURDAYS, THROUGH SEP 3 12NOON-12:30PM Field Farm, Williamstown

DECORDOVA PERFORMANCE SERIES Performances invite viewers to explore ideas of kinship, connection, and ancestry through the performing arts, as they relate to the current exhibitions. All performances 6-7:30PM.

THURSDAY, JUL 7

Ezekiel’s Wheels Klezmer Band (outdoor)

THURSDAY, JUL 14

Guerilla Opera presents Her:alive/un/dead by Emily Koh (outdoor)

THURSDAY, JUL 28 Steph Davis (indoor)

THURSDAY, AUG 18

The Kevin Harris Project (outdoor)

THURSDAY, SEP 8

Jenna Moynihan (outdoor) deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

THE WEIGHT OF WATER — PERFORMANCE BY HEATHER LYON SATURDAY, JUL 16 | 1-3PM deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

SURGE DANCE PERFORMANCES

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUL 30 & 31 | 1PM Piers Park, East Boston Adjacent to the future Trustees site, Piers Park III

GUIDED MUSEUM TOUR OF THE NEW ENGLAND TRIENNIAL SUNDAYS, AUG 7 & SEP 4 | 1-2PM

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

IN CONVERSATION WITH MELVIN EDWARDS AND DANIEL S. PALMER FRIDAY, AUG 19 | 6-8PM deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

GEORGE RICKEY: A LIFE IN BALANCE

SATURDAY, OCT 15 | 2:30PM Stockbridge Library, Stockbridge

EXHIBITIONS ON VIEW

Don’t miss these unique and powerful exhibitions; see them all this summer!

NEW ENGLAND TRIENNIAL

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2022 Featuring the work of 25 diverse and ambitious New England artists deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

ROSE B. SIMPSON: COUNTERCULTURE

THROUGH NOVEMBER 2022 Experience the power of a new monumental sculpture commission Field Farm, Williamstown

GEORGE RICKEY: VIEWESCAPES

THROUGH NOVEMBER 2022 A uniquely thrilling outdoor exhibition of one of America’s foremost abstract sculptors Naumkeag, Stockbridge

MELVIN EDWARDS: BRIGHTER DAYS

THROUGH MAY 2023 A modernist sculptor returns to an inspiring location deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

Check thetrustees.org/art for the most up-to-date information on each of these exhibitions and programs. Left: Installation view, New England Triennial 2022, on view at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum through September 12. Image: Julia Featheringill. Work featured: Allison Maria Rodriguez; Above: Installation view, New England Triennial 2022, on view at Fruitlands Museum through October. Image: Julia Featheringill. Work Featured: Shaina Gates.

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COASTAL UPDATE

Dune on the Horizon

PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT MAYHEW

Using nature-based solutions to maintain habitat and access on Martha’s Vineyard 8 THE TRUSTEES

BY CHRISTINE BOYNTON, TRUSTEES STAFF

On the south side of Martha’s Vineyard, a

narrow strip of sand connects Chappaquiddick to the main island. Low dunes and grass grace this barrier beach, which drops off on its inland side into Katama Bay. Norton Point Beach is a landscape with a long, documented history of breaching—the ocean cutting a channel right through the barrier into the bay—before healing again into an uninterrupted stretch. The Trustees manages two-and-a-half miles of beach at Norton Point, a significant habitat for nesting shorebirds and a beloved spot for recreation. But in recent years, conditions near the entrance were steadily deteriorating and beginning to jeopardize access. “We were seeing an ongoing pattern, where the dune was shrinking and beginning to experience washover,” explains Russell Hopping, Trustees Lead Ecologist, Coastal Ecology. “By 2018, there really was no dune anymore, and on very high tides—especially with storm activity—the waves were crashing

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Russ Hopping leads a public tour of the dune restoration site as part of Martha’s Vineyard Climate Week in May.

right over, pushing sand further inland and into Herring Creek and the salt marsh. It got to the point where we didn’t have any salt marsh in that location anymore.” What had once been a dune had become a broad, low, unvegetated stretch of sand.

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Martha’s Vineyard beaches experience some of the highest erosion rates statewide. According to projections from The Trustees’ most recent State of the Coast report (see Special Places, Fall 2021) Norton Point’s barrier beach may be open ocean by 2070 and has

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Shoring up the shoreline: The Trustees’ Islands Director, Darci Schofield, helps plant beach grass along the new dune to help stabilize the sand and provide greater resistance to erosion. The grass helps trap sand, making dunes better barriers against storm surge and high tides, and protecting habitats.

already migrated to the north by more than 1,500 feet since 1897. In addition to this shift, the beach lost 74 acres in the 97 years between 1897 and 1994, and 93 acres between 1994 and 2018—25 percent more acreage lost in recent years, and much more rapidly. The beach is one of the Trustees’ coastal properties identified in a 2017 Climate Vulnerability Assessment as being highly vulnerable to storm inundation and sea level rise, with infrastructure, priority habitat, trails, and vegetation being at-risk as soon as 2030. A restoration project to bolster the resilience of this landscape began in late 2021 after the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management awarded a $240,674 grant to the Town of Edgartown—provisions of which included restoring the primary coastal dune on South Beach and Norton Point Beach, relocating one of three bathhouses 50 feet inland, and removing an asphalt lot (see Special Places, Spring 2021). Using nature-based “soft solutions” (i.e., methods that don’t require built or hardscape interventions, and that build upon the natural processes providing resiliency,) 7,500 cubic yards of sand were dredged from Katama Bay in November, dewatered on site, and formed into a 14-foot dune with a gentle 10:1 slope— a shape selected after coordinating with the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program and conducting analysis and modeling with the environmental engineering research firm Woods Hole Group to determine what would be most resilient to erosion and storm surge. CONTINUED ON PAGE 20

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A Feast of Fun in the Sun

STEVENS-COOLIDGE HOUSE & GARDENS, NORTH ANDOVER

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Sample our full menu of exciting summer programs!

ou have arrived! The sweet spot of summer: long days, warm nights, school’s out, and leisure time is (hopefully) more easily found. Let Trustees special places and summer programs help you lean into this soft season—find refreshment and enjoyment in being outdoors. We’ve got a full menu of possibilities, from picnics and concerts to hiking and kayaking, farm fun for the family to date nights in our gardens, art happenings, historic house tours, and so much more! It’s a veritable feast of fun in the summer sun!

