Celebrate spring with the Friends of the Clarendon Street Playground on Saturday, April 23, beginning at 10:00 am. Join them for an egg hunt, coffee and doughnuts, and enjoy a visit from the Easter bunny (although less maniacal than the fellows pictured below.) Free. Volunteers are needed to hide eggs at 8:00 am. If you would like to help with the event, please contact playground@nabbonline.com, or call 617-247-3961.
This collaborative effort on four successive Saturdays beginning April 23 between Historic New England and the MSPCA shows how to raise chickens in your backyard. Program participants attend workshops to learn about different chicken breeds, how to build a chicken coop and keep the flock healthy, as well as about feed, first aid, and safety. Afterward, attendees are certified to help care for the chickens at the farm throughout the season. When the season ends, the chickens will be offered to the participating families for purchase The series also includes a field trip to Nevins Farm and a lecture by Sarah Corchense, D.V.M., of Tufts Veterinary Hospital. The program will take place at the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, Massachusetts. Registration required. Please call 978-462-2634 for more information. You may also register on line ($40 for HNE members, $95 for nonmembers, which includes a family membership) at www.historicnewengland.org/events.
