Daily Archives: October 9, 2013

Saturday, October 19, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – Pumpkin Day

October 9, 2013 by Boston Flora

Celebrate the arrival of fall with Historic New England at Cogswellâ€™s Grant, 60 Spring Street in Essex, Massachusetts, from 11 – 4. Take a hay wagon ride through the fields to choose a jack-oâ€™-lantern from our pumpkin patch. Decorate and carve pumpkins, compete in a pumpkin pie-eating contest, make crafts, play games, have your face painted, and try cider pressing. Enjoy hot mulled apple cider and pumpkin pie. Tour the house and see one of the most celebrated collections of American antiques and folk art. Free to Historic New England members and children under 3, $6 nonmembers, $4 children ages 3 to 12 years. Please call 978-768-3632 for more information, or visit www.historicnewengland.org.

Wednesday, October 16, 7:00 pm – Climate Change and Birds

October 9, 2013 by Boston Flora

As part of a Hingham Church Climate Change lecture series Witness to Change, Andrew Vitz, DFW State Ornithologist, will be giving a public presentation Bird Responses to Climate Change in the Northeast: What We Have Seen and What We Can Expect. The talk will take place at the New North Church, 1 Lincoln Street, Hingham at 7:00PM. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact John Bewick at (781) 740-1117.

Tuesday, October 15, 7:00 – 9:00 pm – Parks Count!

October 9, 2013 by Boston Flora

Now that the preliminary is over, Boston Park Advocates are ramping up to keep parks in the discussion until the final elections in November and beyond.Â Learn about the at-large city council candidates’ ideas for budgeting, maintaining, and influencing improvements for Boston Parks on Tuesday, October 15th from 7:00-9pm. The event will be similar to our mayoral forum in August with candidates in the front of the room with a moderator asking prepared questions. Seven of eight candidates have confirmed. A meet and greet with coffee and dessert will begin at 7 pm, and the program will begin at 7:30, at the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse (for directions visit http://www.cityofbostongolf.com/directions/.)