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C’mon outside with the family and take in the stunning sights and splendid sounds at some of our most popular reservations. The perennial favorite Castle Hill Picnic Concerts are back, on the Crane Estate in Ipswich, or check out our Summer Concert Series at Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, North Andover, or Long Hill, Beverly. In Stockbridge, Naumkeag at Night is back with some of the Berkshires most popular bands. For some hoppin’ tunes, take in some of the Summer Concert Series at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard or Bostonbased Afropop family favorite Kina Zoré as they unite story and song through vibrant rhythms—at Gov. Hutchinson’s Field in Milton, Minton Stable Community

Garden in Jamaica Plain, and Naumkeag! deCordova Sculpture Park & Garden in Lincoln has several Summer Picnic Nights, and Sunset Picnics at Weir River Farm in Hingham are quickly becoming a favorite South Shore event (and the sunset views are not to be missed). On the Cape? Check out the new Village Day Community Picnic at Armstrong-Kelley Park in Osterville. And if you’re craving a unique and more interactive experience, pack your blanket and pull up your boot laces for the very special Scenic Songs: A Hiking Concert with Erin McKeown at Jewell Hill, Ashburnham. CONTINUED ON PAGE 19

Look inside for a snapshot of programs available this season. There are many more on our website—see the full list and sign up at thetrustees.org/ things-to-do, today!

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THINGS TO DO

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IN THE GARDEN The gardens are in full bloom this summer. Experience them through a guided tour, workshop, or enjoy an afternoon tea among the flowers. Here is a sample of our opportunities; visit thetrustees.org/gardens for the most up to date list.

Garden Tours

SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS, THROUGH SEP 25 11AM-12NOON Long Hill, Beverly SATURDAYS, THROUGH SEP 24 | 11AM-12NOON Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, North Andover THURSDAYS-MONDAYS, THROUGH SEP 11 11AM-12NOON, 2-3PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge ©TRUSTEES

SUMMER PRUNING WORKSHOP

THURSDAY, JUL 7 | 4-6PM | Long Hill, Beverly

HYDRANGEA WORKSHOP

SATURDAY, JUL 16 | 10:30AM-12NOON | Long Hill, Beverly

SEASONAL GARDEN STROLL

In the City

Celebrate nature in the city, from the waterfront to our community gardens.

SEED SOW & GROW GARDEN WORKSHOPS See thetrustees.org/seedsow for the full schedule.

SATURDAY, SEP 10 | 10:30-11:30AM Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich

SATURDAY MORNINGS & WEEKDAY EVENINGS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER Boston Community Gardens, Boston

GARDEN TO VASE FLORAL ARRANGING WORKSHOP

WATERFRONT ON WHEELS: EDUCATIONAL SITE TOUR

SATURDAY, SEP 17 | 10AM-12NOON | Long Hill, Beverly

Afternoon Tea in the Gardens

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, AUG 6-7 | 4-5:30PM Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich SUNDAYS, JUL 24, AUG 21 & SEP 25 | 4-6PM Long Hill, Beverly SUNDAYS, THROUGH AUG 28 | 4-6PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge

SATURDAYS, JUL 23, AUG 6 & SEP 10 10:30AM-12NOON Mary Ellen Welch Greenway, East Boston

SABORES DE NUESTRA CULTURA: FAMILY FESTIVAL

SATURDAYS, JUL 23, AUG 13 & SEP 3 | 1-4PM Piers Park, East Boston

EASTIE ECO-FEST

SUNDAY, JUL 24 | 3-5PM Joe Ciampa Community Garden, East Boston

DORCHESTER GARDEN TOUR

THURSDAY, AUG 4 | 5-8PM Greenwood Community Garden, Dorchester

Don’t forget to REGISTER ONLINE FOR YOUR PROGRAM at thetrustees.org/things-to-do Program details subject to change. For up-to-date event information, or to search for events in your area, at a specific property, by type or by date, click on Things To Do at thetrustees.org. Use your member code (above your name on your member card) to qualify for member discounts. If you need to find your member code, account information, or look up ticket and registration status for specific programs, visit thetrustees.org/customerservice.

ON THE COAST Summer in New England means spending time along the water. Join us on a kayaking adventure, on the North Shore, South Shore, or Vineyard! FULL MOON KAYAK & CAMPFIRE AT LONG POINT

WEDNESDAY, JUL 13; THURSDAY, AUG 11; SATURDAY, SEP 10 | 7:30-9:30PM Long Point Wildlife Refuge, West Tisbury

EVENING KAYAK TOUR AT WORLD’S END

WEDNESDAYS, JUL 20, 27 & AUG 24 | 3:30-6PM FRIDAY, JUL 29 | 5:30-8PM FRIDAY, AUG 26 | 3:30-6PM World’s End, Hingham

HIKE & PADDLE AT APPLETON & IPSWICH RIVER WATERSHED ASSOCIATION

SATURDAY, JUL 23 | 10AM-2PM Appleton Farms, Hamilton & Ipswich

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A NICE NIGHT OUT Sunset at our special places makes for the perfect romantic evening with someone special. PHOTO BY BOB HANDELMAN; ©TRUSTEES

KAYAK & RIVERBOAT TOURS AT THE CRANE ESTATE

See thetrustees.org/craneoutdoors for the full schedule. THROUGH SEPTEMBER Sunset Kayak in the Crane Wildlife Refuge Kayak Adventure on Castle Neck River Choate Island Kayak & Hiking Adventure Kayak Historic Fox Creek Castle Neck Riverboat Tour Once Around the Islands The Crane Estate, Ipswich & Essex

Try a self-guided adventure! We have kayaks available for rent at both Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge and Long Point Wildlife Refuge on Martha’s Vineyard.

DATE NIGHT IN THE GARDEN AT LONG HILL FRIDAYS, JULY 8 & 22, AUG 5 & 19 | 6:30-8PM Long Hill, Beverly

DATE NIGHT AT STEVENS-COOLIDGE

SATURDAYS, THROUGH AUG 20 Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, North Andover

DATE NIGHT AT POWISSET FARM

FRIDAYS, JUL 29, AUG 19 & SEP 16 | 6-8PM Powisset Farm, Dover

DATE NIGHT AT DECORDOVA

THURSDAYS, SEP 22 & 29 | 6-8PM deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

DATE NIGHT AT NAUMKEAG

SATURDAYS, THROUGH SEP 10 | 5:30-8PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge

For a FULL LISTING OF PROGRAMS not shown here, visit thetrustees.org/things-to-do

Summer 2022 Highlights & Special Events A glimpse at just a few of the hundreds of things to do at our special places across the state this season. Visit thetrustees.org/things-to-do to see all of our programs, get the latest updates, find more information and, for events that require them, get tickets. We hope to see you at one of our reservations soon!

Storybook Garden: Alice in Wonderland at Long Hill DAILY, JUL 1-31 | 10AM-4PM Long Hill, Beverly ©TRUSTEES

Summer Concerts & Sunset Picnics

Ah, the sounds of summer! Pack a picnic, grab a blanket, and join your friends for a stellar line up of musical performances, from Rock to Reggae, Blues to Jazz, Latin to Opera. Castle Hill on the Crane Estate (Ipswich), deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum (Lincoln), Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate (Canton), Fruitlands Museum (Harvard), Long Hill (Beverly), Naumkeag (Stockbridge), Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens (North Andover), and more! Visit thetrustees.org/concerts for full schedules and details. ©TRUSTEES

Sensory-Friendly Experiences

Weir River Farm has partnered with the Autism Alliance to offer sensory-friendly experiences for families; includes reduced numbers of guests and quieter environment, along with (limited) sensory kits and visual story guides.

SENSORY-FRIENDLY OPEN BARNYARDS

SATURDAYS, JUL 9 & 23, AUG 6 & 20, SEP 3 & 17 | 2-3PM

SENSORY-FRIENDLY SUNSET PICNIC THURSDAY, JUL 7 | 6PM-SUNSET Weir River Farm, Hingham

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Take a Hike (or Two or Three!)

Join us this summer for an ever-expanding list of guided hikes at some of your favorite reservations across Massachusetts. We’ve got night hikes, bird walks, sunrise hikes, family adventures, and much more. thetrustees.org/outdooradventures

PHOTO BY KEITH JOSEPH PIWOWARSKI

SURGE Dance Performances

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, JUL 30 & 31 | 1PM Piers Park, East Boston (Adjacent to the future Trustees site, Piers Park III)

PHOTO COURTESY BOSTON DANCE THEATER

Dinners on the Farm

Our farms are the perfect backdrop to enjoy fresh local food. From sunset picnics to chef-prepared dinners, there is something for every palate.

POWISSET SUNSET SERIES

THURSDAYS, THROUGH AUG 25 | 6-8PM

POWISSET FARM DINNERS

FRIDAYS, JUL 22, AUG 12 & 26, SEP 9 & 23 | 6-8PM

Powisset Farm, Dover Metro West

APPLETON FARMHOUSE WOOD-FIRED PIZZA

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THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ON FRIDAYS | 4-7PM, SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS | 12NOON-5PM

APPLETON FARM DINNER: MANDARAVA THURSDAY, AUG 18 | 5:30-8PM Appleton Farms, Hamilton & Ipswich

WEIR RIVER FARM SUNSET PICNICS THURSDAYS, THROUGH SEP 29 | 6-8PM Weir River Farm, Hingham

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Roaring Twenties Lawn Party

Reimagine the Roaring Twenties with this popular 2-day lawn party. Details at roaringtwentieslawnparty.org SATURDAY & SUNDAY, AUG 6 & 7 Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich

PHOTO BY KEITH JOSEPH PIWOWARSKI

10th Annual Craft Festival

We’re back! This year featuring 48 juried New England Artisans. SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEP 24 & 25 Fruitlands Museum, Harvard

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For a FULL LISTING OF PROGRAMS not shown here, visit thetrustees.org/things-to-do

FOCUS ON SELF Spending time in nature is good for the soul. Come relax, decompress, and recharge in one of these peaceful landscapes. More programs are always being added; for the most up-to-date list, visit thetrustees.org/self. See page 23 for listings of Wellness Walks. YOGA IN THE GARDENS AT LONG HILL SUNDAYS, JUL 10, AUG 7 & SEP 18 | 9-10AM Long Hill, Beverly

FAMILY YOGA IN THE PARK SUNDAYS, JUL 10, AUG 7 & SEP 18 | 10:30-11AM deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

YOGA AT WEIR RIVER FARM

WEDNESDAYS, JUL 13 & 27, AUG 10 & 24, SEP 7 & 21 | 6-7PM Weir River Farm, Hingham

ALLERGEASE: YOGA AND HERBALISM FOR THE SEASON

SATURDAY, AUG 13 | 11AM-12:30PM Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, North Andover

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION AT NAUMKEAG

FRIDAYS, THROUGH AUG 26 | 4-5PM Naumkeag, Stockbridge

OUTDOOR YOGA AT TULLY

WEDNESDAYS, THROUGH AUG 31 10-11AM Tully Lake Campground, Royalston

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YOGA WITH A VIEW

SATURDAYS, THROUGH SEP 3 8-9AM Naumkeag, Stockbridge

MONDAY MORNING YOGA MONDAYS, THROUGH SEP 6 8-9AM Naumkeag, Stockbridge

Better is out there

PONDSIDE YOGA

MONDAYS, THROUGH SEP 12 5:30-6:30PM Long Point Wildlife Refuge, West Tisbury

YOGA IN THE PARK AT DECORDOVA

SUNDAYS, THROUGH SEP 25 11:30AM-12:30PM deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln

YOGA IN THE GARDENS AT STEVENS-COOLIDGE FRIDAYS, THROUGH SEP 30 9:30-10:30AM Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens, North Andover

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IN THE KITCHENS Our kitchens at Appleton Farms, Powisset Farm, and The FARM Institute are always busy making delectable dishes from food grown on the farm. Here are just some of the programs on offer to sharpen your cooking skills with farm fresh ingredients and new friends. Visit thetrustees.org/trusteescooks for the most up-to-date listings. TOTS IN THE KITCHEN

TUESDAYS, JUL 12, AUG 9, SEP 6, 13 & 20 | 10-11:30AM Powisset Farm, Dover

FRIDAY FARM DINNER

FRIDAYS, JUL 22, AUG 12 & 26, SEP 9 & 23 | 6-8PM Powisset Farm, Dover

TOSS THIS! ADULT COOKING CLASS THURSDAY, SEP 8 | 6-8PM Powisset Farm, Dover

Appleton Farmhouse Culinary Workshops

KIDDOS IN THE KITCHEN: PASTA! WEDNESDAY, SEP 21 | 4-6PM Powisset Farm, Dover

Cooking Classes at The FARM Institute The FARM Institute, Edgartown

PUFF PASTRY FOR BEGINNERS WITH MELISSA OF GREY BARN & FARM TUESDAY, JULY 12 | 5:30-7:30PM

COOKING FROM THE ISLAND: EATING WHAT’S FRESH & LOCAL WITH CHEF JENNY DEVIVO

WEDNESDAYS, THROUGH AUG 31 | 5:30-7:00PM

PASTA CLUB WITH KATIE LEAIRD SATURDAY, AUG 6 | 5:30-7PM

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NEW! Looking for tips and techniques for cooking with farm-fresh ingredients? Check out thetrustees.org/farmrecipes — a new webpage where Trustees farm staffers and chefs will share their recipes and cooking suggestions!

For a FULL LISTING OF PROGRAMS not shown here, visit thetrustees.org/things-to-do

HISTORIC SPACES The Trustees’ historic houses showcase architecture and design, collections and craftsmanship, and culture that spans more than 300 years. These spaces animate history, provoke conversation, and stimulate new thinking while reinterpreting our cultural past. Before heading out, be sure to visit thetrustees.org/ historicspaces for the latest details on opening schedules, tour dates and times, tickets, and more.

THE GREAT HOUSE AT CASTLE HILL

Themed tours include Cupola with a View, Guest of the Cranes, Highlights on the Hill, Servant Life in a Tech-Savvy House, The Cat’s Meow, and Within the Garden Walls. The Crane Estate, 290 Argilla Road, Ipswich

THE OLD MANSE

Choose from six themed tours, including four highlighting new stories and interpretations. 269 Monument Street, Concord

STEVENS-COOLIDGE HOUSE & GARDENS The Stevens-Coolidge house is opening again after extensive restoration work. Open weekdays except Wednesday, with guided tours at 1PM, and on Saturdays and Sundays for self-guided tours. 153 Chickering Road, North Andover

LONG HILL, BEVERLY

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FRUITLANDS MUSEUM

102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard

LONG HILL

576 Essex Street, Beverly

NAUMKEAG

5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge PROGRAM REFUNDS/CANCELLATIONS: In the event that a program is cancelled due to severe weather, low enrollment, or other circumstances, we will notify you as soon as possible by email and issue you a full refund within 14 days of the cancellation. If you cannot attend a program as planned, contact the Trustees property 7 days prior to the start of the program to receive a full refund. Refunds will not be granted for registration cancellations placed fewer than 7 days before the start of the program. There are no refunds for missed classes. The Trustees reserves the right to change program locations, schedules, or instructors when necessary. Note: Summer Camps and our inns and campgrounds each have separate cancellation policies.

Kayak the Crane Estate

Choate Island & Crane Wildlife Refuge Great Marsh & Historic Fox Creek Essex Bay & Castle Neck

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• Guided trips for all ages and skill levels • Varied itineraries through the North Shore’s foremost kayaking destination • Daily from late May through October

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PHOTO BY J. DELORENZO

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Hit the Trail

Let’s go hiking—there are so many special places to explore and so many new and fun ways to get out on Trustees trails this summer! Follow the sun at the cooler times of day with Sunrise or Sunset Hikes at several of our South Coast reservations, or try Second Saturday Family Hikes at Doyle Community Park & Center (Leominster), or Third Thursday Hikes for the Naturally Curious at Jewell Hill (Ashburnham). Bring the family to check out the flora and fauna with Beaver Discovery Hikes at Rocky Woods (Medfield), Family Birding Hike at Copicut Woods (Fall River), Beginner Birding at Slocum’s River Reserve (Dartmouth) or Appleton Farms (Hamilton & Ipswich), Forest Flower, Plant, Tree & Wild Edibles Hike at Notchview (Windsor), Mushroom Walk at Weir River Farm (Hingham), a Foraging Hike with Adventure East at Mount Warner (North Hadley), or even a Wildlife Trek and Play Hike for Kids at Cornell Farm (Dartmouth). But wait, there’s more! We’ve got Full Moon Hikes at Peaked Mountain (Monson), World’s End (Hingham), the Crane Estate (Ipswich), and Notchview. Sunrise Hikes, Off the Beaten Path or Sunset View Family Hikes at World’s End provide new ways to explore this favorite place. Try the ever-popular Hike with Goats at Chestnut Hill Farm (Southborough). And Appleton Farms (Hamilton & Ipswich) has a variety of fun outings on its nearly 1,000 bucolic acres, with Guided Pinnacle Hikes, Summer Singles Hikes, Hikes for Beer, Women’s Walks, and of course, Full Moon Hikes. Sign up and head out… and meet some new friends along the way.

PHOTO BY GOLDEN COAST STUDIO

Relaxed Escapes

Trustees public gardens, parks, and farms provide the perfect spot for tranquil getaways. Try a Date Night at StevensCoolidge House & Gardens (North Andover), deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum (Lincoln), Long Hill (Beverly), Powisset Farm (Dover), and Naumkeag (Stockbridge) or an Afternoon Tea in the Garden at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate (Ipswich) or Long Hill. Or get an insider’s perspective with a Guided Garden Tour at Armstrong-Kelley Park (Osterville), Naumkeag, Long Hill, Stevens-Coolidge, or Castle Hill.

past. In addition to our most well-known historic sites (see the listings on page 18), the houses at our two recently revitalized garden properties Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens (North Andover) and Long Hill (Beverly) are now open, with new interpretations on the families and stories of the craftspeople that built these venerated estates. Also returning this summer, visitors to the Berkshires can experience oncemonthly guided tours at the historically noteworthy Ashley House (Sheffield) and The Mission House (Stockbridge).

Farm Fresh

How about a delicious dinner made on the spot by professional chefs, featuring food fresh from the field? Powisset Farm in Dover showcases its bounty at with Thursday Sunset Series and Friday Farm Dinners. Or try a cooking class with local chefs at The FARM Institute (Edgartown), or one of our many delectable Farmhouse Culinary Workshops at Appleton Farms (Hamilton & Ipswich).

Stories From Our Past

Trustees historic houses are fascinating spaces that provide new perspectives and stimulate new thinking about our cultural ©TRUSTEES

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THE MISSION HOUSE, STOCKBRIDGE

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Whatever your summer pleasure, wherever you are in the great state of Massachusetts, Trustees reservations have something on the menu for you! Try something new or visit a reservation you’ve always wanted to see. And be sure to go to our website at thetrustees.org/ things-to-do for the most up-to-date listings and to register—new programs may have been added, and schedule changes do occur. We’re looking forward to seeing you this summer!

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Joining the Town of Edgartown and Dukes County as project partners in this restoration work, The Trustees also moved an Over-Sand Vehicle (OSV) trail further inland, away from a vulnerable shoreline position. The restored primary dune and relocated OSV trail finished construction in early January, followed by dune grass planting in the spring to further stabilize the restored dune and protect it from erosion. “The gradual slope also allows for the possibility that it could serve as breeding habitat for piping plovers,” explains Hopping. “In addition to beach grass, we planted several rows of beach plums to serve as a natural barrier discouraging any shorebirds from moving back to the vehicle corridor. Beach plums are native plants that are important for pollinators and migrant birds, who will feed on the fruit, and a host plant for the larvae of rare moths.”

LOOKING AHEAD

With the restored dune and stabilizing grass plantings in place, a second phase beginning in late 2022 will extend the primary dune, using the same design, in a section of beach further east near the newly relocated gatehouse. “We’re hoping for a minimum of a 10-year life expectancy in preventing a breach and maintaining a minimum of access at a spot where the erosion has been alarming,” explains Hopping. “Not only was infrastructure at stake including a bathhouse, road, and bus stop: there is also the nearby Herring Creek…and by preventing a breach at that point, we’re protecting both access and important habitat.” Supporting this second phase, the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocated $100,000 in funding for the work to The Trustees. “We are at a critical moment in

regard to protecting our natural environment on Martha’s Vineyard,” said State Senator Julian Cyr in a press release announcing the funding in January. “The actions we take now will determine the future of our beaches, dunes, coastal habitats, and overall natural environment for generations to come. I’m proud that we are able to mitigate coastal erosion to protect a precious spot like Norton Point Beach for the ecosystem that relies on the habitat, and for the next generation of islanders to enjoy and experience.” Visitors to Norton Point this summer will see the relocated OSV trail and newly planted dune grass along the restored dune. Work will continue in late 2022 to extend the primary dune during the second phase of work. To follow project updates, visit thetrustees.org/ coast.

This photo from The Trustees’ Archives & Research Center shows dune grass planting at Crane Beach in Ipswich, ca. 1975. Beach grass helps to trap sand and build coastal dunes naturally, harnessing the power of nature. Visitors to Crane Beach can see the success of these planting efforts: the dunes have built up to such an extent that the boardwalks have been rebuilt on top of the old structures, and remnants of the older boardwalks can still be glimpsed as you walk over the ones in place today. COURTESY OF THE TRUSTEES ARCHIVES & RESEARCH CENTER, CRANE BEACH STEWARDSHIP COLLECTION.

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PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH

WELLNESS WALKS

Presenceof Turn your hikes in the woods into paths toward better mental health

PHOTO BY KEITH JOSEPH PIWOWARSKI

BY VICTORIA ABBOTT RICCARDI

n a sparkling spring Sunday afternoon, a group of hikers gather at the trail entrance to Noon Hill in Medfield. As Meghan Dixon, The Trustees’ Outdoor Educator, counts heads, the group—ranging from Millennials to seniors—gives a common reason for being there: they want to connect with nature and unwind. And while connecting with nature is an essential part of the Trustees’ new series of wellness walks, these reflective, meditative experiences—more than a dozen of which have taken place since they first began last fall—also wield nature as a remedy for life’s hidden burdens. “During the first year of the pandemic, I found myself spending more and more time outside because, to be honest, it made me feel better,” says Jen Klein, Trustees’ Director of Outdoor Experience. “And I know our visitors and members were sharing those same feelings.” This led Klein to ponder ways to provide a more curated experience for people to spend more time in nature, as “research shows doing so lowers one’s blood pressure and decreases feelings of anxiety and depression.”

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Klein asked her friend Paula Shagin, a mental health specialist and founder of Green Button Counseling, to co-lead a series of Therapeutic Wellness Walks. Each journey follows a rhythm that’s slower and more intentional than a conventional hike. Leaders urge attendees to follow their breath and more fully engage all of their senses. And though the walks are open to all, a mindful trek in the woods could also be a welcoming, low-stakes first step for people previously reluctant to get help for their mental health needs. “If someone is dipping their toe into the pool of mental health, then I just want to make sure they have a positive experience,” says Shagin. “Hopefully, this sort of setting will help break down any hesitation and barriers.” Approximately 10 minutes into the hike, Shagin and Dixon stop at a vernal pool packed with spring peeper frogs. Dixon asks the group to pause and listen to the chorus of chirps. She then explains how valuable these temporary pools are to water creatures, including these tiny frogs, who can freely lay eggs without worrying about predators since the pools eventually will dry up. Further along, Dixon and Shagin ask the group to stop on a boardwalk over a muddy section of the trail. It’s a time to stretch and relieve tension. Hands reach up, torsos twist, and everyone is asked to release what’s not serving them well at that moment. After various sighs, the group continues walking. Upon reaching the rocky summit of Noon Hill, Dixon suggests everyone “stretch their eyeballs” to take in the hunter green hills of Walpole and Norfolk and notice the outline of Gillette Stadium. Shagin leads the group on another breathing exercise, everyone tensing their muscles beginning with the toes and ending with a shrug. Inhale. Exhale. Squeeze. Release. At a clearing, Shagin and Dixon lead a visual exercise. They ask the group to spread out and focus on whatever they want for five minutes. Dixon encourages folks to look closely at the flora and fauna, explaining that it’s a chance to slow down and admire the beauty in the tiny things around us, and that different seasons reveal different things. During this meditative moment, the only sound is the wind gently rustling through the trees.

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“Seeing that shift from when we meet in the parking lot—where there’s nervous laughter and tension—to when people are heading back to their cars at the end of the hike laughing and chatting and exchanging phone numbers, makes me feel really good.” Toward the end of the hike, Dixon hears a female barred owl calling to its mate and translates their avian communication: “Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?” Dixon cocks her head and mouths the words of the male’s same response, and the hikers smile as they listen to the pair call back and forth. Dixon notes that although most owls are nocturnal, some are diurnal (active during the day) and others are crepuscular (busy day and night). As the group makes its way back to the trailhead, many people exclaim how much they needed such an experience. “Seeing that shift from when we meet in the parking lot—where there’s nervous laughter and tension—to when people are heading back

to their cars at the end of the hike laughing and chatting and exchanging phone numbers, makes me feel really good,” says Shagin. “And it feels really special and encouraging to be working with an organization whose mission is to help bring people back to nature for the purpose of health and well-being.” Victoria Abbott Riccardi is a freelance travel, culture, and food writer, and author of Untangling my Chopsticks: A Culinary Sojourn in Japan (Broadway) from Newton.

WALK MINDFULLY Join us on one of these upcoming wellness walks MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS WALK Mondays, Jul 11, 18 & 25 9-10AM Armstrong-Kelley Park, Osterville THERAPEUTIC WELLNESS WALKS Sunday, Jul 17 | 7-9PM Rocky Woods, Medfield Sunday, Aug 28 | 7-9PM Noon Hill, Medfield EVENING MINDFULNESS WALK AT WEIR RIVER FARM Wednesdays, Jul 20, Aug 3, 17 & 31, Sep 14 & 28 6-7:30PM Weir River Farm, Hingham PHOTO BY KEITH JOSEPH PIWOWARSKI

FOREST BATHING AT WARD RESERVATION Friday, Jul 29 & Sunday, Aug 7 9:30AM-12:30PM Ward Reservation, Andover & North Andover SILENT MEDITATION HIKES Saturday, Jul 30 | 8-10AM Lyman Reserve, Buzzards Bay Sunday, Jul 31 | 8-10AM Slocum’s River Reserve, Dartmouth Saturday, Sep 24 | 5:30-6PM Copicut Woods, Fall River

As always, check thetrustees.org/things-to-do for more program offerings, details, and updated schedules.

SUMMER 2022

PHILANTHROPY

CRANE ESTATE IPSWICH & ESSEX

Four years ago, The Trustees embarked on the largest fundraising campaign in the organization’s history, to rapidly scale its conservation and programming efforts to address the great environmental challenges of our day. This comprehensive campaign was established to support the ambitious goals set out in Momentum, the Trustees’ five-year strategic plan. Thanks to the generosity of its supporters, The Trustees is nearing its $175 million Momentum campaign goal. This funding has allowed the organization to save landscapes under threat of development, launch groundbreaking, first-in-the-nation projects fortifying our coastlines, and invest in new programs and learning centers for younger audiences of all backgrounds to discover the natural wonders hidden in their own backyards. With less than a year to go in this effort, The Trustees is pleased to share some of the accomplishments, by strategic category, enabled by the campaign to date: 24 THE TRUSTEES

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Acquired the central 66-acre parcel at Moraine Farm, allowing the organization to reunite and restore this historic Frederick Law Olmsted-designed masterpiece. Completion of multi-year landscape restoration and access improvement work at World’s End. COSKATA-COATUE WILDLIFE REFUGE NANTUCKET

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PROTECT THE PLACES PEOPLE LOVE The Momentum campaign has provided the ability to strengthen communities through shared open space, opening hundreds of acres of newly protected land for public use and enjoyment. New reservations: Gerry Island, deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, The Brickyard, Jewell Hill, Mary Cummings Park, Armstrong-Kelley Park, and Becket Historic Quarry & Forest.

PHOTO BY ABOVE SUMMIT

RESPOND TO A CHANGING COAST With its expertise and the unique perspective brought about by being the largest private

owner of coastal land in the Commonwealth, The Trustees is using its reservations as platforms for research, education, and action in building a more resilient coast for future generations. Launched One Waterfront, to advance a bold vision for iconic, resilient public open space on the Boston waterfront. Work has begun to create the first new park on an abandoned East Boston pier. Released an ongoing series of State of the Coast reports focusing on region-wide climate change threats and mitigation strategies. Restoring the health of more than 1,200 acres of the North Shore’s Great Marsh, through innovative ditch remediation methodologies, and improving resiliency through projects underway at the Crane Estate, Norton Point Beach, and CoskataCoatue Wildlife Refuge.

brings high-quality and affordable locally grown produce from Trustees farms to underserved communities in Greater Boston. Built new audiences and dramatically increased visitation for deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, while showcasing acclaimed artists and advancing diverse perspectives at a variety of reservations. WORLD’S END HINGHAM

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ELEVATE OUR CULTURAL AND AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCES Through Momentum, the organization has revitalized several world-class public gardens, expanded farm-based culinary and local food access programs, and provided new and engaging perspectives on the stories of our culture. Completed multi-year transformations of Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens and Long Hill into expansive and welcoming public gardens and horticultural centers. Created a state-of-the-art teaching kitchen at The FARM Institute, and expanded the Trustees Mobile Farmers Market, which

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BUILD THE TRUSTEES OF THE FUTURE The Momentum campaign has established goals and initiatives designed to create a solid foundation on which to build a better, more sustainable future for The Trustees.

STEVENS-COOLIDGE HOUSE & GARDENS NORTH ANDOVER

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Momentum is providing the opportunity to reach children of all backgrounds and reveal the wonders and benefits of the outdoors. These early-life experiences help create lifelong lovers of nature, better outdoor citizens, and the future stewards of our irreplaceable landscapes. Opened four new summer day camps—at Powisset and Chestnut Hill Farms, Rocky Woods, and deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum—and expanded overnight camping facilities at Dunes’ Edge Campground and Rocky Woods. Established Outdoor Experiences, to advance recreation opportunities and adventure playscapes, and to welcome and support organizations that serve youth in communities with limited access to nature. Launched the Island Education Initiative, a partnership with Martha’s Vineyard schools and community groups reaching more than 1,500 students and teachers annually.

Established a Diversity, Belonging, Inclusion, and Equity roadmap in order to create more welcoming and inclusive spaces of belonging for all people. Substantial investments in technology infrastructure—including a new website, ticketing software, and data resources to support all aspects of the organization— and services to support a rapidly expanding membership base. Created the Barbara Erickson Land Conservation Fund, which provides funding for critical protection projects that, for reasons of timing or cost might otherwise be beyond the reach of the organization. These are just a few of the new programs, initiatives, and resource investments that have been made possible so far by the Momentum campaign. Momentum has set the foundation for the organization’s future and allowed The Trustees to rapidly scale and implement our vision for a better, brighter, and greener Massachusetts. The 123 (and growing) special places across the state that The Trustees makes available for the use of everyone, forever, exist through the generosity of members and supporters. While Momentum has enabled numerous achievements, there is more work to be done, and your help is needed. Visit thetrustees.org/givemomentum to join the campaign and help play an integral role in the future of The Trustees.

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STATEWIDE MAP

Have you been to these reservations yet?

Mountain Meadow Preserve Royalston Falls Jacobs Hill Jewell Hill Doane’s Falls

Field Farm

Bullitt Reservation Chapel Brook

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Bear Swamp Notchview

Chesterfield Gorge Naumkeag The Mission House Monument Mountain

Goose Pond Reservation

Swift River Reservation

Quabbin Reservoir

Rock House Reservation

Worcester

Land of Providence

Springfield

Questing

Bartholomew’s Cobble

Quinebaug Woods Peaked Mountain

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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

Norris Reservation NORWELL Photo by Traci Bodette

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Doyle Community Park & Center Redemption Rock

Dinosaur Footprints

McLennan Reservation

Ashintully Gardens Dry Hill

Ashley House

Elliott Laurel

North Common Meadow

Little Tom Mountain

Becket Quarry Tyringham Cobble

Mount Warner

Petticoat Hill

Glendale Falls

Bear’s Den

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Participants in our Hike Trustees challenge have been logging lots of miles at our special places and posting amazing photos to the Trustees Hikers Facebook group.

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Charles W. Ward Reservation

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Old Town Hill Greenwood Farm Hamlin Reservation Stavros Reservation The Crane Estate (Castle Hill, Crane Beach & Crane Wildlife Refuge) Halibut Point Reservation Mount Ann Park Ravenswood Park

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Appleton Farms & Weir Hill Grass Rides Stevens-Coolidge Pine & House & Gardens Hemlock Charles W. Knoll Ward Reservation Farandnear

Malcolm Preserve

Coolidge Reservation The Monoliths Misery Islands Crowninshield Island Gerry Island

Long Hill

The Old Manse

Fruitlands Museum

Mary Cummings Park

Massachusetts Bay

deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Chestnut Hill Farm

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Boston Gov. Hutchinson’s Field & Pierce Reservation

Cormier Woods

Francis William Bird Park

Bullitt Reservation

ASHFIELD Photo by Karen Fitzpatrick

Boston Community Gardens & Parks City Natives

World’s End Weir River Farm

Bradley Estate Signal Hill Archives & Research Center Moose Hill Farm

Whitney & Thayer Woods Norris Reservation Two Mile Farm

Gov. Ames Estate

Dunes’ Edge Campground

Lowell Holly

Holmes Reservation

MASHPEE Photo by Pat McDougal

Cape Cod Bay

Copicut Woods

Lyman East Over Reserve Reservation and Hales Brook & Sippican River Tract

Slocum’s River Reserve

Cornell Farm

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Westport Town Farm

Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens

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Moraine Farm

Lowell Holly

Mashpee River Reservation

Armstrong-Kelley Park

Nantucket Sound Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge

The Brickyard Menemsha Hills

Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge

Mytoi Wasque

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Long Point Wildlife Norton Point Refuge Beach The FARM Institute

We’ve compiled our favorite itineraries for day trips to Trustees reservations around the state—perfect ideas if you are looking for ways to stay local while exploring new places. Check out our new Day Trips in Massachusetts page at thetrustees.org/daytrips. SUMMER 2022

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“To see the Summer Sky Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie— True Poems flee—” —Emily Dickinson

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Help Yourself!

Find helpful information about your Membership on our website. It’s updated frequently; you’ll get what you need faster than emailing us or waiting on hold. Visit thetrustees.org/ customerservice, or scan the QR code and get help finding: • Your Member ID number • Your Member account information • Your timed-ticket and registration status for specific programs • Answers to frequently asked questions about our properties and more!

Thank you for your support! thetrustees.org/customerservice

The Trustees is Massachusetts’ largest, and the nation’s first, conservation and preservation nonprofit. We are supported by members, friends, and donors. Explore 123 amazing places across Massachusetts, from beaches, farms and woodlands, to historic homes, museums, urban gardens, and more.

Paul Leech Chief, Finance & Administration Christine Morin Chief, Marketing, Engagement & Data Edward Wilson Chief, Development & Strategic Partnerships

EDITORIAL

Wayne Wilkins Director, Brand & Content Editor Jeff Harder Contributing Editor Chris Costello Senior Graphic Designer Gina Janovitz Graphic Designer

We invite your input, letters, and suggestions. Please send them to: Special Places | The Trustees 200 High Street, 4th Floor Boston, MA 02110 tel 978.921.1944 email marketing@thetrustees.org For information about becoming a Member please contact us at 978.921.1944, email us at membership@thetrustees.org, or visit our website at thetrustees.org. If you need to find your Member code, account information, or look up ticket and registration status for specific programs, visit thetrustees.org/customerservice. Special Places, Summer 2022. Volume 30, Issue Number 2. Special Places (ISSN 1087-5026) is published quarterly and distributed to members and donors of The Trustees of Reservations. Copyright © 2022. All rights reserved. Photographers may retain copyrights. Printed by Universal Wilde, an environmentally responsible printer in Massachusetts that strives to minimize waste, maximize recycling, and exceed environmental standards.

Join Our Campaign through Planned Giving

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John Judge President & CEO

Support The Trustees and protect the places people love through a planned gift—contribute to the final year of our Momentum campaign by creating a bequest or charitable gift annuity for the Barbara Erickson Land Conservation Fund. As part of the Campaign, every dollar commitment to the fund will be matched 1:1. To learn more and contribute, visit thetrustees.org/svs.

#thetrustees | A big Thank You to our Instagram followers who posted these summer photos, including (clockwise from top left): @upinnewengland

(Notchview), @sarah.a.robison (Crane Wildlife Refuge), @sameer.marathe (The Monoliths), @nomadicvanman (Field Farm), @sandandsalt.fish (Long Point Wildlife Refuge), @cressyteam (Gerry Island), @suzannewenz (Ashintully Gardens), @berkshirefamilyhikes (Chapel Brook). To have your photo considered for our gallery, simply hashtag ‘thetrustees’ and the name of the reservation when you post. Keep ‘em coming!

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